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Remains found in Peoria wooded area presumptively identified
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner says remains discovered on Tuesday belong to a man that's been missing since last September. Coroner Jamie Harwood says the remains have been presumptively ide...
Apr 02, 2026 (Peoria County Coroner)
UPDATE: Trump fires Pam Bondi as US attorney general, White House official says
UPDATED 12:18 P.M. WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump removed Attorney General Pam Bondi from her post on Thursday, a White House official said, following mounting frustration...
Apr 02, 2026 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Justice Department, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 11, 2026. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo
US labor market remains stable; trade deficit widens in February
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - New applications for U.S. unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week amid low layoffs, suggesting labor market conditions remained calm in Marc...
Apr 02, 2026 Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Peoria plans $5.8 million reconstruction of dangerous intersection
By Kayla Johnson PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - A busy intersection will be totally reconstructed in an effort that city leaders hope will make the area safer. The intersection of Forrest Hill Avenue and St...
Apr 02, 2026
Threat of severe storms late Thursday prompts 25 News First Alert Weather Day
PEORIA, Ill. - Several storm systems are expected to make their way into Central Illinois Thursday afternoon. With a threat of severe weather, 25 News First Alert Meteorologist Balint Szlavari says th...
Apr 02, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
NASA launches four astronauts on world's first crewed lunar mission in half a century
By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, April 1 (Reuters) - Four astronauts blasted off from Florida on Wednesday on NASA's Artemis II mission, a high-stakes voyage around the moon ...
Apr 02, 2026 NASA's Artemis II mission to fly by the moon, comprising of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion crew capsule, lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., April 1, 2026. REUTERS/Steve Nesius
Trump tells wary public in prime-time address that Iran war goals nearly accomplished
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Gram Slattery and Steve Holland WASHINGTON, April 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump told the nation in a televised speech on Wednesday night that the U.S. military had nea...
Apr 01, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation about the Iran war at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. April 1, 2026. Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS
US Congress to pass bills to fully fund Homeland Security, Republican leaders say
By Richard Cowan and Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON, April 1 (Reuters) - Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday said they will take a two-pronged approach to ending the legislative deadlo...
Apr 01, 2026 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents patrol at Washington Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., March 24, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Republicans, Pritzker point fingers over cause of rising property taxes
Article Summary Republicans are blaming Democratic policies, such as unfunded mandates on local governments and school districts, for raising property taxes while failing to provide other financial as...
Apr 01, 2026 Rep. Dan Ugaste, R-Geneva, debates a bill in the Illinois House on May 21, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
NASA launches first crewed lunar mission in half a century
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, April 1 (Reuters) - Four astronauts blasted off from Florida on Wednesday on NASA's Artemis II mission, a highstakes 10-day trip around the moon that marks the United States' ...
Apr 01, 2026 NASA's Artemis II lunar flyby mission, with the next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion crew capsule, sits on Pad 39B ahead of the launch of the Artemis II mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., March 31, 2026. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
