Category Archives: Top Stories
TikTok faces US ban deadline as users brace for fallout
(Reuters) - TikTok buzzed with nervous anticipation across the U.S. on Saturday as a looming federal ban threatened to sever access to the Chinese-owned app that has captivated nearly half of all Amer...
Jan 18, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A social media influencer films a video for his new Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, after leaving TikTok, in Times Square in New York City, U.S., January 16, 2025. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Suspect on pretrial release arrested in Fulton County after chase with police
CANTON Ill. - A 32-year-old man, who police said was on pretrial release, is jailed after allegedly leading Fulton County Sheriff's deputies on a chase that wound up in Canton where vehicles were dama...
Jan 18, 2025
Galesburg man suspected in Woodford County of soliciting teenager for sex
WOODFORD COUNTY Ill. - An undercover investigation in Woodford County has led to the arrest of a Galesburg man accused of soliciting sex with a minor. Authorities said 41-year-old Justin Felles allege...
Jan 18, 2025
Peoria County Coroner ID's victim following fatal crash near Hanna City
PEORIA COUNTY Ill. - The identity of the man who died in the three-vehicle crash in rural Peoria County Thursday, has been revealed. According to Peoria County Coroner, Jamie Harwood, it was 69-year-o...
Jan 17, 2025 (Peoria County Coroner)
Sangamon County enters agreement to end DOJ investigation
Sangamon County, its sheriff's office and its central dispatch system on Thursday announced an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve an investigation spurred by the shooting of Sony...
Jan 17, 2025 A Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office car is pictured outside of the county building in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Illinois Supreme Court hears arguments on a challenge to Illinois' concealed carry law
SPRINGFIELD - Amid multiple recent challenges to state gun control laws, the Illinois Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday concerning the constitutionality of concealed carry licenses and open car...
Jan 17, 2025 The Illinois Supreme Court is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Peoria city crews working to fill potholes, amid warmer weather
PEORIA Ill. - Peoria City Crews are taking advantage of the warm weather to better local roadways... With temperatures as high as 50 degrees Friday -- Peoria's Department of Public Work's took to the ...
Jan 17, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Early voting begins for Peoria's Consolidated Primary Election
Election season is back in Peoria... According to the executive director of Peoria County's Election Commission, Elizabeth Gannon, early voting began Thursday for the 2025 Consolidated Primary. Gannon...
Jan 17, 2025 (City of Peoria)
Trio arrested on mob action/aggravated assault charges in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police were called to W. Wardcliffe Drive Thursday afternoon on reports of several women fighting. They were also told one of the women had a gun. PPD Spokesperson Semone Roth sa...
Jan 17, 2025
Pharma digs in on changes it wants from Trump administration
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The pharmaceutical industry, grappling with new government limits on drug prices, is focusing its requests for president-elect Donald Trump and Congress on "fixing" a Biden-e...
Jan 17, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Used blister packets that contained medicines, tablets and pills are seen, in this picture illustration taken June 30, 2018. REUTERS/Russell Boyce/Illustration/File photo
