Category Archives: Top Stories
Defense bill passes Congress despite transgender provision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly for an $895 billion bill setting policy for the Pentagon on Wednesday, despite the inclusion of a controversial provision on transgender medi...
Dec 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The dome of the U.S. Capitol building is seen on a rainy day in Washington, U.S., September 26, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
New McClugage Bridge to have soft opening on Thursday
PEORIA/EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A new bridge that connects Peoria and East Peoria will partially open Thursday. The Illinois Department of Transportation says traffic patterns will switch overnight on the ...
Dec 18, 2024 (Illinois Department of Transportation)
East Peoria takes final action on new police station, adopts flat property tax levy
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - East Peoria's city council members approved a contract Tuesday night to build a new police station, taking credit for holding the line on property taxes. The council voted unanimou...
Dec 18, 2024 (City of East Peoria/FGM Architects)
Feds set to rest case in Madigan trial; defense prepares to call first witnesses
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Though he wouldn't get a formal diagnosis of dementia until a few years - and one felony plea - later, former state Rep. Eddie Acevedo told FBI agents and government ...
Dec 18, 2024 Former Democratic state Rep. Eddie Acevedo and his attorney Gabrielle Sansonetti exit the Dirksen Federal Courthouse last week after being ordered to testify in ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
US House panel to release ethics report on Matt Gaetz, CNN reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House Ethics Committee has voted to release its report on former Republican Representative Matt Gaetz, CNN reported on Wednesday, saying the panel's findings could be m...
Dec 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Then-Rep. Matt Gaetz (FL) speaks on Day 3 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 17, 2024. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo
Return of NASA astronauts from space station further delayed until late March
(Reuters) - NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore's return to Earth will be further delayed until at least late March, the agency said, taking what should have been an eight-day stay on the ...
Dec 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: NASA astronauts Sunita Williams, Nick Hague, Barry Wilmore, and Donald Pettit unbox Thanksgiving meals, from the International Space Station (ISS), in this screen grab taken from a handout video, released on November 26, 2024. NASA/Handout via REUTERS/ ile Photo
US Congress lines up stopgap bill to avert partial government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress unveiled a stopgap measure on Tuesday to keep federal agencies funded through March 14, which would avert a partial government ...
Dec 18, 2024 U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to reporters following a House Republican conference meeting with U.S. Representatives Blake Moore (R-UT), Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Tom Emmer (R-MN) on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 17, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Explainer-Who are the immigrants who could be targeted in Trump's mass deportation plans?
WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump plans to launch a mass deportation operation targeting millions of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally and with temporary protections once he takes office...
Dec 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Members of California national guard stand near the wall on the United States and Mexico border, in San Diego, California, U.S. December 5, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Repeat drug, weapons offender from Peoria receives lengthy sentence
PEORIA, Ill. - What started with a pair of ShotSpotter alerts in the East Bluff last March, has resulted in a lengthy prison sentence for a Peoria man. 43-year-old Terrance Shaw was sentenced to 8 yea...
Dec 18, 2024 (Peoria County Jail)
Former Peoria mayoral candidate indicted on felony charges relating to petition
PEORIA, Ill. - A former Peoria mayoral candidate has been indicted on numerous felony charges relating to his petitions. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 23-year-old Jacob Ryan was ind...
Dec 17, 2024 (25 News/Midwest Communicatons)
