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One person dead after South Peoria shooting Wednesday night
PEORIA, Ill. - A shooting in South Peoria Wednesday night has left one man dead. Peoria Police say the shooting near Martin Luther King Junior Park left a second man with life-threatening injuries. Of...
Sep 04, 2024 (25 News)
Harris campaign accepts rules to debate Trump including muted mics, source says
PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire (Reuters) -The campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has accepted the rules of next week's debate against Republican Donald Trump, including microphones...
Sep 04, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. August 20, 2024 and former U.S. President Donald Trump in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., August 15, 2024 are seen in a combination of file photographs. REUTERS/Marco Bello, Jeenah Moon/File Photo
Peoria councilman announces reelection bid for second term
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria city councilman wants a second term at the horseshoe. 25 News reports Andre Allen has announced a re-election bid in District Four for next year. Allen was elected in 2021, and...
Sep 04, 2024 (City of Peoria)
Harris proposes smaller hike in capital gains tax than Biden
NORTH HAMPTON, New Hampshire (Reuters) -Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Wednesday proposed raising the capital gains tax rate for those earning $1 million or more to 28%, instead of...
Sep 04, 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris boards Air Force Two at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on September 4, 2024. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS
Netanyahu says Israel will not leave Gaza border corridor until it is secure
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Israel will only agree to a permanent ceasefire in Gaza that guarantees the border area between southern Gaza and...
Sep 04, 2024 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands before a map showing the Gaza Strip, during a press conference for the international media at the Government Press office in Jerusalem, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, 04 September 2024. ABIR SULTAN/Pool via REUTERS
East Peoria amends public property camping ordinance
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Following in the footsteps of cities such as Peoria and Pekin, East Peoria is amending city ordinances and code to try and ban homeless encampments. The city council Tuesday night ...
Sep 04, 2024 (City of East Peoria)
Federal judge rejects Illinois' bid to end court oversight of disability programs
(Capitol News Illinois) - A federal judge on Friday denied Illinois' request to end court oversight of its disability services. Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman, with the U.S. District Court for the North...
Sep 04, 2024 Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman of the Northern District of Illinois ruled against the state of Illinois’ request to end court oversight of its disability services. (Illustration by Capitol News Illinois, with highlight added)
Hunger in US continued multi-year rise in 2023, government report says
(Reuters) -Hunger reached its highest point in the United States in nearly a decade last year, with 18 million households, or 13.5%, struggling at some point to secure enough food, a Department of Agr...
Sep 04, 2024 Vegetables and fruits are pictured after being restocked at The Community Assistance Center a local pantry that receives its donations from the Atlanta Community Food Bank, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. April 11, 2023. REUTERS/Megan Varner/File Photo
UPDATE: Peoria Police release photos of suspect accused of stealing vehicle with child inside it, vehicle recovered
UPDATED 4:50 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say the Kia Seltos was recovered at around 12:30 P.M. on Wildwood Court, just off Farmington Road. The suspect still remains at large. ------------------...
Sep 04, 2024 (Peoria Police)
US job openings fall to 3-1/2-year low in July
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job openings dropped to a 3-1/2-year low in July, suggesting the labor market was losing steam, but probably not enough for the Federal Reserve to consider a big interest r...
Sep 04, 2024 FILE PHOTO: An employee hiring sign with a QR code is seen in a window of a business in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
