Category Archives: Top Stories
Two Peoria homes demolished after arson fire. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a structure fire early Thursday morning on W. Smith Street, on reports of neighboring homes on fire. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Tom Sander said extra...
Apr 25, 2024 Midwest Communications
Bears pitch $3.2B stadium plan, but Pritzker still 'skeptical' despite team's $2B pledge
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Chicago Bears laid out a $3.2 billion plan for a new domed stadium on Chicago's lakefront on Wednesday afternoon, painting pictures of future Super Bowls an...
Apr 25, 2024 An artist rendering of the Chicago Bears’ stadium proposal. (Photo
provided by the Chicago Bears)
Caterpillar profit rises as higher prices offset easing demand
(Reuters) -Caterpillar posted a rise in quarterly profit on Thursday as it held on to higher prices for its construction equipment as demand eased from last year's boom. Caterpillar has benefited from...
Apr 25, 2024 A Caterpillar excavator is displayed at the China Coal and Mining Expo 2013 in Beijing, China October 22, 2013. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
UPDATE: US Supreme Court justices in Trump case lean toward some level of immunity
UPDATE: 11:33 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled sympathy to the argument that presidents have some immunity to criminal charges for certain actions taken in ...
Apr 25, 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he meets with Union workers in New York City, U.S., April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Teenager arrested after reportedly throwing cat out of vehicle near Brimfield
BRIMFIELD, Ill. - A teenager has been arrested by Peoria County Sheriff's deputies on animal cruelty charges in connection to the death of a cat on a county road. Sheriff Chris Watkins says Peoria Cou...
Apr 24, 2024 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Israel says Rafah assault looms; massive Gaza airstrikes end weeks of relative calm
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli warplanes pounded the northern Gaza strip for a second day on Wednesday in a fierce assault that has shattered weeks of comparative calm, and Israel said it was mov...
Apr 24, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Children walk after receiving food, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip April 22, 2024. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa/File Photo
UPDATE: Man arrested after alleged threat on Wednesday against elementary school in Canton
UPDATED 4:50 P.M. CANTON, Ill. - A 35-year-old man has been arrested in connection to an alleged threat made against an elementary school in Canton. 25 News reports Ryane Flatt was taken into custody ...
Apr 24, 2024 (File-25 News)
Water rates to increase in Chillicothe. Here's what we know
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - Chillicothe says it has reached a "tipping point" with its water rates. In a letter posted on Chillicothe's website from the city council, the city will increase the rates this sum...
Apr 24, 2024 (25 News)
Pekin woman dies after industrial accident in Goodfield
GOODFIELD, Ill. - An investigation is underway after a Pekin woman died in an industrial accident in Goodfield. Woodford County Coroner Tim Ruestman says the accident at the Case IH factory on E. Peor...
Apr 24, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
TikTok CEO expects to defeat US restrictions: 'We aren't going anywhere'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -TikTok's chief executive said on Wednesday that the company expects to win a legal challenge to block legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden that he said would ban th...
Apr 24, 2024 FILE PHOTO: TikTok's CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 31, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
