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Kitchen fire damages South Peoria home
PEORIA, Ill. - One person was treated for smoke inhalation after a South Peoria house fire Tuesday afternoon. Peoria Fire says crews arrived in the area of Millman and Westmoreland just after noon, fi...
Jan 13, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
Labor, voting rights groups intervene in Illinois voter data lawsuit
Article Summary The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking access to the state's complete, unredacted voter registration database, including sensitive data such as dates of birth, driver's license numb...
Jan 13, 2026 A voting booth is pictured in Sangamon County. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Scott Adams, 'Dilbert' comic strip creator and Trump fan, dead at 68
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - "Dilbert" comic strip creator Scott Adams, a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump whose career flagged after a racist rant, died on Tuesday, his wife said. He was 6...
Jan 13, 2026 FILE PHOTO: Scott Adams, the creator of "Dilbert", the cartoon character that lampoons the absurdities of corporate life, poses with two "Dilbert" characters at a party January 8, 1999 in Pasadena. The party celebrated the new half-hour animated series "Dilbert", which debuts on the UPN television network January 25./File Photo
Bill and Hillary Clinton refuse to testify in House Epstein probe
By Bhargav Acharya Jan 13 (Reuters) - Bill and Hillary Clinton on Tuesday refused to testify in a Republican-led congressional investigation of the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Ep...
Jan 13, 2026 former U.S. President?Bill?Clinton and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary?Clinton arrive at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Marietta, Georgia, U.S., November 28, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
US Supreme Court scrutinizes state transgender sports bans
By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Idaho and West Virginia and a lawyer for President Donald Trump's administration defended the legality of laws banning transgender athlet...
Jan 13, 2026 A transgender rights supporter holds a placard while demonstrating on the day justices are expected to hear oral arguments in two cases concerning efforts to enforce Republican-backed state laws banning transgender athletes from female sports teams at public schools, outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 13, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Trump's Detroit trip to put manufacturing back in focus amid US factory job slump
By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will visit Detroit on Tuesday to refocus attention on U.S. manufacturing and his efforts to tackle high consumer costs, shifting fr...
Jan 13, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump walks after arriving on the South Lawn aboard Marine One, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 11, 2026. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon
US consumer prices increase as expected in December
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices increased in December as the distortions related to the government shutdown that had artificially lowered inflation in November un...
Jan 13, 2026 Customers shop for groceries at a Walmart Supercenter retail store in North Bergen, New Jersey, U.S., November 21, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Denmark, Greenland to meet Vance, Rubio on Wednesday amid Trump's takeover threat
COPENHAGEN, Jan 13 (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland will meet U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday, the Danish foreign minister said, ...
Jan 13, 2026 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance attend a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 7, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Lawsuit puts Illinois on offensive against 'menacing' immigration raids
State claims federal agents used military-style tactics in attempt to coerce Illinois into changing its immigration policies Article Summary Illinois filed a 103-page lawsuit that seeks to severely li...
Jan 13, 2026 Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino gets into a truck after he was called to testify in a hearing in Chicago in October. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Community leader and former Peoria City Council member George Jacob passes away
PEORIA, Ill. - A former Peoria City Council member and community leader has passed away. George Jacob died on Sunday at the age of 61. Jacob served as a Peoria City Council member from 2005 to 2011. H...
Jan 12, 2026 (Peoria Journal Star Obituaries)
