Category Archives: Top Stories
Illinois Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of Peoria County Auditor's bid to stay in office
PEORIA, Ill. - The latest attempt by ousted Peoria County Auditor Jessica Thomas to stay in office until what would have been the end of her term has been denied. 25 News reports the Illinois Supreme ...
Nov 02, 2023 (Peoria County)
US House passes Republicans' Israel aid bill, faces dead end in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a Republican plan to provide $14.3 billion in aid to Israel as it fights Hamas, despite Democrats' insistence it has no futu...
Nov 02, 2023 Newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) makes a statement to reporters and television cameras on the outer steps of the House of Representatives as he stands in front of members of the Republican conference after being elected the new Speaker at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 25, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Gun rights advocates question proposed assault weapons registration rules
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois State Police are facing pushback from gun rights advocates over proposed rules requiring owners of certain firearms to register them before the...
Nov 02, 2023 Gregory Magnuson, an Illinois resident, testifies at a public hearing Thursday in Springfield in opposition to proposed rules that would require owners of certain kinds of firearms to register them with the Illinois State Police to be able to legally keep them. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
PPS teacher accused of not reporting child sex abuse
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria Public Schools teacher faces a court date after she allegedly failed to report child sexual abuse. Jennifer Cummins, 40, was arrested Tuesday, and released from jail with a not...
Nov 02, 2023 Jennifer Cummins (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Scholarship tax credit program among issues still on the table with 3 legislative days remaining
(Capitol News Illinois) - Lawmakers will return to Springfield next week for the second half of their fall veto session, giving advocates of a tax credit program for private school scholarships one la...
Nov 02, 2023 A yard sign urging Illinoisans to contact their legislators to save the “Invest in Kids” private school scholarship program is pictured in Chicago last month. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
Nearly 80 Americans have departed Gaza, US says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States said 79 of its citizens had left the Gaza Strip in the two days since a crossing opened to Egypt while Israel attacks the Palestinian enclave in a drive against...
Nov 02, 2023 Palestinians gather at the site of Israeli strikes on houses in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip,November 2, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa
Jury in FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud trial begins deliberations
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The jury in Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud trial began deliberations on Thursday following a monthlong trial in which prosecutors accused the FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder of stea...
Nov 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried, who faces fraud charges over the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, walks outside the Manhattan federal court in New York City, U.S. March 30, 2023. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
Juvenile suffers non-life threatening injuries after being shot early Thursday morning in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A 17-year-old male suffered non-life-threatening injuries after being shot early Thursday morning. Peoria Police says officers were dispatched to a local hospital just after 1:00 A.M. o...
Nov 02, 2023 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Ex-Memphis officer pleads guilty to federal charges in death of Tyre Nichols
(Reuters) - Fired Memphis, Tennessee police officer Desmond Mills pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal charges in the death of Black motorist Tyre Nichols and has agreed to plead guilty to related st...
Nov 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Desmond Mills Jr. with attorney Blake Ballin stand as five former Memphis police officers who have been charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols attend an arraignment hearing at Shelby County courthouse in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., February 17, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht/File Photo
Bradley athletic director reflects on his time as an Indiana basketball player under Bob Knight
PEORIA, Ill. - One of Bob Knight's former players at Indiana says the coach's lasting impact was the compassion he had for his Hoosier players. Knight, who coached the Indiana mens' basketball team fr...
Nov 02, 2023 (Knight Legacy)
