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01/24/2025

Deputies say the vehicle appeared to have lost control, left the roadway, and struck a tree.

PEORIA COUNTY Ill. - One man is dead following a crash earlier Friday, just outside of Chillicothe. According ...

01/24/2025

Smart Start Illinois is an initiative of Gov. JB Pritzker that’s designed to expand publicly funded preschool programs and increase the number of preschool seats available to 80% of all working families in Illinois. Lawmakers first approved the program in 2023.

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS. - Over 5,000 preschool seats have opened for low-income families in Illinois through Sm...

01/24/2025

Officers obtained surveillance video to help identify a suspect vehicle – it being registered to Sims.

PEORIA Ill. - One man has been charged with Leaving the Scene of an Accident, leading to the one's death, in P...

01/24/2025

Putin described Trump, who this week threatened to hit Russia with new sanctions and tariffs if it did not negotiate an end to the war, as smart and pragmatic.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that he and Donald Trump should meet to talk...

01/24/2025

“FEMA has turned out to be a disaster,” he said during a tour of a neighborhood destroyed by Helene where trees were downed and homes had boarded-up windows. “I think we recommend that FEMA go away.”

UPDATED 12:24 P.M. SWANNANOA, North Carolina (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would li...

01/24/2025

The program enhances the skills of current IT workers, and gives those new to the field an opportunity to earn IT certifications, equipping them to fill the gaps in the local workforce.

EAST PEORIA, Ill. -Illinois Central College announced on Friday that it has received a $4.8 million grant from...

01/24/2025

Swanson is a retired lieutenant colonel with the United State Army and Illinois Army National Guard. He was in active duty for 20 years with the Illinois Army National Guard from 1980 to 2001, toured in Iraq from 2007 to 2008 and earned the Bronze Star and Combat Action Badge.

For the first time in more than a decade, a Republican will chair an Illinois House committee. Rep. Dan Swanso...

01/24/2025

One of the most divisive nominees among Trump’s cabinet picks, Hegseth was confirmed despite Democrats’ concern about his lack of management experience and multiple allegations – which he denied – of inappropriate personal conduct and heavy drinking.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate narrowly voted on Thursday to advance the nomination of Pete Hegseth, a ...

01/24/2025

“The ‘Make Mike Madigan Money Plan’ had nothing to do with unions, with labor, with consensus, with community support, with constituent services or even consumer protection,” MacArthur said. “This was about Mike Madigan, what he wanted and what he got.”

CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Federal prosecutors continued their closing arguments Wednesday in the trial...

01/24/2025

The multi-vehicle crash happened around 6:40 a.m., backing up all lanes of eastbound traffic on the Murray Baker Bridge.

EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- An early morning crash on the East Peoria side of the Murray Baker Bridge on Friday shut ...

01/24/2025

UPDATE 7:30am - CLEARED - all lanes open

ACCIDENT I-74 eastbound East Peoria side of Murray Baker Bridge. BLOCKED

01/24/2025

The Hughes Fire, about 50 miles (80 km) north of Los Angeles, broke out on Wednesday as emergency services continued to battle two fires on the city’s eastern and western flanks that have burned for more than two weeks.

(Reuters) -Firefighters stopped the expansion of a new wildfire north of Los Angeles on Thursday after it spre...

01/24/2025

At the National Security Council 160 staffers have been sent home. About 20 senior career attorneys at the Justice Department were reassigned. The heads of the U.S. Coast Guard and Transportation Security Administration were fired along with other officials.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and his team have acted with stunning speed to begin removi...

01/24/2025

Trump’s first trip since reassuming the presidency on Monday could provide an opportunity to assure residents that the federal government will help those whose lives have been upended by hurricanes, wildfires, and other natural disasters.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will travel to disaster-hit western North Carolina and Los ...

01/24/2025

As part of the seven-year deal, Prairie Home Alliance paid $45,000 for the right to name the theater in its first year.

PEORIA, Ill. - Financial details of a newly announced agreement between the Peoria Civic Center and Prairie Ho...

01/23/2025

Shinkle passed away this past Saturday from his injuries.

PEORIA, Ill. - An arrest has been made in a fatal hit-and-run incident in South Peoria more than a week ago. P...

01/23/2025

Farris will serve both sentences at the same time.

PEORIA, Ill. - The man behind a nearly two week manhunt after taking a vehicle with a child inside it in Peori...

01/23/2025

The “non-regulatory guidance” on immigration enforcement actions was issued Wednesday, Jan. 22, two days after President Donald Trump was inaugurated for his second term in the White House.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois State Board of Education is encouraging local school ...