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Bradley University students react to proposed cuts to programs and faculty. Here’s what some students said
PEORIA, Ill. – Bradley University students are sharing their concerns and feelings in the wake of a proposal to cut programs and jobs to save the university around $13 million. The university is...
Nov 07, 2023
Gun rights groups to seek Supreme Court ruling on assault weapons
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gun rights advocacy groups say they intend to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the state's assault weapons ban after a federal appeals court on Friday r...
Nov 07, 2023
Juvenile shot in foot Monday night; police investigating
PEORIA, Ill. – A teenager is expected to be okay after being shot in the foot late Monday night. Peoria Police say the 15-year-old boy told investigators he was hit when someone shot at the vehi...
Nov 07, 2023
PPS employees waiting for their paychecks, but it’s not the district’s fault
PEORIA, Ill. - Employees of Peoria Public Schools are waiting for paychecks, after being told last Friday there would be a delay due to a national banking error. The school district's Haleemah Na' All...
Nov 07, 2023
EPA, Pekin ethanol facilities reach settlement over emissions standards violations
CHICAGO, Ill. – The Environmental Protection Agency says it’s reached a settlement with a local ethanol producer over air pollution violations. The EPA says Alto Pekin LLC and Alto ICP LLC...
Nov 06, 2023
UPDATE: Inmate at Pekin federal prison dies
UPDATE 5:06 P.M. PEKIN, Ill. – One inmate at the Pekin federal prison is dead after a fight Monday. The Department of Justice says David Tran, 67, died after what they called a “perceived ...
Nov 06, 2023
Caregiver charged with stealing money from elderly person
PEKIN, Ill. – A Creve Coeur woman is accused of stealing from an elderly woman she was tasked with taking care of. Heather White, 33, is facing charges in Tazewell County of Financial Exploitati...
Nov 06, 2023
Man pleads guilty to Second Degree Murder, on day First Degree Murder trial was to start
PEORIA, Ill. – A Peoria man pleaded guilty to a charge of Second-Degree Murder, on the day his trial on charges of First-Degree Murder was to start. Peoria County Court records indicate the Firs...
Nov 06, 2023
UPDATE: Academic programs, faculty proposed to be cut at Bradley University. Here’s what we know
UPDATED 2:20 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. – We’re learning more about what may be cut or reduced at Bradley University as part of an announced $13 million in cuts. According to an e-mail to Bradley s...
Nov 06, 2023
Fire destroys part of former Kewanee Boiler Corporation plant; teens arrested
KEWANEE, Ill. – What could be considered part of a piece of local history in West Central Illinois was destroyed over the weekend by fire. Police in the Henry County city of Kewanee say two juve...
Nov 06, 2023
