Schakowsky retirement opens door for candidates in waiting
May 15, 2025With a two-year exception, only two people have represented Illinois’ 9th Congressional District since 1949. That will change in January 2027, in the wake of the announcement…
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Two congressional reps enter Senate race
May 15, 2025Two Illinois congressional reps — Robin Kelly and Raja Krisnamoorthi — have entered the race to be the state’s next U.S. senator. Kelly U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly was…
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Little Feat still letting it roll
May 15, 2025The last time veteran rock-funk-folk-jazz-country-swamp boogie band Little Feat played in the Peoria area, during the 2022 Summer Camp Music Festival, the group of seasoned musicians…
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New chapter begins in Aurora
May 14, 2025Aurora Mayor John Laesch warned that the city faces potential fiscal difficulties that could warrant an eventual property tax hike while pledging to work closely with City Council members…
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Migrants charged with stealing from Oak Brook stores
May 11, 2025Five Venezuelan migrants, all male juveniles residing in Chicago, have been charged with stealing from two Oak Brook stores. All five juveniles appeared at detention hearings Tuesday…
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Police shoot suspect on West Side
May 11, 2025Chicago police shot a suspect Saturday night on the city’s West Side. Shortly after 10:35 p.m. Saturday, police responded to a call for service on the 1900 block of North Austin…
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Chicago man sentenced for kidnappings
May 11, 2025A Chicago man has been sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for conspiring to abduct several victims at gunpoint in the suburbs. Sedgwick Williams, 48, participated in kidnappings…
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Man killed in Downers Grove shooting
May 11, 2025A 24-year-old man died Saturday night from injuries sustained in a Downers Grove shooting. The man, whose identity was being withheld pending notification of his family, was involved…
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Reward offered in Frankfort bank robbery
May 11, 2025The FBI has announced a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the offenders in the robbery Thursday of a Frankfort bank. Three men robbed the…
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Bradley series spotlights local residents’ artwork, stories
May 11, 2025PEORIA – A dozen students of Bradley University’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute crowded around a horseshoe of tables in a conference room at Peoria NEXT Innovation Center…
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