Category Archives: Local News
House Democrats eye corporate tax rate hike, surtax on wealthy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House Democrats are expected to propose raising the corporate tax rate to 26.5% from 21% as part of a sweeping plan that includes tax increases on the wealthy, corporations,...
Sep 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Vehicles are parked outside the U.S. Capitol building the morning the Senate returned to session in Washington, DC, U.S., July 31, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
9/11 ceremony at Peoria City Hall
PEORIA, Ill. - (25 News) - Peoria Mayor Rita Ali and member of the Peoria City Council hosted a 9/11 remembrance ceremony Saturday outside City Hall near the Sonar Tide sculpture. A number of speakers...
Sep 12, 2021 25 News
Local 9/11 victim remembered
PEORIA, Ill. - (25 News) The Peoria Riverfront Museum honored the lives lost in the 9/11 terror attacks on the 20th anniversary of the tragedy. The museum also honored Charles "Chip" Chan of Peoria wh...
Sep 12, 2021 25 News
9/11 fishing record at Sankoty Lakes
SPRING BAY, Ill. - A famed fisherman, known as the "Marathon Man" of professional fishing has broken his own record. And he did it on the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Jeff Kolodzinski began fishing at Sa...
Sep 12, 2021 Supplied photo: Mike Bailey
Ray LaHood recalls being in Washington, D.C. on 9/11
PEORIA, Ill. - (25 News) - (WEEK) -- One of Peoria's most prominent citizens is remembering his 9//11 experience 20 years later. Ray LaHood, then a U.S. Congressman at the time, was in Washington D.C....
Sep 11, 2021 25 News
Mental health issues related to 9/11
PEORIA, Ill. (From: OSF Health Care) - "Where were you?" A question that is asked all across America every year on September 11th. Chances are you remember. You probably remember not only where you we...
Sep 11, 2021 OSF HealthCare
Small fire causes cancellation of Monday classes at South Pekin Grade School
SOUTH PEKIN, Ill. - The superintendent says a small fire at South Pekin Grade School that caused the school to be evacuated did minimal damage. In a Facebook post, Seth Mingus says a small fire late F...
Sep 10, 2021 Midwest Communications
37 year prison sentence for Peoria man convicted on Sex Trafficking charges
Federal prosecutors say they are pleased a judge didn't believe a Peoria man's claim that he was trying to investigate child sex trafficking, but instead was trying to get a child to have sex with him...
Sep 10, 2021 Oh-Berlin.com / CC
Man sentenced to federal prison on gun charge
PEORIA, Ill. - An East Peoria man who allegedly lied about a stolen gun to police, and who was later arrested on federal charges, has been sentenced after pleading guilty earlier this year. The U.S. A...
Sep 10, 2021 Adobe Stock
Federal prison sentence given to Pekin man after guilty plea on drug charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Pekin man will be spending the better part of 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty Thursday to federal drug charges. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Harold Shane Koch, 42,...
Sep 10, 2021 Midwest Communications
