Category Archives: Local News
Trial highlights: After drama, quick vote to block witnesses
WASHINGTON (AP) - After a dramatic night, the Senate voted quickly to block Democratic calls for new witnesses and documents at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. The 51-49 vote Friday all bu...
Feb 01, 2020 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., signals thumbs-up leaving the Senate chamber during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. The Senate narrowly rejected Democratic demands to summon witnesses for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial late Friday, all but ensuring Trump's acquittal in just the third trial to threaten a president's removal in U.S. history. But senators moved to push off final voting on his fate to next Wednesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
East Peoria Police respond to threat at high school
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Police responded to a potential threat at East Peoria Community High School Friday. East Peoria Police Detectives were called just after 12:30 p.m. to EPCHS for an inappropriate s...
Feb 01, 2020 (25 News/HOI)
WHO says prepare for local outbreaks; China slams US control
BEIJING (AP) - China's death toll from a new virus has risen to 259 and a World Health Organization official says other governments need to prepare for"domestic outbreak control" if the disease spread...
Feb 01, 2020 People wear face masks and walk at a shopping mall in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. People wear face masks as they walk through a shopping mall in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. According to the Taiwan Centers of Disease Control (CDC) Friday, the tenth case diagnosed with the new coronavirus has been confirmed in Taiwan. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
State Police search Madigan's office as part of Franks case
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois State Police executed a search warrant at House Speaker Michael Madigan state Capitol offices this week as part of an investigation into sexual misconduct, stalking a...
Feb 01, 2020 FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2016 file photo, Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, speaks to reporters in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman File)
Collins: Sunshine and near-record temps by Sunday
PEORIA, Ill. -- Our streak of cloudy days is about to end...at least for a day or two, according to news partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins. "We've had cloudy skies every hour, every da...
Feb 01, 2020
Bradley to play in Paradise Jam
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Bradley men's basketball team will be headed to the Caribbean this fall. The school announced Friday the team has accepted an invitation to play in the 2020 Paradise Jam on St. Tho...
Jan 31, 2020
Sherman's helping No Child Hungry program
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. -- A Peoria business is doing it's part in feeding area children. Sherman's held a meal packing event Friday as part of the "No Child Hungry" campaign. Employees at Sherman's, alo...
Jan 31, 2020 Packaged meals(Courtesy of Kevin Bessler/WMBD)
CAT sees 12-month sale and revenue decrease
DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Caterpillar, Inc. saw a downward trend in 2019 from 2018, numbers released Friday show. The company took in $53.8 billion in sales and revenues in 2019, compared to $54.7 billion in...
Jan 31, 2020 (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Second case of coronavirus in Illinois confirmed
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The first U.S. case of person-to-person spread of the coronavirus has been confirmed in Illinois. "This person-to-person spread was between two people with very close contact. A H...
Jan 31, 2020 Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, discusses the discovery of a second case in Illinois of the novel coronavirus and the public health efforts to contain and study it, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020 in Springfield, Ill., (AP Photo/John O'Connor)
Illinois unemployment lower as Peoria lost jobs
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The unemployment rate in Illinois saw a decrease from 2018 to 2019. Preliminary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Illinois Department of Employment Secur...
Jan 30, 2020 AP Photo/Seth Perlman
