Category Archives: Top Stories
Aaron Rossi's trial set for early 2024
PEORIA, Ill. - (25 News) - A federal judge on Thursday scheduled a February jury trial for former Reditus Labs CEO Aaron Rossi, who's charged with tax and mail fraud. Judge Sara Darrow scheduled the t...
Sep 22, 2023 (25 News)
Jobs and unemployed both increase in August in the Peoria area. Here's the details
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - State officials say the good news is, there's more jobs to be had in the Peoria area compared to this time last year. The bad news, state officials say, there's also more people un...
Sep 21, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
'Hal' helps Illinois Central College health students use AI for a more realistic learning experience
PEORIA, Ill. - Meet Peoria's newest resident. He stays at the Illinois Central College Peoria campus. "My name is Hal. I'm the most advanced patient simulator in the world." Unlike other patient simul...
Sep 21, 2023 "Hal" is the advanced patient simulator utilizing Artificial Intelligence technology, and it's now being used at Illinois Central College's Peoria campus. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Bus carrying high school band rolls off highway in New York, killing two
UPDATED 6:59 P.M. (9/21) (Reuters) - A bus carrying members of a high school marching band on a trip to a music camp ran off a highway and tumbled down a steep ravine in New York state on Thursday, ki...
Sep 21, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Country music star Dustin Lynch to perform at Bradley University next year
PEORIA, Ill. - Country music star Dustin Lynch will be coming to Peoria next year. The Activities Council of Bradley University says Lynch will perform at Renaissance Coliseum on April 6th as part of ...
Sep 21, 2023 Townsquare Media / CC
Detroit Three under pressure to progress UAW talks, avoid wider auto strikes
(Reuters) -The United Auto Workers (UAW) and the Detroit Three automakers were still at loggerheads with Friday's deadline looming for a threatened expansion of the union's U.S. strikes. The seven-day...
Sep 21, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Striking United Auto Workers members Laura Zielinski and Aisha Cochra hold their strike signs outside the Stellantis Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio, U.S. September 19, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
Drought conditions return to central Illinois. Here's what we know
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Drought conditions have returned to central Illinois. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor report lists all of Tazewell and Woodford Counties in "moderate" drought. Most of Peoria County ...
Sep 21, 2023 (National Weather Service)
UPDATE: Ukraine's Zelenskiy appeals to US lawmakers amid questions over military aid
UPDATED 1:37 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appealed to lawmakers on Thursday for continued support in the war with Russia amid Republican skepticism over whether ...
Sep 21, 2023 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is escorted by Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives Hakeem Jeffries as he arrives to meet privately with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and other congressional leaders on a visit to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Rupert Murdoch steps down as chairman of Fox, News Corp
(Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch has stepped down as the chairman of Fox Corp and News Corp, ending a more than seven-decade career during which he created a media empire spanning from Australia to the Unit...
Sep 21, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch poses for a photograph with his sons Lachlan and James in London, Britain March 5, 2016. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo
Semi goes up in flames early Thursday morning in East Peoria. Here's what we know
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A semi truck and trailer are a total loss after a fire at Waste Management in East Peoria Thursday morning. East Peoria Fire Chief Bobby Zimmerman says the semi caught fire around ...
Sep 21, 2023 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
