Category Archives: Top Stories
Peoria firefighters: South Peoria home fire was 'intentionally set'
PEORIA, Ill. - They didn't use the word arson, but Peoria Firefighters say a late-afternoon fire to a home Saturday was intentionally set. Crews went to the house near Millman and Westmoreland, where ...
Aug 20, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Two injured in two-vehicle South Peoria crash
PEORIA, Ill. - At least two people were injured after as two-vehicle accident in South Peoria late Saturday afternoon. Peoria firefighters say the crash happened prior to 5:00 p.m. near Howett and Lou...
Aug 20, 2023 Midwest Communications
One man dead after shooting in Peoria early Saturday morning. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are looking for a suspect in the city's 13th homicide of the year that occurred early Saturday morning. Officers responded at around 3:47 A.M. to the area of E. Arcadia an...
Aug 19, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Maui children face grief, destruction as schools start up after wildfire
(Reuters) - Before wildfire ravaged the Hawaiian community of Lahaina last week, high school teacher Mike Landes was always the guy arguing that academics come first - before worries about the social ...
Aug 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Views from the air of the community of Lahaina after wildfires driven by high winds burned across most of the town several days ago, in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, U.S. August 10, 2023. REUTERS/Marco Garcia/File Photo
Fan sues Peoria Chiefs for additional netting at Dozer Park
PEORIA, Ill. - A fan hit by a foul ball is suing the Peoria Chiefs to try and get more netting at Dozer Park. 25 News reports Sandra Klatt filed the suit last month in Peoria's 10th Circuit Court. She...
Aug 19, 2023 (25 News)
Elon Musk says X will strip ability to block accounts
(Reuters) - Social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, will remove a protective feature that lets users block other accounts, owner Elon Musk said on Friday in another controversial move for t...
Aug 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: 'X' logo is seen reflected on an apartment window across the street from the headquarters of the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, California, U.S., July 30, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Norovirus outbreak at Washington restaurant last November linked to sick employee
WASHINGTON, Ill. - A sick employee was linked to an outbreak of the norovirus in Tazewell County last November. In a report released Friday, the Centers for Disease Control revealed that as the cause ...
Aug 19, 2023 (25 News)
State to put $20 million toward grants for grocers, research into food insecurity
(Capitol News Illinois) - Communities across Illinois that lack access to nearby stores that sell high quality food may soon see that change. Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday signed a bill that sets up a pr...
Aug 19, 2023 Rep. Mary Beth Canty, D-Arlington Heights, is pictured during House floor debate. She was the lead sponsor of a bill signed by Gov. JB Pritzker Friday to create a grant program for grocers. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Hurricane Hilary threatens Mexico, California with 'catastrophic floods'
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Category 4 Hurricane Hilary hurtled towards Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Friday, a U.S. government agency said, as it issued its first ever tropical storm watch for Cal...
Aug 18, 2023 Workers prepare to cover a slide ridden hillside with plastic tarp in the hopes to protect it from the rain expected with upcoming storm Hilary in San Clemente, California, U.S., August 18, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Congressman tours affordable housing projects in South Peoria and East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - Seventeenth District Congressman Eric Sorensen says Peoria stands in line to get $1 million in the next federal budget for affordable housing and to fix broken sidewalks in the East Blu...
Aug 18, 2023 (City of Peoria via Facebook)
