Category Archives: Top Stories
Utah man killed in FBI raid linked to alleged threats against Biden, VP Harris
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The FBI said its agents shot and killed a Utah man on Wednesday during a raid that a source said targeted the man for allegedly making threats against U.S. President Joe Biden, V...
Aug 09, 2023 Midwest Communications
Fair starts Thursday with the theme, 'Harvest the fun'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - With the 2023 Illinois State Fair about to get underway, Gov. JB Pritzker and Department of Agriculture Director Jerry Costello II officially unveiled this ...
Aug 09, 2023 The Illinois State Fair butter cow is pictured on Wednesday after it was unveiled by Gov. JB Pritzker on the state fairgrounds in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Biden highlights economic transformation at New Mexico wind tower plant
BELEN, New Mexico (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden took his economic pitch to New Mexico on Wednesday to boast how his signature legislation helped turn a previously shuttered facility into a wind ...
Aug 09, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at Arcosa, a wind tower manufacturing facility, in Belen, New Mexico, U.S., August 9, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Wrongful death lawsuit filed in connection with February, 2022 fatal crash
PEORIA, Ill. - The family of a teenager killed during an accident in Bartonville last year is now suing the driver, and a liquor store accused of illegally selling alcohol indirectly to the driver. 25...
Aug 09, 2023 Clayton Bell (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
UPDATE: Peoria Police respond to a end-of-school day fight at Manual High School
UPDATED 4:57 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - We are getting some answers about what happened toward the end of the day Wednesday at Manual High School to cause Peoria Police to have to respond to a large fight th...
Aug 09, 2023 (File-25 News)
US nurse, child safely released in Haiti two weeks after kidnapping
(Reuters) - A U.S. nurse and her child have been safely released after their kidnapping in Haiti two weeks ago, a faith-based humanitarian aid organization where the nurse works said on Wednesday. "We...
Aug 09, 2023 FILE PHOTO: View shows the "El Roi", a Christian community site where the American nurse Alix Dorsainvil used to work before being kidnapped with her child, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti August 1, 2023. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol/File Photo
A big donation to the Peoria Riverfront Museum will help tell the story of a history-making Peoria native. Here's how
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Riverfront Museum will start an exhibit next month thanks in part to what will be a huge donation. The family of Annie Malone - known as the first Black female millionaire th...
Aug 09, 2023 Family members of Annie Malone, and officials from the Peoria Riverfront Museum, gather Wednesday morning under a quilt of Malone on display at the museum. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US obtained search warrant for Trump's Twitter account in Jan. 6 probe - court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. special counsel investigating Donald Trump obtained a search warrant for the former president's Twitter account in January and the company delayed complying, according t...
Aug 09, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith are seen in a combination of file photos in Washington, U.S., in 2023. REUTERS/Tasos Katopodis, Kevin Wurm/File Photo
A Peorian is arrested in connection to an Atlanta-area cold case
PORTERDALE, Ga. - Authorities near Atlanta say two people have been arrested in connection with the death of a teen reported missing seven years ago - and one of those was arrested in Peoria. 25 News ...
Aug 09, 2023 Katelyn Goble (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Concrete truck overturns during the morning rush hour. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - We're learning more about a concrete delivery truck that overturned in Peoria during the morning rush hour Wednesday. Peoria Firefighters were called to Darst and Krause around 7:45 a.m...
Aug 09, 2023 (Illinois Department of Transportation traffic camera via 25 News)
