Category Archives: Top Stories
Peoria Police ready to start deploying mental health 'co-responders' on calls
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police and other law enforcement agencies in Illinois can now implement a new law spearheaded by one local lawmaker that will allow mental health workers to respond to certain ty...
Aug 04, 2023 State Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth speaks at a news conference Friday at Peoria Police Headquarters. (25 News)
Trio charged with animal cruelty for leaving dogs on boat on the IL River
PEORIA, Ill. - Three people have been charged with animal cruelty - accused of leaving several dogs kenneled on a boat on the Illinois River last month. Peoria County State's Attorney Jodi Hoos says 2...
Aug 04, 2023 (25 News)
Third rabid bat found in Peoria County. Here's what you need to know
PEORIA, Ill. - A third rabid bat has been found in Peoria County. Due to the potential risk of exposure to rabies, Peoria County Animal Protection Services and the Peoria County/City Health Department...
Aug 04, 2023 Grand Canyon National Park / CC
UPDATE: Federal judge temporarily blocks Illinois law subjecting 'crisis pregnancy centers' to civil liability
UPDATED 8:00 P.M. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A new law allowing Illinoisans to sue so-called crisis pregnancy centers under the state's Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices...
Aug 04, 2023 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul stands with fellow abortion rights advocates on Thursday to celebrate the signing of a bill allowing Illinoisans to sue crisis pregnancy centers that engage in “deceptive acts” aimed at deterring abortions. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
Trump pleads not guilty to additional charges in classified documents case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Friday to three new charges related to his handling of U.S. classified documents after he left the White House in 2021, a cour...
Aug 04, 2023 A copy of a superceding indictment is seen, after U.S. prosecutors broadened their criminal case against Donald Trump as they charged a second of his employees with helping the former president evade officials who were trying to recover sensitive national security documents he took from the White House, in a photo illustration in Washington, U.S. July 27, 2023. REUTERS/Don Pessin/Illustration/File Photo
Trump lawyers drop second challenge to Georgia prosecutor, grand jury
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawyers for Donald Trump have dropped a second longshot bid to disqualify the Georgia prosecutor investigating whether the former president illegally interfered with the state's...
Aug 04, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during the Turning Point Action Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. July 15, 2023. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
Teen goes to federal prison for using a modified gun
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is going to federal prison for a little more than four years after he allegedly was caught with a modified gun earlier this year. The U.S. Attorney's office says a federal ...
Aug 04, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
New housing will help a growing portion of Peoria's homeless population
PEORIA, Ill. - Construction is ongoing on a new apartment that will help address homelessness in a population you might not think has much of a problem with it, but it does. Phoenix Community Developm...
Aug 04, 2023 (25 News)
US job growth remains moderate in July; wage gains still strong
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy maintained a moderate pace of job growth in July, but solid wage gains and a decline in the unemployment rate pointed to continued tightness in labor market con...
Aug 04, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A sign for hire is posted on the window of a restaurant in New York City, U.S., April 29, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Striking Hollywood writers, studios meet to discuss resuming talks
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As the Hollywood writers' strike approaches the 100-day mark, Writers Guild of America (WGA) negotiators will meet on Friday with representatives of the major studios for the f...
Aug 04, 2023 A robot dog named Gato moves with a sign on it as SAG-AFTRA actors and Writers Guild of America (WGA) writers walk the picket line during their ongoing strike outside Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 2, 2023. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
