Category Archives: Top Stories
Residents escape fire in Peoria, home demolished
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria crews were called to the area of W. Gift and N. Isabell for a residential fire Wednesday morning. Fire officials said fire broke out around 10 a.m., with flames showing from the ...
Aug 02, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: No shooter, no injuries reported at US Capitol after 'bad call,' police say
UPDATED 2:37 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Police found no shooter and no one injured after reports of a possible active shooter in the U.S. Capitol complex on Wednesday after a possible "bad call," Wash...
Aug 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: General view of the U.S. Capitol during morning hours, in Washington, U.S., March 30, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
A local movie theater is closed, and there's plenty of speculation as to why
PEORIA, Ill. - Other movie theaters are apparently still able to show movies, but one local theater may be blaming a closure on the ongoing writers' strike. Sources are telling 25 News that the closur...
Aug 02, 2023 (25 News)
Yellen calls Fitch downgrade 'entirely unwarranted' amid US economy's strength
MCLEAN, Virginia (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday voiced more objections to Fitch Ratings' downgrade of the main U.S. credit rating, calling it "entirely unwarranted" becau...
Aug 02, 2023 U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a climate finance roundtable discussion at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, Saturday, July 8, 2023. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Who has been prosecuted for trying to undo Trump's 2020 election loss?
(Reuters) - Republican former U.S. President Donald Trump, who was indicted on Tuesday for his wide-ranging efforts to overturn the 2020 election, is not the only person to face prosecution over effor...
Aug 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An explosion caused by a police munition is seen while supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
A Peoria man is jailed after a Wednesday morning stabbing
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is jailed after an early morning stabbing in South Peoria. Peoria Police say Efral Keys, Jr., 55, was taken to the Peoria County Jail on two counts of Aggravated Battery. P...
Aug 02, 2023 Efral Keys, Jr. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Another former Northwestern University football player comes forward to accuse the program of hazing
CHICAGO - A former Northwestern University football player is speaking out as a legal complaint is filed on his behalf Wednesday, accusing the team and former coach Patrick Fitzgerald of hazing. Ramon...
Aug 02, 2023 Former Northwestern University football player Ramon Diaz speaks Wednesday at a news conference in Chicago. (WFLD-TV)
WWE's McMahon subpoenaed by US law enforcement agents
(Reuters) - World Wrestling Entertainment said on Wednesday U.S. federal law enforcement agents executed a search warrant and served a subpoena to Executive Chairman Vince McMahon last month, though n...
Aug 02, 2023 Mark Hodgins / CC
Lizzo sued by former dancers, accused of creating hostile work environment
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Three former dancers for Grammy-winning singer Lizzo accused her of creating a hostile work environment, including weight shaming and sexually denigrating behavior, in a lawsui...
Aug 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Lizzo performs at the Glastonbury Festival site in Somerset, Britain, June 24, 2023. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff/File Photo
Peoria Heights contract with Peoria Fire Department up in the air after Tuesday board meeting
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - After more than an hour of passionate public comment before the Peoria Heights Board of Trustees, a key vote taken Tuesday afternoon could put the deal between the City of Peo...
Aug 02, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
