Category Archives: Top Stories
Bringing Private King home: reaching Pyongyang is the first challenge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It has never been easy for the United States to secure the return of citizens from North Korea, one of the world's most isolated nations. The task may be even harder in the case...
Jul 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Private Travis T. King (wearing a black shirt and black cap) is seen in this picture taken during a tour of the tightly controlled Joint Security Area (JSA) on the border between the two Koreas, at the truce village of Panmunjom, South Korea, July 18, 2023. Sarah Leslie/Handout via REUTERS
Lewistown home destroyed by fire over the weekend
LEWISTOWN, Ill. (25 News) -- A house in Lewistown is a total loss after a Sunday afternoon fire. The Lewistown Fire Department says they got the call of a house fire around 12:45 p.m. When crews arriv...
Jul 24, 2023 (25 News)
Pence says Trump conduct around 2021 Capitol attack was reckless but not criminal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. vice president and Republican presidential candidate Mike Pence said on Sunday he felt former President Donald Trump's words and actions leading up to the Capitol at...
Jul 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence stand while making remarks about early results from the 2020 U.S. presidential election in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 4, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Relentless U.S. stock rally faces Fed test
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. stocks rally faces a potential inflection point next week as the Federal Reserve is expected to deliver what may be the final rate hike of its most aggressive monetary polic...
Jul 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A street sign marks Wall Street outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, where markets roiled after Russia continues to attack Ukraine, in New York, U.S., February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo
Kids prepare for new school year at Saturday afternoon event in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - The new school year starts in a couple weeks, and some Peoria-area kids are ready for it to begin after a Saturday afternoon event. The 4th annual Back-to-School Celebration b...
Jul 23, 2023 (25 News)
Putin hosts Belarus leader, calls Ukraine's counter-offensive a failure
(Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said Ukraine's counteroffensive "has failed" as he hosted Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, his close ally, for talks in St Petersburg on Sunday. "The...
Jul 23, 2023 Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko meet people outside the Naval Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Kronstadt near Saint Petersburg, Russia July 23, 2023. Sputnik/Alexander Demyanchuk/Pool via REUTERS
Drone attack in Crimea prompts evacuation, brief bridge closure
(Reuters) - A drone attack on an ammunition depot in Crimea prompted authorities to evacuate everyone in a five-km (3.1-mile) radius and briefly suspend road traffic on the bridge linking the peninsul...
Jul 22, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A Russian Navy amphibious landing ship that was deployed to transport cars across the Kerch Strait, moves near the Crimean Bridge, a section of which was damaged by an alleged overnight attack, as seen from the city of Kerch, Crimea, July 17, 2023. REUTERS/Alexey Pavlishak/File Photo
Teachers, activists, and HOI Fair organizers react to juvenile fights at the fair
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Federation of Teachers are saying in the wake of large juvenile fights earlier this week at the Heart of Illinois Fair, they're no longer going to tolerate the treatment they...
Jul 22, 2023 (25 News)
A convicted felon goes to federal prison for a gun crime
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria resident and convicted felon will spend four years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to weapons charges earlier this year. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Terrance Dots...
Jul 22, 2023 Terrance Dotson (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail August 2022)
No winners in the Mega Millions lottery again, but Illinois' Lotto game still in record jackpot territory
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Days after the multi-state $1 billion Powerball jackpot was won in California, the other multi-state game is getting closer to that amount as well. No one matched all five numbers ...
Jul 22, 2023
