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South Peoria shootings leave one juvenile dead, another injured
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager is dead and another is injured following three reports of shots fired in Peoria early Sunday morning. Peoria Police say it started just after 12:30 a.m. One ShotSpotter alert...
Jun 18, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Pekin celebrates Juneteenth with renaming of park
PEKIN, Ill. - A familiar park in Pekin has a new name. Pocket Park, as part of a Juneteenth celebration, was officially dedicated yesterday as Legins-Costley Park. Nance Legins Costley is the first pe...
Jun 18, 2023 (25 News)
Trump lacked power to declassify secret nuclear arms document, experts say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even when he was president, Donald Trump lacked the legal authority to declassify a U.S. nuclear weapons-related document that he is charged with illegally possessing, security ...
Jun 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The first page of the U.S. Justice Department's charging document against former U.S. President Donald Trump and his employee Waltine Nauta, charging Trump with 37 criminal counts, including charges of unauthorized retention of classified documents and conspiracy to obstruct justice after leaving the White House, is seen after being released by the Justice Department in Washington, U.S. June 9, 2023. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo
Man with gun accused of fleeing deputies Friday night arrested
BELLEVUE, Ill. - The man who was allegedly waving a gun from a car prior to fleeing a traffic stop Friday night has been arrested. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says Austin Clark, 28, was arrest...
Jun 18, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Illinois Department of Corrections)
Firefighters battle barn blaze in Washington Friday afternoon
WASHINGTON, Ill. - A barn in Washington suffered fire damage Friday afternoon. 25 News reports firefighters were called to the fire on East Guth Road just before 12:30 P.M. The Washington Fire Departm...
Jun 17, 2023 D4E / CC
Peoria health administrator appointed to state board
PEORIA, Ill. - A leader in the health community in the Peoria-area will have a new role with the state. Peoria City/County Health Department Public Health Administrator Monica Hendrickson has been app...
Jun 17, 2023 (25 News)
Illinois unemployment rate down, more jobs added in May
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Job numbers in Illinois continue to see improvements. The state's unemployment rate for the month of May was reported at 4.1%, a decrease of 0.1% from the previous month. The state...
Jun 17, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Biden to make re-election pitch to unions in Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will address union members in Philadelphia on Saturday in his first political rally since announcing his re-election campaign, aiming to shore up a key part ...
Jun 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the 29th AFL-CIO Quadrennial Constitutional Convention at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, U.S., June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
UPDATE: Deputies look for gunman fleeing traffic stop near county jail
UPDATED 10:42 P.M. BELLEVUE, Ill. - A man remains wanted by the Peoria County Sheriff's Department after he was seen waving a gun from a car. It happened around 8:00 p.m. Friday in the Bellevue area. ...
Jun 16, 2023 (25 News)
Father, son arrested on criminal charges after South Peoria traffic stop
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria father and son were arrested after drugs and a gun were allegedly found in a car the two were stopped in. Peoria Police say they pulled over 18-year-old Jahbrae Harper's vehicl...
Jun 16, 2023 Jahbrae Harper (left), Aubrae Harper (right) (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
