Category Archives: Top Stories
Man arrested for drugs allegedly in his pants at courthouse
PEORIA, Ill. - Here's a word to the wise: Don't try to enter the Peoria County Courthouse with a large amount of illegal drugs in your pants. Sheriff Chris Watkins is giving kudos to court security af...
May 25, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Fire near Peoria cemetery causes traffic tie-up
UPDATED 6:53 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A fire to a home on the back side of Swan Lake Memorial Gardens in Peoria has been knocked down. That's according to Peoria Fire Chief Shawn Sollberger. The fire broke...
May 25, 2023 (Illinois Department of Transportation Traffic Camera via 25 News)
Biden lauds leadership skills of his pick for top US general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Praising his leadership and even his culinary skills, President Joe Biden on Thursday formally announced his nomination of Air Force chief General Charles Q. Brown as the top U....
May 25, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden congratulates U.S. Air Force General Charles Brown Jr. after announcing his nomination of Brown to serve as the next chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 25, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Seven arrested during another PPD Anti-Violence Initiative detail
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say seven people were arrested during the latest special law enforcement detail that's a part of Chief Eric Echevarria's Anti-Violence Initiative. The detail was Wednesday...
May 25, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Fire at apartment building Thursday in North Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - No one was injured after a fire at a three-story apartment building in North Peoria on Thursday. The Peoria Fire Department says the call for the fire at West Marigold Dr. and North Lan...
May 25, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Bill would allow noncitizens in Illinois to obtain standard driver's licenses
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Noncitizens in Illinois may soon be able to obtain standard driver's licenses. A bill awaiting signature on Governor J.B. Pritzker's desk would allow for it. Currently, noncitizens...
May 25, 2023 Jim Bowen / CC
Park district holds off decision on Columbus statue
PEORIA, Ill. - The future of Peoria's Christopher Columbus statue is not fully known, but it may not be seen in the River City again. The park district voted to remove the statue in the fall of 2020 a...
May 25, 2023 (Peoria Park District)
Defiant Oath Keepers founder sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge sentenced the founder of the far-right militant Oath Keepers Stewart Rhodes to 18 years in prison on Thursday for seditious conspiracy and other crimes related to...
May 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Oath Keepers militia founder Stewart Rhodes holds a radio as he departs with volunteers from a rally held by U.S. President Donald Trump in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. October 10, 2019. Picture taken October 10, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/File Photo
Echevarria reiterates PPD will not tolerate pop-up parties and caravans
PEORIA, Ill. -- For the second time this month, Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria is talking about the consequences people will face if they take part in rolling caravans and pop-up parties. Echevar...
May 25, 2023 (Peoria Police Facebook Page)
US Supreme Court curbs states' property tax 'windfall'
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday curbed state and local governments from seizing and selling the homes of people with unpaid property taxes and keeping the proceeds beyond the amount owe...
May 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, U.S. September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
