Category Archives: Top Stories
Woman arrested for suspected stabbing death
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman with an arrest history dating back 20 years has been arrested for what is believed to be the city's sixth homicide of the year. Peoria Police say Lauraine Singleton, 41, ...
May 14, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2020)
Princeville pool closed for this year but could come back with a park district
PRINCEVILLE, Ill. - The village of Princeville is without a public-run pool this summer, but the potential of a new government body could help bring it back. 25 News reports the village board voted to...
May 14, 2023 (Village of Princeville)
Bradley University graduates Class of 2023
PEORIA, Ill. - There's a new class of graduates from Bradley University. Bradley held commencement ceremonies for both its undergraduate and graduate students Saturday, before many of them headed off ...
May 14, 2023 (Bradley University via Twitter)
Zelenskiy in Berlin: we can make Russia's defeat 'irreversible'
KYIV/BERLIN (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday Kyiv and its Western supporters could make a Russian defeat in the war in Ukraine "irreversible" as early as this year and...
May 14, 2023 German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier welcomes Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at Bellevue palace in Berlin, Germany, May 14, 2023. Bernd von Jutrczenka/Pool via REUTERS
Hagaman to become Rivermen associate head coach
PEORIA, Ill. - A man you might consider one of the legends of the Peoria Rivermen is staying around at least one more year. The Rivermen announced through the Journal Star that longtime player Alec Ha...
May 13, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Musk nabs ex-NBCUniversal ad chief Yaccarino as new Twitter CEO
(Reuters) - Elon Musk has named former NBCUniversal advertising chief Linda Yaccarino as Twitter's new CEO, as the company tries to reverse a plunge in ad revenue. Yaccarino will take over a social me...
May 13, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Twitter app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
As assault weapons ban faces challenges, lawmakers consider more gun restrictions
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois lawmakers are considering further legislation restricting the possession and marketing of firearms, even as state and federal courts are weighing t...
May 13, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Severe weather possible Saturday night, says Collins
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Last weekend we saw plenty of severe weather in the area. Now that we're into this weekend, it could be much the same thing. 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist thinks things c...
May 13, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Italy confirms backing for Ukraine as Zelenskiy prepares to meet pope
ROME (Reuters) -Rome promised its full backing for Ukraine on Saturday as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy began a visit for talks with Italian officials and Pope Francis, who said in late April the Vati...
May 13, 2023 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is welkomed by Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani as he arrives at Rome's Ciampino airport, Italy, May 13, 2023. Italian Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
Uncertainty clouds US transition at Mexico border as new rules take effect
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico/EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) -The Biden administration began implementing a sweeping policy shift at the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday as a COVID-era order that had allowed the swift ...
May 13, 2023 Migrants walk to cross the Rio Bravo river to turn themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents before the lifting of Title 42, in Matamoros, Mexico, May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril
