Category Archives: Top Stories
Election results certified; incumbent retains school board seat
PEORIA, Ill. - A race that was pretty close when the polls closed on election night earlier this month has now been made official. The Peoria County Board of Election Commissioners has certified the r...
Apr 19, 2023 (25 News)
Business incubator ready for construction, to hire new executive director
PEORIA, Ill. - The next stage of incubation, if you will, of a local business incubator is beginning in earnest. Officials with Distillery Labs say they are now ready to search for their new Executive...
Apr 19, 2023 (Distillery Labs)
More teenagers arrested on carjacking charges
PEORIA, Ill. - There's been another arrest of teenagers in connection with a stolen vehicle. Peoria Police said Wednesday the incident happened around 11:45 Tuesday morning, when a Licence Plate Reade...
Apr 19, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Elmwood home destroyed by fire, son helps everyone safely evacuate
ELMWOOD, Ill. - The quick thinking of a child helped everyone escape a fire in an Elmwood home, but the home itself is destroyed. The fire broke out Tuesday at a home on South Althea Street, triggerin...
Apr 19, 2023 (25 News)
US Supreme Court extends block on abortion pill curbs by two days
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday extended by two days a temporary block on limits set by lower courts on access to the abortion pill mifepristone in a challen...
Apr 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A box containing a Mifepristone tablet is seen at Blue Mountain Clinic in Missoula, Montana, U.S. February 28, 2023. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare/File Photo
Tennessee lawmakers to visit White House as Biden continues push on guns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Three Democrats in the Tennessee legislature who faced expulsion over their participation in gun control protests will visit the White House on Monday as U.S. President Joe Biden...
Apr 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Rep. Justin Pearson, Rep. Justin Jones, and Rep. Gloria Johnson leave the Tennessee State Capitol after a vote at the Tennessee House of Representatives to expel two Democratic members for their roles in a gun control demonstration at the statehouse last week, in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
Grand jury files indictments in several cases
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County handed down indictments in a number of local cases Tuesday. Here are details of some of the more notable ones. The grand jury is charging Dwayne Daye, Jr. (pictured abov...
Apr 19, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Former ComEd CEO says she didn't remember wiretapped call that 'proves my innocence'
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - When the former CEO of Commonwealth Edison was interviewed by federal prosecutors and agents in September 2019, she denied knowing the substance of the case the gover...
Apr 19, 2023 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
US announces $325 million in new arms aid for Ukraine, including HIMARS ammo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's administration announced $325 million in new military aid for Ukraine on Wednesday to help its military in its war against Russia, including additional...
Apr 19, 2023 Workers demolish a residential building heavily damaged during Russia's attack in the town of Irpin, outside of Kyiv, Ukraine April 19, 2023. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
US Boy Scouts exits Chapter 11 bankruptcy after abuse settlement
(Reuters) -The Boys Scouts of America said on Wednesday it had emerged from bankruptcy after battling back appeals over its $2.46 billion settlement of decades of sexual abuse claims. The Boy Scouts' ...
Apr 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The statue of a scout stands in the entrance to Boy Scouts of America headquarters in Irving, Texas, February 5, 2013. REUTERS/Tim Sharp (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY)
