Category Archives: Top Stories
New faces coming to Washington's city council and school boards
WASHINGTON, Ill. - New faces are coming to the Washington City Council and school boards. In Ward One, incumbent Lilija Stevens won with 61% of the vote over challenger Shelly Marshall. But in Ward Fo...
Apr 04, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: Peoria School Board President wins re-election
UPDATED 12:02 A.M. 4/5/23 PEORIA, Ill. - The president of the Peoria School Board has defeated a challenger that was removed, and returned, to the ballot. Martha Ross won another five-year term in Dis...
Apr 04, 2023 Midwest Communications
Hours after arraignment, Trump claims election interference
PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump said on Tuesday night, hours after being charged in court, that he was the victim of election interference and he lashed out at New York p...
Apr 04, 2023 Former U.S. President Donald Trump walks amid crowd on the day of his court appearance in New York after being indicted by a Manhattan grand jury following a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., April 4, 2023. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo
UPDATE - Authorities assessing damage from reported tornado in Fulton County
UPDATED 6:45 a.m. FULTON COUNTY, Ill. -- From the Fulton County EDSA regarding damage from Tuesday night's tornado: Later on this (Wednesday) morning we will provide an update on things within this gr...
Apr 04, 2023 (Mary Shawgo via 25 News)
Teen charged as adult for 2021 death of mother, injury of father
PEKIN, Ill. - A teenage girl suspected in Tazewell County of hiring other teens to kill her parents in October of 2021 is now being charged as an adult. Dahlia Bolin, now 16, is charged with First-Deg...
Apr 04, 2023 (25 News October 2021)
Man seriously hurt in afternoon shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Police say one person was shot Tuesday afternoon in South Peoria. Police say the shooting happened 2:40 p.m. near Matthew and Garden Streets. Officials aren't saying much, except that t...
Apr 04, 2023 (25 News)
Grand jury indicts man for March shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man arrested last month now faces charges filed by a grand jury in connection with a local shooting. Diondre King, 22, is being indicted on charges of Aggravated Battery and Ag...
Apr 04, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Teens face upgraded charges after weekend stabbing death in Henry County
KEWANEE, Ill. - Two juveniles charged with a murder in a nearby community in Henry County are now facing stronger charges, and the name of one of the two has been released. Police in Kewanee say Jerem...
Apr 04, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Rivian plans solar array, new parking lot at Normal plant
NORMAL, Ill. - The Rivian plant in Normal may undergo some changes, but they may have nothing to do with production of electric vehicles still not meeting estimates. The town of Normal's Planning Comm...
Apr 04, 2023 (25 News)
'Because Mike Madigan came to us': Defendant invoked ex-speaker in defense of lobbying contracts
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Former Commonwealth Edison executive Fidel Marquez had been a government informant for less than a month when he had a meeting with longtime Illinois House Speaker Mi...
Apr 04, 2023 Ex-lobbyist Mike McClain is pictured in his driver's license photo, which was submitted as evidence in his federal court trial this week in a case where he and three others allegedly bribed former House Speaker Michael Madigan (right) with jobs and contracts for the speaker’s political allies in exchange for legislation favorable to electric utility Commonwealth Edison. (Madigan photo and illustration by Jerry Nowicki; McClain photo obtained from trial exhibit)
