Category Archives: Top Stories
'Dilbert' cartoon dropped after racist rant by creator Scott Adams
(Reuters) - The cartoon "Dilbert" has been dropped from numerous U.S. newspapers in response to a racist rant by its creator on YouTube. Scott Adams called Black Americans a "hate group" and suggested...
Feb 26, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Scott Adams, the creator of "Dilbert", the cartoon character that lampoons the absurdities of corporate life, poses with two "Dilbert" characters at a party January 8, 1999 in Pasadena, Calif. REUTERS/Fred Prouser/File Photo
Man jailed after Friday shooting, police chase
PEORIA, Ill. - We now know who may have been responsible for a shooting at a house Friday, and who later chased police until officers stopped him on a busy Peoria roadway. Peoria Police say the shooti...
Feb 26, 2023 (Illinois Department of Transportation traffic camera)
Peoria Firefighter promoted to Division Chief
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria Firefighter is once again helping the department make history. Chief Shawn Sollberger says in a news release that Lore Baxter has been promoted to Division Chief of Operations....
Feb 25, 2023 (Submitted by Peoria Fire Department)
Most G20 nations condemn Russia for war but China stays silent
BENGALURU, India (Reuters) - Finance chiefs of the world's largest economies strongly condemned Moscow for its war on Ukraine on Saturday, with only China and Russia itself declining to sign a joint s...
Feb 25, 2023 U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen looks on as she holds a roundtable with India's technology leaders on the sidelines of G20 finance ministers' meeting on the outskirts of Bengaluru, India, February 25, 2023. REUTERS/Samuel Rajkumar
Police on lookout after groups declared 'National Day of Hate'
ILLINOIS (25 News Now) - Illinois State Police are urging the public to be vigilant because of online chatter about a so-called "National Day of Hate" on Saturday. Neo-Nazi anti-Semite groups are enco...
Feb 25, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria, Tazewell Counties at elevated COVID spread again
CHICAGO, Ill. - COVID-19 transmission is once again moving upward -- at least in two of the three Tri-Counties. The Illinois Department of Public Health says 20 counties are at elevated levels of comm...
Feb 25, 2023 (Centers for Disease Control)
Woodford County man indicted on felony sex charge
EUREKA, Ill. - A Woodford County man faces criminal charges for allegedly sexually abusing a minor. A grand jury last week indicted Jordan Hamilton, 26, of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse -- a Class ...
Feb 25, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Woodford County Jail via 25 News)
Biden does not plan to visit site of Ohio train derailment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday he has no plans to visit the site of the train derailment that spilled toxic chemicals in an Ohio town earlier in February. The trail der...
Feb 25, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden departs the White House for the weekend, in Washington, U.S., February 24, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
One year into invasion, Ukraine mourns dead and vows victory
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine honored its dead and vowed to keep fighting on Friday while Russia told the world to accept "the realities" of its war but faced new Western sanctions on the invasion's anniver...
Feb 24, 2023 Mariia reacts near the grave of her son Vasyl Kurbet, Ukrainian service member killed in a fight against Russian troops, on a day of the first anniversary of Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a cemetery in the town of Bucha, outside Kyiv, Ukraine February 24, 2023. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
'Equitable restrooms' bill advances in House
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A bill that would allow restaurants, hotels and other public places to designate "all-gender multiple-occupancy" restrooms passed out of a House committee W...
Feb 24, 2023 SmartSign / CC
