Category Archives: Top Stories
'High risk traffic stop' causes traffic trouble
PEORIA, Ill. - Not many details are available just yet about what may look like a traffic accident in a busy section of Northwest andCentral Peoria, but is not one. Peoria Police confirm officers cond...
Feb 24, 2023 (Illinois Department of Transportation traffic camera)
Police investigating shots fired at house
PEORIA, Ill. - A report of shots fired near Central Peoria and the West Bluff has details that sound like another shots fired call earlier this week. Peoria Police say this one happened Friday afterno...
Feb 24, 2023 (25 News)
"Home Illinois" proposed to prevent and end homelessness in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Governor J.B. Pritzker wants to ensure that homelessness in Illinois is eliminated. The governor introduced "Home Illinois" at his budget address earlier this month to tackle the i...
Feb 24, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Sheriff issues warning about rash of vehicle thefts
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins is sounding a warning for car owners in general in the county -- but, specifically, for those who own Kias or Hyundais. Watkins, on social media, say...
Feb 24, 2023 (Peoria County Sheriffs Office)
U.S. warns U.N. not to be fooled by calls for unconditional truce in Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned the United Nations Security Council on Friday that it should not be fooled by calls for a temporary or unconditional ceasefire i...
Feb 24, 2023 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks, while sitting next to British Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs James Cleverly, during a meeting at the United Nations Security Council, to mark one year since Russia invaded Ukraine, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., February 24, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Bankman-Fried faces more criminal charges, allegedly hid political donations
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sam Bankman-Fried was hit with new criminal charges on Thursday, in an expanded indictment accusing the founder of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange of conspiring to ma...
Feb 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried, who faces fraud charges over the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, exits the Manhattan federal court in New York City, U.S. February 16, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
U.S. consumer spending posts biggest gain in nearly two years; inflation picks up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending increased by the most in nearly two years in January amid a surge in wage gains, while inflation accelerated, adding to financial market fears that the Fe...
Feb 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: People shop at a Target store during Black Friday sales in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 25, 2022. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska
Peoria Fire Department 2022 numbers released
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Fire Department was busy in 2022. Fire Chief Shawn Sollberger says the department responded to 20,312 calls last year. Of those calls, 804 of them were related to fire incide...
Feb 24, 2023 (Peoria Fire Dept.)
U.S. judge orders Trump deposed in lawsuits by former FBI officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered former President Donald Trump to be questioned in a pair of lawsuits against the Justice Department and FBI by two former agency officials who a...
Feb 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a rally to support Republican candidates ahead of midterm elections, in Dayton, Ohio, U.S. November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Gaelen Morse
US targets Russia with sanctions, tariffs on Ukraine war anniversary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States marked the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Friday by announcing new sanctions against Russia and its allies, new export controls and tarif...
Feb 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: President Joe Biden walks down a corridor to his cabin on a train after a surprise visit with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023, in Kyiv. Biden took a nearly 10-hour train ride from Poland into Kyiv. Evan Vucci/Pool via REUTERS
