Category Archives: Top Stories
Severe weather possible in Peoria Sunday evening
PEORIA, Ill. - The weekend is not going to end on a positive note weather-wise. 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins says despite the storms of this morning, more severe storms will b...
Sep 18, 2022 (National Weather Service)
Hurricane Fiona barrels toward Puerto Rico with heavy winds, rain
UPDATED 10:20 A.M. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - The powerful storm Fiona has strengthened into a hurricane as it barrels toward Puerto Rico on Sunday, threatening to slam the U.S. territory with ...
Sep 18, 2022 A small boat tugs a small sailboat to safety as tropical storm Fiona approaches in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico September 17, 2022. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo
Biden meets families of Russian-held detainees Griner, Whelan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden met on Friday with families of two Americans being held by Russia, and personally reassured them he is working to gain freedom for the detainees. Biden sat do...
Sep 17, 2022 FILE PHOTO - U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, sits inside a defendants' cage after the court's verdict in Khimki outside Moscow, Russia August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool
Special master examining Trump documents to hold first hearing on Tuesday
(Reuters) - An independent arbiter, known as a special master, appointed to examine the contents of classified documents seized by the FBI from ex-President Donald Trump's Florida estate last month wi...
Sep 17, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 3, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
The queen's queue: people line up for 16 hours to see coffin
LONDON (Reuters) - People flocked to central London to join a queue to file past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth on Saturday, undeterred by a government warning to stay at home to avoid standing in line...
Sep 17, 2022 Britain's King Charles III (L), Britain's Prince William, Prince of Wales and Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (R) walk behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, adorned with a Royal Standard and the Imperial State Crown and pulled by a Gun Carriage of The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery, during a procession from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster, in London on September 14, 2022. - Queen Elizabeth II will lie in state in Westminster Hall inside the Palace of Westminster, from Wednesday until a few hours before her funeral on Monday, with huge queues expected to file past her coffin to pay their respects. DANIEL LEAL/Pool via REUTERS
Man arrested after chase through Woodford County
EUREKA, Ill. - A Henry, Illinois man is in custody after allegedly leading law enforcement on a chase Friday morning. Woodford County Chief Deputy Sheriff Dennis Tipsword says Robert Gibbs, 36, is jai...
Sep 16, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
UPDATED: Crews respond to fire inside Metro Centre restaurant
UPDATED: 8:31 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Fire officials confirm there were no injuries after crews responded to a call at McAlister's Deli near the University and Glen side of the Metro Centre late F...
Sep 16, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Health Department: Social media claims about local McDonald's are false
PEORIA, Ill. - There's a saying often used in jest along the lines of "Never let facts get in the way of a good story." The Peoria City/County Health Department is refuting a recent Facebook post sugg...
Sep 16, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Autopsy conducted on motorcycle crash victim
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner is identifying the victim of Wednesday evening's fatal accident involving a motorcycle. Coroner Jamie Harwood says preliminary autopsy results on William Garre...
Sep 16, 2022 Midwest Communications
1 adult, 3 juveniles arrested for car theft
PEORIA, Ill. - Four people including three juveniles were arrested early Friday morning for allegedly stealing a car -- an early use of the city's new license plate reader cameras. Police say the vehi...
Sep 16, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail May 2022 File)
