Category Archives: Top Stories
Associate Judge in 10th Circuit promoted to Circuit Judge
PEORIA, Ill. - An Associate Judge in the local judicial circuit is getting a promotion of sorts. 10th Circuit Chief Judge Katherine Gorman and the Illinois Supreme Court say Judge Frank Ierulli has be...
Nov 28, 2022 (Peoria County via 25 News)
Buffalo supermarket shooting suspect pleads guilty to murder
(Reuters) - An avowed white supremacist pleaded guilty on Monday to first-degree murder and other state charges in a mass shooting in May that killed 10 people at a supermarket in a predominantly Blac...
Nov 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Buffalo shooting suspect, Payton Gendron, appears in court accused of killing 10 people in a live-streamed supermarket shooting in a Black neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, U.S., May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Unattended cooking leads to weekend apartment fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters are still issuing warnings in the post-Thanksgiving period about cooking fires, after one early yesterday caused $20,000 in damage to an apartment building. Firefigh...
Nov 28, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Chevron can resume key role in Venezuela's oil output, exports
WASHINGTON/HOUSTON (Reuters) -Chevron Corp on Saturday received a U.S. license allowing the second-largest U.S. oil company to expand its production in Venezuela and bring the South American country's...
Nov 28, 2022 The logo of Dow Jones Industrial Average stock market index listed company Chevron (CVX) is seen in Los Angeles, California, United States, April 12, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
U.S. screened 2.56 million air passengers Sunday, highest since 2019
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it screened 2.56 million air passengers on Sunday, the highest number since December 2019 and the busiest day since the...
Nov 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Travelers navigate through a security checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. November 22, 2022. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer
Two rescued from small plane crash near Washington, authorities say
(Reuters) -Two seriously injured people trapped inside a small plane that crashed into high-voltage power lines near Washington, D.C. and caused mass outages have been rescued, authorities said early ...
Nov 28, 2022 A small airplane hangs about 100 feet (33 metres) above the ground after crashing into an electricity tower in Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S. November 27, 2022 in a still image from video. ABC affiliate WJLA via REUTERS
Resident injured and several pets dead or missing in North Pekin fire
PEKIN, Ill. -- One person was hospitalized and several pets reportedly died as the result of a house fire in North Pekin over the weekend. It happened around 1 a.m. Saturday at a home along Elm Street...
Nov 28, 2022 Midwest Communications
Shanghai protesters, police jostle as anger over China's COVID curbs mounts
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Hundreds of demonstrators in Shanghai shouted and jostled with police on Sunday evening as protests over China's stringent COVID restrictions flared for a third day followi...
Nov 27, 2022 Workers in protective suits keep watch behind a barrier at a sealed restaurant area, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China, November 26, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
City Council approves lease of Gateway Building to Childers
PEORIA, Ill. - An eatery with a number of Peoria and East Peoria locations is about to mark its expansion into downtown Peoria. The Peoria City Council is approving a lease agreement for Childers Eate...
Nov 25, 2022
Fire destroys South Peoria home
UPDATED 5:15 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A home in South Peoria was deemed a total loss after a mid-afternoon fire Friday. Peoria Fire crews were called to a home near Arago and Starr around 1:30 p.m., learni...
Nov 25, 2022 (25 News)
