Category Archives: Top Stories
Gratitude for growth in Peoria becomes a theme at chamber luncheon
PEORIA, Ill. -- To achieve growth, one local leader wants to change the slogan from "Will it Play in Peoria?" to "Peoria is a City of Gratitude" It was the main thrust of former Peoria City Councilman...
Nov 17, 2022
Former Toulon official pleads guilty to federal sex charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A former elected official in Stark County is pleading guilty to child pornography-related charges. Federal court records indicate Jason Musselman pleaded guilty in a Peoria courtroom Th...
Nov 17, 2022 (Stark County Jail via 25 News)
Judge issues temporary restraining order keeping County Auditor's office open
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County office embroiled in controversy is getting a bit of a reprieve. A Peoria County judge has issued a temporary restraining order leaving the Auditor's office funded and in...
Nov 17, 2022 (Peoria County)
Peoria's Famous Dave's BBQ closing down
PEORIA, Ill. -- The owners of Famous Dave's BBQ in Peoria are preparing to close the restaurant's doors for good. Currently, Famous Dave's, near the Shoppes at Grand Prairie, is only doing carryout or...
Nov 17, 2022 rick / CC
Peoria councilman makes move for at-large seat
PEORIA, Ill. -- He says he will remain "an independent voice for the community" at the Peoria City Council. At-Large councilman Kiran Velpula makes that promise in announcing his campaign for another ...
Nov 17, 2022
Republicans win U.S. House majority, setting stage for divided government
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans were projected to win a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, setting the stage for two years of divided government as President Joe Biden's Dem...
Nov 17, 2022 House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to reporters after McCarthy was nominated by fellow Republicans to be their leader or the Speaker of the House if they take control in the next Congress, following House Republican leadership elections at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy
Car crashes into Los Angeles sheriff's department recruits on training run
(Reuters) - Multiple Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department recruits were injured when a car crashed into them on Wednesday morning while they were out for a run in Whittier, California, the departme...
Nov 16, 2022 A police officer watches a damaged vehicle after multiple Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department recruits were injured when a car crashed into them while they were out for a run in Whittier, California, U.S. November 16, 2022. REUTERS/Ringo Chiu
SAFE-T Act changes could be forthcoming, 'technical' in nature
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Changes may yet come to the SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform before its Jan. 1 effective date, but some of its major proponents in the General Assembly sa...
Nov 16, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Amtrak cancels some Illinois train routes through mid-January
CHICAGO, Ill. - Amtrak is cancelling two Illinois routes -- one from Chicago and one to Chicago -- through the middle of January. The passenger rail service blames staffing shortages for the cancellat...
Nov 16, 2022 (Mike Armstrong/Amtrak)
Same-sex marriage protection bill clears initial hurdle in U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to advance a bill protecting federal recognition of same-sex marriage, prompted by concerns that a more conservative Supreme Court could revers...
Nov 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol is seen at sunset on the eve of the first anniversary of the January 6, 2021 attack on the building, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 5, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
