Category Archives: Top Stories
SURVEY: Most don't want limits on Peoria cannabis business
PEORIA, Ill. -- A significant percentage of those who responded to a city survey about the future of the marijuana business in Peoria said they don't want to see a limit placed on the number of cannab...
Nov 10, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Pekin High Football history-making season continues Saturday
PEKIN, Ill. - A history-making season for the Pekin Dragons football team continues Saturday. The Dragons play Lake Zurich in the third round of the Class 7A playoffs Saturday afternoon at home, takin...
Nov 10, 2022 (www.pekinhigh.net)
Two injured in Fulton County tractor trailer crash
FULTON COUNTY, Ill. - A Creve Coeur man got several tickets after an accident Thursday morning in Fulton County. Illinois State Police says the crash happened around 9:30 a.m. on U.S. 136 near Fulton ...
Nov 10, 2022 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Alex Jones ordered to pay $473 million in punitive damages in Sandy Hook defamation case
(Reuters) - Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay $473 million in punitive damages on top of a nearly $1 billion verdict handed down last month for his defamatory claims about the 2012 Sandy Hook ma...
Nov 10, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Infowars founder Alex Jones speaks to the media after appearing at his Sandy Hook defamation trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S., October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Deputies want help identifying Tazewell County burglars
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - Authorities in Tazewell County haven't released many details, but they want your help identifying two people who tried to break into a rural business recently. The sheriffs dep...
Nov 10, 2022 (Tazewell Co. Sheriffs Dept. via Facebook)
Police investigating Central Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say one person was nearly hit by gunfire Wednesday night in Central Peoria. Officials say two ShotSpotter alerts indicating what they called "fully automatic gunfire" were...
Nov 10, 2022 Midwest Communications
Biden seeks to build 'floor' for China relations in Xi meeting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden hopes to forge guidelines for competing with China when he meets Xi Jinping next week, but he will be honest about U.S. concerns, including over Taiwan a...
Nov 10, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks virtually with Chinese leader Xi Jinping from the White House in Washington, U.S. November 15, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
UPDATED: One person rescued from Peoria duplex fire
UPDATED 2:48 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters had to make a rescue as one side of a duplex went up in flames late Thursday morning. Peoria firefighters were called to a home on Country Meadows ...
Nov 10, 2022 (25 News)
Second school bus crash of the week, no students injured
PEORIA, Ill. -- For the second time this week, police have responded to a traffic crash involving a school bus. The latest occurred early Thursday, around 7 a.m. at the intersection of Knoxville Avenu...
Nov 10, 2022 Photo courtesy 25 News
Raoul alerting IL veterans of 'targeted' scams
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Illinois veterans may be the target of a new scam. State Attorney General Kwame Raoul is telling vets and their families to watch out for scammers, especially this Veterans Day. Thank...
Nov 10, 2022 Daniel X. O'Neil / CC
