Category Archives: Top Stories
ELECTION: Rundown of all Illinois statewide races and issues
SPRINGFIELD - In the Tuesday, Nov. 8, election, Illinois voters will cast a ballot on a state constitutional amendment, every statewide constitutional office, every seat in the General Assembly and, i...
Nov 01, 2022 Midwest Communications
Peoria home demolished after fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called to a home on W. Howett Street, near S. Louisa and S. Webster, Monday night on reports of fire. Fire Battalion Chief Tom Stimeling said crews arrived jus...
Nov 01, 2022 Midwest Communications
U.S. Supreme Court conservatives lean against race-conscious student admissions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled skepticism on Monday toward the legality of race-conscious admissions policies in cases involving Harvard University and the Uni...
Nov 01, 2022 Demonstrators gather in support of affirmative action as the U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider whether colleges may continue to use race as a factor in student admissions in two cases, at the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S. October 31, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Paul Pelosi attack suspect sought to take speaker hostage, prosecutors say
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -The man accused of bludgeoning U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer after breaking into the couple's home threatened to take her hostage and break her kneec...
Nov 01, 2022 People stand near police tape outside the home of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi where her husband Paul Pelosi was violently assaulted after a break-in at their house, according to a statement from her office, in San Francisco, California, U.S., October 28, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
U.S. Halloween night shootings kill one, injure about 20
(Reuters) -One person was killed and about 20 wounded on Halloween night in two separate shooting attacks in the U.S. cities of Kansas City and Chicago, police said. Between five and seven people were...
Nov 01, 2022 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Ann Callahan, mother of U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, passes away
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The mother of 17th District Congresswoman Cheri Bustos has died. Ann Callahan was 89 when, according to an obituary from the Congresswoman's office, she passed away Sunday at her S...
Oct 31, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/U. S. House of Representatives)
Woman pleads not guilty after decomposed body found in storage unit
GALESBURG, Ill. - A rural Knox County resident has pleaded not guilty to charges alleging, among other things, she had a dead body in a storage locker. Marcy Oglesby, 50, pleaded not guilty in Knox Co...
Oct 31, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Knox County Jail)
Elon Musk says he will be Twitter CEO
(Reuters) -Billionaire Elon Musk said on Monday he would be the chief executive officer of Twitter, the social media company he recently acquired for $44 billion. The move comes after Musk, who also r...
Oct 31, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk's photo is seen through a Twitter logo in this illustration taken October 28, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Peoria teen develops water irrigation system
PEORIA, Ill. - The struggle for people in some parts of the world, coupled with people who somehow water their lawns while it's raining, inspired a local student to create a better way. Kushi Shah's i...
Oct 31, 2022 (Kushi Shah via 25 News)
Supply chain concerns compound for Central Illinois farmers
PEORIA, Ill. -- There remain significant supply chain concerns for many central Illinois farmers and agricultural producers. A combination of ongoing high fuel prices as well as uncertainty with a rai...
Oct 31, 2022 Alabama Extension
