Category Archives: Top Stories
Peoria Police hire 'Community Relations Crime Prevention Manager'
PEORIA, Ill. - There's a new employee of the Peoria Police Department, who likely won't be wearing a uniform but will have an impact on operations. A statement says Mary Peterson has been hired as the...
Oct 18, 2022 (Mary Peterson. Peoria Police)
First cannabis infuser in Illinois opens in Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. - There's a new businesses officially open in Pekin, and it's making history. Krown is the first cannabis infuser in the state -- approved through a social equity application. It's also a ...
Oct 18, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden promises to codify abortion rights if Democrats keep control of Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden, under renewed pressure over high inflation with mid-term elections approaching, said on Tuesday he will sign a law to codify abortion rights in January ...
Oct 18, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks about the student loan forgiveness program from an auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, U.S., October 17, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Giant 'proton beam' coming to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- OSF HealthCare is moving into the next phase of construction for the OSF Cancer Institute as a giant proton beam is being brought to the St. Francis Medical Center campus this week. OS...
Oct 18, 2022 (Artist rendering/OSF HealthCare)
Activist also running for Peoria City Council
PEORIA, Ill. - The man in charge of school safety for Peoria Public Schools isn't the only candidate for one of the five At Large seats on the Peoria City Council. There's at least two announced candi...
Oct 18, 2022 (Maushard for Peoria City Council via Facebook)
U.S. nears record poultry deaths from bird flu; virus type complicates fight
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A near-record number of U.S. chickens and turkeys have died in this year's outbreak of avian flu, as a different form of the virus than farmers battled before has infected more wil...
Oct 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Chickens feed from a row of feed bins at in Fairmont, North Carolina June 10, 2014. / REUTERS/Randall Hill
Coronavirus pandemic prompts Biden to focus on biological threats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday set in motion a plan to counter biological threats and prepare for the next pandemic after the COVID-19 coronavirus caused more than 1 millio...
Oct 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to deliver remarks on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before receiving a second COVID-19 booster vaccination in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 30, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
PPS school safety director announces political plans
PEORIA, Ill. -- The school safety director at Peoria Public Schools on Monday announced he is running for an at-large seat on the Peoria City Council in next year's election. Demario Boone has worked ...
Oct 18, 2022 (25 News)
Decomposed body discovered in East Peoria
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- A death investigation is underway after someone discovered a decomposed body late Monday afternoon on railroad property near Columbia Street in East Peoria. Police said in a relea...
Oct 18, 2022 (25 News)
Abandoned Pekin home destroyed by fire
PEKIN, Ill. - An abandoned home in Pekin is considered to be a total loss following a fire Monday afternoon. Pekin Fire Chief Trent Reeise says the call came in near Derby and Second Streets just afte...
Oct 17, 2022 (25 News)
