Category Archives: Top Stories
Juvenile stabbed during Friday night fight
PEORIA, Ill. - A juvenile was taken to the hospital Friday night after allegedly being stabbed by another juvenile. Peoria Police say they were called to a hospital around 7:30 P.M., with a juvenile b...
Oct 03, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Biden announces $60 million in aid to Puerto Rico after hurricane
UPDATED 1:50 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said he would provide more than $60 million in aid to help U.S. territory Puerto Rico as he headed to the island on Monday to survey damages...
Oct 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Cars drive under a downed power pole in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona in Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico September 21, 2022. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo/File Photo
Oath Keepers founder goes on trial over U.S. Capitol riots
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors will present their opening statements on Monday in the trial of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four others charged with conspiring to use force to stop...
Oct 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Oath Keepers militia founder Stewart Rhodes poses during an interview session in Eureka, Montana, U.S. June 20, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/File Photo
Ukrainian forces burst through Russian lines in major advance in south
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian forces achieved their biggest breakthrough in the south of the country since the war began, bursting through the front and advancing rapidly along the Dnipro River on Monday,...
Oct 03, 2022 Ukrainian service member dismount a cannon from a captured Russian armoured personnel carrier, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Izium in Kharkiv region, Ukraine October 2, 2022. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko
Woman injured in Peoria shooting Saturday night
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just before 9:30 p.m. Saturday to the area of W. Columbia Terrace and N. Flora Avenue for back-to-back ShotSpotter alerts of 15 rounds each. Peoria Public Inf...
Oct 03, 2022 Midwest Communications
U.S. Supreme Court gets back to work with a new face and environmental case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court opened what promises to be an eventful new term on Monday, hearing arguments in an environmental dispute, welcoming a history-making justice to the bench a...
Oct 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, U.S. September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Streator drops AMT, starts own ambulance service
STREATOR, Ill. - Peoria-based Advanced Medical Transport officially loses a client. According to a news release, the City of Streator's Fire Department is beginning its own transport ambulance service...
Oct 01, 2022 (Advanced Medical Transport)
Scenic Drives return this and next weekend
CANTON, Ill. - As if the recent stretch of somewhat cool temperatures wasn't enough of an indication that fall is here, two annual events in the area have also made their return. Organizers of the Spo...
Oct 01, 2022 (Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive)
U.S. Justice Dept seeks expedited ruling in Trump special master case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Friday moved to expedite its appeal of an order appointing a special master to review records the FBI seized from former President Donald Trump's F...
Oct 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. president Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, U.S., September 17, 2022. REUTERS/Gaelen Morse/File Photo
Bond set for teen charged in Peoria's 18th homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager is remains in custody on $2 million bond after he was charged with committing the city's 18th homicide almost two weeks ago. The 16-year-old male -- who is not yet being name...
Oct 01, 2022 Photo courtesy of 25 News
