Category Archives: Top Stories
Manier asks residents to "Shop Local" to keep Washington businesses thriving
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- Washington, Illinois' local economy is made up of many small, locally-owned businesses. A few of them have struggled financially to the point that they're closing their doors. Wash...
Aug 22, 2022 (City of Washington Facebook)
Daughter of ultra-nationalist Russian ideologue killed in suspected car bomb attack
(Reuters) -The daughter of an ultra-nationalist Russian ideologue who advocates Russia absorbing Ukraine was killed in a suspected car bomb attack outside Moscow, Russian state investigators said on S...
Aug 22, 2022 Investigators work at the site of a suspected car bomb attack that killed Darya Dugina, daughter of ultra-nationalist Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin, in the Moscow region, Russia August 21, 2022, in this still image taken from video. Investigative Committee of Russia/Handout via REUTERS
Senator Graham wins temporary reprieve from testifying in Trump Georgia probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An appeals court put on hold U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham's scheduled testimony for Tuesday before a grand jury in Georgia probing efforts by Donald Trump to overturn the former ...
Aug 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) asks questions to Attorney General Merrick Garland (not pictured) during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, at the Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S., April 26, 2022. Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Man arrested after leading police on chase, crashing into Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. -- Crews have secured damages to a Peoria Civic Center entrance after a vehicle crashed into the building early Saturday morning. Peoria Police said around 4 a.m., officers were flagged d...
Aug 22, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Bradley University move ins to continue with thousands arriving this week
PEORIA, Ill. -- We'll continue to see Bradley University students moving back in through this week, but it's a relief for many of the first year students, who accomplished their move-in, dodging the r...
Aug 21, 2022 Photo courtesy 25 News
At least 21 killed in Somalia hotel siege, many hostages freed
MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Somali forces have ended a deadly siege at a hotel in the capital Mogadishu which saw more than 20 people killed and dozens of hostages freed, authorities said on Sunday. Elite ar...
Aug 21, 2022 Police and military officials comb the scene of an al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group militant attack, in Mogadishu, Somalia August 21, 2022. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
Police: Man shot, killed in alley
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police are investigating the city's 16th homicide, uncovered late Saturday night near downtown. Police say officers responded to a shots fired call in the 500 block of Spring St...
Aug 21, 2022 Midwest Communications
Peoria Police officer shoots, kills dog in late night encounter
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have reported details surrounding an incident where an officer shot a reportedly aggressive dog. Shortly after 11:30 p.m. Friday, police say officers responded to the 160...
Aug 20, 2022 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
IMA: Manufacturing demand growing, but still lacking proper workforce
PEORIA, Ill. -- While manufacturing remains a bedrock of the Illinois economy, challenges certainly remain especially in the labor force. "Before the pandemic started, we had 437,000 open manufacturin...
Aug 20, 2022 In this photo taken Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, smoke rises from a stack at the U.S. steel factory in the city of Smederevo, 45 kilometers east of Belgrade, Serbia. U.S. Steel announced its operating losses in Serbia spurred by Europe's debt crisis. The town is in a panic over a financial report released by Pittsburgh-based steel giant U.S. Steel that its plant in Smederevo, almost the sole source of income for its 100,000 people, is losing tens of millions of dollars. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Woman jailed after West Peoria stabbing
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - A woman is in jail after she allegedly stabbed two other people during an overnight dispute Saturday at a West Peoria bar. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says deputies were ca...
Aug 20, 2022 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
