Category Archives: Top Stories
PPS school bus involved in minor crash Thursday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating the cause of a minor crash Thursday morning involving a school bus and a delivery truck. Public Information Officer Semone Roth says the accident happene...
Nov 13, 2025
Powerball jackpot grows to $546 million
URBANDALE, Ia. - The Powerball jackpot grows to $546 million, after no one took home the $512 million top prize in Wednesday night's drawing. Winning numbers were 29, 39, 43, 51, 65, with a Powerball ...
Nov 13, 2025 (Multi-State Lottery Association/Mega Millions)
US government opens back up but deep political divisions remain
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government is due to lumber back to life on Thursday after the longest shutdown in U.S. history snarled air traffic, cut food assistance to low-income Americans and forc...
Nov 13, 2025 American flags flutter in front of the U.S. Capitol more than a month into the continuing U.S. government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 7, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/
Peoria Friendship House expands turkey giveaway ahead of Thanksgiving
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Local food pantries are preparing to serve more families than ever this Thanksgiving, with Peoria Friendship House seeing increased demand despite growing community support. T...
Nov 13, 2025 bhofack2 / Depositphotos.com
US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson hospitalized
(Reuters) -U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson is hospitalized and currently under observation for progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), the Chicago-based Rainbow PUSH Coalition, which he founded, ...
Nov 13, 2025 Rev. Jesse Jackson attends Day one of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 19, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake
'Broadview Six' plead not guilty to charges of 'impeding' agents outside ICE facility
Article Summary A group of six Democratic candidates, officeholders and activists pleaded not guilty Wednesday on federal charges they "impeded" a federal agent during a September protest outside of a...
Nov 13, 2025 Ninth District congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh addresses reporters following her Nov. 12 arraignment hearing in Chicago. She and five others, dubbed the “Broadview Six,” were charged with “impeding” a federal agent while protesting outside of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)
Trump signs deal to end longest US government shutdown in history
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed legislation ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, hours after the House of Representatives voted to restart disrupted...
Nov 13, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump signs the funding bill to end the U.S. government shutdown, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 12, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
US House takes step toward ending longest government shutdown in history
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The House of Representatives took a procedural step toward ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history on Wednesday, advancing a stopgap funding package to restart dis...
Nov 12, 2025 U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) walks surrounded by the media, as members of the U.S. House of Representatives returned to Washington after a 53-day break, for a vote that could bring the longest U.S. government shutdown in history to a close, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 12, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
School advocacy group discusses results of recent state trends in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - An Illinois non-profit bipartisan advocacy group focusing on education issues is touring the state to discuss its latest review. Leaders with Advance Illinois made a stop at Illinois Ce...
Nov 12, 2025 Advance Illinois President Robin Steans discusses "The State We're In" at Illinois Central College's Peoria campus. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Guilty plea entered in Valentine's Day robbery at Peoria apartment complex
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has pleaded guilty for his role in connection to a Valentine's Day robbery at a Peoria apartment complex. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 25-year-old Anthony Morr...
Nov 12, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
