Category Archives: Top Stories
Man identified in fatal Fulton County shooting
UPDATED 3:44 p.m. TABLE GROVE, Ill. - Authorities have identified the man killed in Monday night's officer-involved shooting in Fulton County. Illinois State Police and County Coroner Steve Hines have...
Jul 27, 2022 Midwest Communications
State sells Chicago's James R. Thompson Center to Google
CHICAGO, Ill. - It was only on the market about seven months after failed attempts in the past, but a tech giant will be the new owner of the James R. Thompson Center in downtown Chicago. Google -- wh...
Jul 27, 2022 Chicago Architecture Today / CC
BioUrja donates Hazmat suits to Peoria Fire
PEORIA, Ill. - A relatively new local employer that just went through a rough patch a couple months ago is still making good on a promise to help the Peoria Fire Department. BioUrja is donating five s...
Jul 27, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria County Board reconsidering elected auditor's position as battle continues
UPDATED 2:14 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria County Board's Executive Committee is moving forward a potential election referendum question to to decide whether to remove the county's elected auditor's...
Jul 27, 2022 (Peoria County)
Biden tested negative for COVID, his physician says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning after getting infected with the coronavirus last week, his physician said. Biden re...
Jul 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the media as he arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S. July 20, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
U.S. Justice Department probing Trump's efforts to overturn election -Wash Post
(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is investigating Donald Trump's actions in its criminal probe of the former president's attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat, the Washington Post repor...
Jul 27, 2022 Former U.S. President Donald Trump departs following remarks at the America First Policy Institute America First Agenda Summit in Washington, U.S., July 26, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
Gunmaker executives to testify to U.S. House hearing on mass shootings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Executives from major gun manufacturers are set to testify on Wednesday before a U.S. House of Representatives panel investigating recent mass shootings in Texas and New York. T...
Jul 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Vehicles are parked outside the U.S. Capitol building the morning the Senate returned to session in Washington, DC, U.S., July 31, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Trump ignores Republican calls to avoid repeating false election claims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump ignored pressure from some fellow Republicans to avoid repeating his false claims about a stolen 2020 election on Tuesday, insisting that he won his second bid for ...
Jul 26, 2022 Former U.S. President Donald Trump departs following remarks at the America First Policy Institute America First Agenda Summit in Washington, U.S., July 26, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
Changes on the air at 25 News
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The news departments on two Peoria television stations -- one of which is our news partner -- were somewhat separate even though they were based under the same roof. But now, that ...
Jul 26, 2022 (25 News)
Galesburg shooting leaves man dead
PEORIA, Ill. - A Galesburg man who was shot during an incident at a local bar has since lost his life. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Gregory Tucker, 33, was pronounced brain dead at a Peori...
Jul 26, 2022 Midwest Communications
