Category Archives: Top Stories
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
ISP: Fulton County deputies shot, killed suspect
TABLE GROVE, Ill. - Fulton County Sheriffs Deputies are believed to have shot and killed a suspect Monday night, so now an Illinois State Police investigation has begun. State troopers say it happened...
Jul 26, 2022 Midwest Communications
$8.4M more in federal funding announced for Peoria airport improvements
PEORIA, Ill. -- There are millions more in federal infrastructure dollars which will go toward funding improvements at Peoria's main airport. Today, Democratic Congresswoman Cheri Bustos' office annou...
Jul 26, 2022 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
PPS board okays "AI" technology to upgrade security cameras and automatically detect potential threats
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Public School Board is making an upgrade to its security system that could help identify some potential problems before they become problems, like the potential for a school ...
Jul 26, 2022 (From a photo-based example IntelliSee provided to the Peoria Public School Board)
Illinois GOP dismisses state "Freedom Caucus" demand to censure Kinzinger
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Republican Party of Illinois seems to be shrugging off a demand from several GOP state lawmakers to censure Republican U.S. House Representative Adam Kinzinger over his words and p...
Jul 26, 2022 Hudson Institute / CC
Backpack Peoria returns this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- A sure sign that school is about to start each year, is the Dream Center's Backpack Peoria event. The Center's Andy King told WMBD's "The Greg and Dan Show", the event, now in its 21st...
Jul 26, 2022 (25 News)
Walmart profit warning drags retail stocks as consumers cut spending
(Reuters) -U.S. retailers tumbled on Tuesday after a forecast cut from industry bellwether Walmart Inc stoked fears of similar warnings from a sector struggling with the impact of high inflation on co...
Jul 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Walmart's logo is seen outside one of its stores in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 20, 2018. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski/File Photo
Texas school principal suspended after Uvalde shooting
(Reuters) - The principal of the Texas elementary school where a gunman went on a rampage in May has been suspended with pay, her attorney said on Tuesday, two weeks after a damning report about lax s...
Jul 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks with Mandy Gutierrez, Principal at Robb Elementary School, where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in the deadliest U.S. school shooting in nearly a decade, during U.S. President Joe Biden's visit at the school, in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. May 29, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Illinois sees record-breaking adult-use cannabis sales in FY 2022
CHICAGO, Ill. -- A record-breaking year for adult-use cannabis sales in Illinois. The state's recreational marijuana industry racked up $1.5 billion in sales during fiscal year 2022, that ended on Jun...
Jul 26, 2022 Elsa Olofsson / CC
