Category Archives: Top Stories
Elite Re-Entry Program participants want to help keep at-risk kids out of trouble
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Students got to hear stories from Peoria County jail inmates on Friday, as part of a program organizers hope will keep kids out of trouble. Boys ages 12-16 who struggle with b...
Nov 08, 2025 Elite's Re-Entry Program participants spoke to at-risk students Friday at the Peoria County Jail. (25 News)
In shutdown fight, fiscal hawks in US Congress push for flat spending
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican fiscal hawks in Congress are making a new pitch in the struggle to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history: Continue to spend at the same rate as last year...
Nov 08, 2025 A commercial aircraft flies over Washington, more than a month into the continuing U.S. government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 6, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
US hit with second day of flight cuts as shutdown drags on
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. airlines and travelers slogged through a second day of flight cuts across the country on Saturday as the government shutdown was expected to drive more cancellations in the ...
Nov 08, 2025 American Airlines flights stage at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as the Trump administration warns of impending cuts to commercial airline operations more than a month into the continuing U.S. government shutdown in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 7, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Peoria County: Lane closures begin Monday on Glasford Road
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - Soil boring work on Glasford Road, from US Route 24 to Main Street, will begin on Monday, November 10. Peoria County officials say the work is expected to take two weeks, requiri...
Nov 08, 2025 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond, File
Carle Health offering free lung cancer screenings on Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. - Carle Health Proctor and Carle Health Pekin hospitals will be holding no-cost lung cancer screenings on Saturday (November 8). Thanks to support from Carle Health Center for Philanthrop...
Nov 08, 2025 (Carle Health)
US issues food aid even as Trump administration appeals court order
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday it was working to comply with a judge's order to pay full food aid benefits for nearly 42 million low-income Americans within th...
Nov 07, 2025 Workers distribute groceries at La Colaborativa’s food pantry, as food aid benefits, including SNAP payments, will be suspended starting November 1 amid the ongoing U.S. government shutdown, in Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S., October 29, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
EV maker Rivian gives CEO a Musk-style pay package worth up to $4.6 billion
(Reuters) -Rivian Automotive on Friday replaced Chief Executive RJ Scaringe's previous compensation plan with an award worth up to $4.6 billion that will only pay out if the electric-vehicle maker hit...
Nov 07, 2025 Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe tours the inside of electric auto maker Rivian's manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, U.S. June 21, 2024. REUTERS/Joel Angel Juarez
UPDATE: Man ordered to remain in jail after allegedly breaking into apartment and pistol-whipping girlfriend at Peoria apartment
UPDATED 3:55 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man was ordered detained by a judge after he allegedly forced his way into his girlfriend's apartment and pistol-whipped her. The Peoria County State's Attorn...
Nov 07, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Drought continues throughout central Illinois, little relief forecasted
PEORIA, Ill. - Drought conditions continue to persist across central Illinois. The latest U-S Drought Monitor report released on Thursday shows all of Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford, Fulton, Marshall, and...
Nov 07, 2025 (NOAA/National Weather Service)
Washington to install new lights in downtown area
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Lighting upgrades will soon be coming to Washington's downtown square and surrounding area. The city council this week approved spending more than 23-thousand dollars to install LED...
Nov 07, 2025 (City of Washington--Facebook page)
