Category Archives: Top Stories
Gordon Lightfoot's coming back to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- He's known for songs like "If You Could Read My Mind," "The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald", "Sundown" and "Carefree Highway". Famed singer-songwriter and musician Gordon Lightfoot is ...
Apr 18, 2022 Blake Handley / CC
Police hunt for Pittsburgh party shooters who killed 2, injured several
(Reuters) - Police were searching for the shooters who opened fire at a house party in the East Allegheny neighborhood of Pittsburgh that left two young people dead in the early hours of Sunday. The t...
Apr 18, 2022 Midwest Communications
Missiles strike Lviv, bodies in streets of Mariupol
LVIV/KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian authorities said missiles struck the western city of Lviv on Monday, killing seven, and explosions rocked other cities as Russian forces kept up their bombardments afte...
Apr 18, 2022 A man walks near a residential building destroyed during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 17, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
LaHood: Putin needs to be tried as war criminal
PEORIA, Ill. - He said it probably before he knew he'd be one of 400 members of Congress that would officially be sanctioned by Russia, but Congressman Darin LaHood does believe that country's preside...
Apr 17, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
On 'Easter of war', pope implicitly criticizes Russia over Ukraine
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis implicitly criticized Russia for dragging Ukraine into a "cruel and senseless" conflict and urged leaders to strive for peace as he marked what he called an "East...
Apr 17, 2022 Pope Francis leads the Easter Mass at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 17, 2022. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
Naked man involved in East Peoria car accident
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Two cars were heavily damaged after an accident near Par-a-Dice Casino in East Peoria Friday -- quite a revealing accident, in fact. 25 News reports the crash happened in the noon ...
Apr 16, 2022 (Illinois Department of Transportation via 25 News)
Murder suspect: 'I became a monster'
PEORIA, Ill. - "I became a monster." Those are some of the words uttered by Cody Krause, 28, to investigators as he was charged with the murder of his grandmother Thursday in the West Peoria area. 25 ...
Apr 16, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Man pleads guilty to federal weapons charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge accusing him of possessing a weapon. Court records indicate Don Young, Jr, 22, pleaded guilty Thursday to a charge of "Possession of ...
Apr 16, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Bustos, LaHood among Congress members sanctioned by Russia
EAST MOLINE, Ill. - Democratic Illinois Congresswoman Cheri Bustos is celebrating the fact she's been sanctioned by Russia's Foreign Ministry. In a release issued Friday, Bustos (D-East Moline) announ...
Apr 16, 2022 1470/100.3 WMBD
Ukraine's richest man vows to rebuild besieged Mariupol
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's richest man has pledged to help rebuild the besieged city of Mariupol, a place close to his heart where he owns two vast steelworks that he says will once again compete glob...
Apr 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A view shows the gates of the Illich Steel and Iron Works damaged during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 15, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo
