Category Archives: Top Stories
Details released on Wednesday accidents on Murray Baker Bridge
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - We're learning more about the incident that started Wednesday afternoon on the Murray Baker Bridge, that ended up resulting in four people being arrested. Illinois State Police say...
Apr 08, 2022 (Illinois Department of Transportation)
All-private astronaut team lifts off on landmark launch to space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) -A SpaceX rocket ship blasted off on Friday carrying the first all-private astronaut team ever launched to the International Space Station (ISS), a flight hailed by indu...
Apr 08, 2022 Axiom's four-man team lifts off, riding atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. April 8, 2022. REUTERS/Steve Nesius
Proud Boys senior member to plead guilty to U.S. Capitol riot charges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A leader of the far-right Proud Boys is expected to plea guilty on Friday to charges related to the attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to a court filing, a victory for prosecu...
Apr 08, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Members of the far-right group Proud Boys and supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather outside the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/File Photo
Ambulance filled with supplies shipped from Peoria to Ukraine
PEORIA, Ill. -- An ambulance with medical supplies makes its way from Peoria to war-torn Ukraine. Chris Manson and his 7-year-old daughter were hanging out at home when images from the war in Ukraine ...
Apr 08, 2022
Ukraine says Russia deliberately struck railway station used by evacuees
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -At least 39 people were killed and over 300 wounded in a Russian rocket strike on a railway station packed with women, children and elderly trying to flee fighting in east Ukr...
Apr 08, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy talks during an interview with Reuters after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo
A tale of two state budgets
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Governor JB Pritzker says he and Democrat leaders in the Legislature have come to an agreement on a budget proposal that will be voted on Friday -- the last scheduled day of sessio...
Apr 07, 2022 CafeCredit.com / CC
U.S. court reinstates Biden federal employee COVID vaccine mandate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court panel on Thursday reinstated President Joe Biden's executive order mandating that federal civilian employees be vaccinated against COVID-19. By a 2-1 vote, ...
Apr 07, 2022 A Los Angeles County Department of Public Health worker administers a dose of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a pop-up clinic at Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport, California, U.S. December 22, 2021. REUTERS/Bing Guan
Candidate for Illinois Secretary of State campaigns in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - One of the more crowded races for a statewide office in the June primary election is that of Secretary of State. And Peoria is once again seeing of those candidates come here. Anna Vale...
Apr 07, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Rossi pleads not guilty to federal charges
PEORIA, Ill. - Not guilty. That's the plea Aaron Rossi, 39, entered in a Peoria federal courtroom Thursday afternoon. Rossi faces three counts of Making and Subscribing a False Tax Return. The Reditus...
Apr 07, 2022 (25 News)
Roanoke-Benson teacher accused of relationship with student
EUREKA, Ill. - A Woodford County teacher is facing felony charges for allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with a student. 25 News reports Trisha Phillippe -- a study hall teacher at Roanoke...
Apr 07, 2022 (Woodford County Sheriffs Department via 25 News)
