Category Archives: Top Stories
IL Democrats' bills support law enforcement
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Democratic lawmakers in Springfield are offering up new ideas that they say take a smarter approach to supporting law enforcement in Illinois. Senator Rachelle Crowe, of Glen Carb...
Apr 05, 2022 Midwest Communications/Ed Hammond
Peoria Police "Walk and Talk" resumes this Thursday
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria says something he did last year with success will be done again this year. Every Thursday starting this week, the Chief will lead his officers and ot...
Apr 04, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley)
Police arrest suspect in California shooting that left six dead, 12 wounded
(Reuters) - A 26-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a shooting in Sacramento, California over the weekend that killed six people and injured 12 others a few blocks from the state capito...
Apr 04, 2022 A coroner's van leaves the scene of an early-morning shooting in a stretch of downtown near the Golden 1 Center arena in Sacramento, California, U.S. April 3, 2022. REUTERS/Fred Greaves
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Jackson clears procedural hurdle in Senate
UPDATED 6:21 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson moved a step closer to being confirmed as a justice on Monday when the Senate voted to break a Judiciary Commi...
Apr 04, 2022 U.S. Supreme Court nominee and federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson smiles during a meeting with U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 4, 2022. REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy
Attempted murder, arson charges being filed against Washington man
PEKIN, Ill. - A Washington man faces several charges after a weekend incident that left a woman stabbed and her home up in flames. Tazewell County Sheriff Jeff Lower confirms David Naffziger, 50, is j...
Apr 04, 2022
Fulton County Jail escapee sentenced to prison
LEWISTOWN, Ill. - A man who was one of a group who escaped from the Fulton County Jail last summer has been sentenced for the crime. Fulton County Court records indicate Cody Villalobos, 27, pleaded g...
Apr 04, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Fulton County Jail)
Cyr: Sale of Prairie Vista is off
UPDATED 1:24 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - The sale of a Peoria-area luxury apartment complex is off. 5th District Peoria City Councilman Dennis Cyr says the city's meeting later this week about the sale of Pra...
Apr 04, 2022 (25 News)
Biden says Putin a war criminal, calls for war crimes trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal on Monday and urged holding a war crimes trial, as a global outcry mounted over civilian killings ...
Apr 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the development of air transportation and aircraft manufacturing, via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia March 31, 2022. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo
Batiste wins album honor, Zelenskiy makes appeal at Grammys
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) -Multi-genre artist Jon Batiste won album of the year and R&B duo Silk Sonic took two of the top honors on Sunday at a Grammy awards ceremony that featured a surprise appeal fo...
Apr 04, 2022 Jon Batiste poses with their Grammys for Best American Roots Performance for "Cry," Album of the year for “We Are,” Best American roots song, Best music video and Best score soundtrack for visual media for “Soul," at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., April 3, 2022. REUTERS/Steve Marcus
Gordon-Booth helps introduce crime reduction plan for Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- House and Senate Democrats are unveiling a plan to reduce crime in Illinois. Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth of Peoria says the proposal takes a broad, community-based approach, as oppose...
Apr 04, 2022 (Illinois Department of Central Management Services)
