Category Archives: Top Stories
Fighting Illini will be top seed in Big Ten tournament
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The Illini battled back against Iowa on the final day of the regular season to clinch a share of the Big Ten Conference Title and the top seed in the conference tournament, defeatin...
Mar 07, 2022 Midwest Communications
Ukraine decries 'immoral' stunt after Moscow says it will let civilians flee - to Russia
LVIV/KYIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Russia announced new "humanitarian corridors" on Monday to transport Ukrainians trapped under its bombardment - to Russia itself and its ally Belarus, a move immediately...
Mar 07, 2022 Local residents cross a destroyed bridge as they evacuate from the town of Irpin, after days of heavy shelling on the only escape route used by locals, while Russian troops advance towards the capital, in Irpin, near Kyiv, Ukraine March 7, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Deadly tornadoes in Iowa over the weekend
WINTERSET, IA (FOX News) -- Tornadoes that struck Central Iowa over Saturday are being called the deadliest in over a decade, after they destroyed power lines, homes and left seven people dead, includ...
Mar 07, 2022 Midwest Communications
U.S. gasoline prices soar to highest since 2008 on Russia conflict -AAA
(Reuters) -U.S. gasoline prices at the pump jumped 11% over the past week to the highest since late July 2008 as global sanctions cripple Russia's ability to export crude oil after its invasion of Ukr...
Mar 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Traffic travels past a sign displaying current gas prices in San Diego, California, U.S., February 28, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Mossville Road closed to through traffic
From Peoria County - Mossville Road is closed until further notice to all through traffic between Illinois Route 40 (Knoxville Avenue) and State Street in Mossville. There was a pavement failure on th...
Mar 06, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Peoria firefighters battle $120,000 house fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Nine people escape injury from a Peoria house fire. Peoria firefighters were called to 607 Phelps St. in the city's North Valley at 10:07 p.m. Saturday. The first crews reported heavy s...
Mar 06, 2022 Midwest Communications
Update: Peoria house catches fire again
UPDATE: (10:12 a.m. 3/7/22) PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called back to 719 W. Nowland Avenue Monday morning, where fire initially broke out Saturday afternoon. Crews returned to the scene ...
Mar 06, 2022 (25 News)
Blinken in Poland for talks on security, refugees
RZESZOW, Poland (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Poland's prime minister and foreign minister on Saturday in the Polish city of Rzeszow, near to the Ukrainian border that hundred...
Mar 05, 2022 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a news conference with Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau (not pictured), following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Rzeszow, Poland March 5, 2022. Olivier Douliery/Pool via REUTERS
Farmington restaurant destroyed by fire relocating to Pekin
FARMINGTON, Ill. - A Farmington restaurant that lost its home after a recent fire will soon officially. Asher's Bar and Grille was destroyed by fire around Thanksgiving of last year -- one of three bu...
Mar 05, 2022 (25 News)
Fulton County man hospitalized after grain auger accident
FULTON COUNTY, Ill. - A Fulton County man is hospitalized after an on-farm accident Friday. 25 News reports a 60-year-old Cuba man's leg became trapped in a grain auger. He was taken by helicopter to ...
Mar 05, 2022 (Cass-Putnam Rescue Squad via 25 News)
