Category Archives: Top Stories
Phoenix Community Development Services opens more housing for homeless
PEORIA, Ill. - More housing for Peorians experiencing homelessness is officially open. Phoenix Community Development Services operates Madison Apartments II -- or, "Madison North," in downtown. "Basic...
Feb 22, 2022 (Phoenix Community Development Services via Facebook)
Update: Ahmaud Arbery's killers convicted on all federal hate-crimes charges
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Reuters) - The three white men convicted of chasing down and murdering a young Black man, Ahmaud Arbery, as he was out jogging in their suburban Georgia community, were found guilty on...
Feb 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a sign outside the Glynn County Courthouse after the jury reached a guilty verdict in the trial of William "Roddie" Bryan, Travis McMichael and Gregory McMichael, charged with the February 2020 death of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, in Brunswick, Georgia, U.S., November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
Bailey rallies in Peoria to end school mask mandate
PEORIA, Ill. -- More than 100 people filled a Peoria bar Monday night to rally against a mask mandate at Peoria Public Schools. State Senator and Gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey hosted the event...
Feb 22, 2022 (25 News)
Worker injured at Peoria steel plant Monday
PEORIA, Ill. -- One person was injured in an industrial accident at a Peoria steel mill on Monday. Jessica Reyling, employment manager at LIBERTY Steel & Wire on SW Adams, told 25 News, that "a co...
Feb 22, 2022 (25 News)
Expert: War on Ukraine could be 'devastating'
LONDON - A non-staff advisor to the president of Ukraine says the move by Russian President Vladimir Putin to recognize two separatist regions of Ukraine as independent doesn't change anything just ye...
Feb 21, 2022 Sergey Kozak
LaHood, other Republicans introduce "NYET Act" to sanction Russia
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A group of Republican lawmakers are proposing sanctions against Russia that have a, perhaps, purposeful name. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Dunlap), among other Republicans, have introduced ...
Feb 21, 2022 1470/100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley
Russia's Putin has broken international law, Britain says
LONDON (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin's recognition of breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine is a breach of international law, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday. While Jo...
Feb 21, 2022 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, February 21, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson
City of Peoria offering grants for low-income non-profit capital improvements
PEORIA, Ill. -- The City of Peoria is promoting a new round of grant money aimed at helping fund capital improvement projects for certain local non-profit groups. In a release on Monday, the city anno...
Feb 21, 2022 1470 100.3 WMBD
Biden to prohibit trade, investment with Ukraine breakaway regions -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will issue an executive order soon that will prohibit economic activity between U.S. individuals and the two breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine that Russian...
Feb 21, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden waves as he departs the Hamilton restaurant where he had lunch with his granddaughters Finnegan Biden, Naomi Biden, and Peter Neal in Washington, U.S., February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Markers honoring Abraham Lincoln in Tazewell County rededicated
PEKIN, Ill. - The history of Abraham Lincoln throughout Tazewell County and what, at Lincoln's time, was the 8th Judicial Circuit is once again being honored. Monuments to Lincoln in front of the Taze...
Feb 21, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
