Category Archives: Top Stories
IHSA hosts state speech finals in Peoria
IHSA hosts state speech finals in Peoria PEORIA, Ill. - (25 News) - Students from across Illinois gathered at the Peoria Civic Center Saturday to compete at the IHSA State Speech Finals Tournament. Th...
Feb 20, 2022 25 News
Separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine declare full military mobilization
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian-backed separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine declared a full military mobilization on Saturday, a day after ordering women and children to evacuate to southern Russia becaus...
Feb 19, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Head of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin gestures during a news conference in Donetsk, Ukraine February 11, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Sheriff's Office asks for help in locating Peoria Co. woman with special needs
HANNA CITY, Ill. -- A Hanna City woman with special needs is missing, and police are asking for the public's help to find her. The Peoria County Sheriff's Office turned to social media Friday, looking...
Feb 19, 2022 (25 News)
VP Harris will meet Ukraine's Zelenskiy, urge Putin to pull back
MUNICH (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to meet Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy in Munich on Saturday, in what is likely to be a powerful display of diplomatic support ...
Feb 19, 2022 U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a meeting with Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, Latvian President Egils Levits, and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany February 18, 2022. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS
U.S. judge denies Trump's request to toss Jan 6 incitement lawsuits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday lost a bid to dismiss lawsuits accusing him of inciting the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. In a lengthy written ruling, Ju...
Feb 19, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during his first post-presidency campaign rally at the Lorain County Fairgrounds in Wellington, Ohio, U.S., June 26, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Biden says Putin has decided to invade Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Friday that Russia President Vladimir Putin has decided to invade Ukraine, and that he continues to spread false information to try to build a pretext...
Feb 18, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the situation in Russia and Ukraine from the White House in Washington, U.S., February 15, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Civic Center COVID-19 testing site reduces hours
PEORIA, Ill. - It's no longer needed to be open six days a week anymore. Officials from the City of Peoria and Peoria County now say that the COVID-19 testing site in the parking lot of the Peoria Civ...
Feb 18, 2022 Midwest Communications
US, UK: Russia responsible for cyberattack against Ukrainian banks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Russian military hackers were behind a spate of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that briefly knocked Ukrainian banking and government websites offline, the United St...
Feb 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: White House Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology, Anne Neuberger, addresses cyber security during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S. September 2, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
UPDATE: Man wanted after disturbance in Mossville
UPDATED 4;45 P.M. MOSSVILLE, Ill. - We now know more about why police converged on a home in Mossville Friday afternoon. The Peoria County Sheriffs Department says it had been dispatched Thursday nigh...
Feb 18, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Stolen Park District pickup truck found, suspect not
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria Park District pickup truck reported stolen Thursday was found Friday. That's according to Peoria Police. They say the white Ford F-250 pickup was found unoccupied around 10:00 ...
Feb 18, 2022 Peoria Police/Peoria Park District
