Category Archives: Top Stories
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
MLB postpones start of Spring Training as labor dispute continues
(Reuters) - Major League Baseball on Friday said it would postpone the start of Spring Training games until at least March 5 due to an ongoing labor dispute with its players. Little progress has been ...
Feb 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Mar 29, 2021; Mesa, Arizona, USA; A general view of game action between the Chicago Cubs and the Arizona Diamondbacks during the fourth inning of a spring training game at Sloan Park. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
'Who Killed Me?' now includes Tip411, will feature more cold cases
PEORIA, Ill. - An initiative that started sixteen years ago when a Peoria woman's son was killed is getting a boost, thanks in part to Peoria Police and other community leaders. "I was going all aroun...
Feb 18, 2022 (25 News)
New candidate for Peoria County Sheriff
PEORIA, Ill. - There are now two candidates once again for Peoria County Sheriff in this year's elections. Lieutenant Jason Buckley is officially announcing his candidacy in the June primary. Buckley ...
Feb 18, 2022 (Jason Buckley via Facebook)
Man involved in standoff with police makes court appearance
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria man who caused a standoff with Police Tuesday has made a court appearance, and is pleading not guilty. Court records indicate Daniel Kolep, 46, pleaded not guilty Thursday to...
Feb 18, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Ex-Minnesota police officer sentenced to 2 years in death of Daunte Wright
UPDATED 11:29 A.M. (Reuters) -A Minnesota judge on Friday sentenced former police officer Kimberly Potter to two years in the fatal shooting of Black motorist Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, a li...
Feb 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Kimberly Potter, a former police officer, who has said she mistakenly used her handgun instead of her Taser when firing at Daunte Wright, 20, as he attempted to flee in his car following a traffic stop, reacts on a guilty verdict in a still image from video in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. December 23, 2021. Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Trump, children are ordered to testify in N.Y. attorney general probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York judge ruled on Thursday that former U.S. President Donald Trump and two of his adult children must answer questions under oath within 21 days in the state attorney gene...
Feb 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally, in Conroe, Texas, U.S., January 29, 2022. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo
Rebels announce evacuation from east Ukraine as West says Russia hurtling towards war
MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine said on Friday they planned to evacuate their breakaway region's residents to Russia, a stunning turn in a conflict the West believ...
Feb 18, 2022
Maroon: Peoria's streets in decent shape after the storm
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's Snowfighters spend a majority of Thursday night and the early morning hours Friday, working to clear the city's arterial routes. Sie Maroon, with Peoria Public Works, said Peo...
Feb 18, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Mike Wild)
AG Raoul pledges to defend Pritzker school mask mandate, asking for Supreme Court review
UPDATE: 1:37 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has promised to defend Governor J.B. Pritzker's school mask mandate despite eroding political and legal support for it. Late Thu...
Feb 18, 2022 Midwest Communications
