Category Archives: Top Stories
Washington Library Board votes to close Sunnyland branch
WASHINGTON, Ill. - The decision is made to close the Washington District Library's Sunnyland branch. This week, the Washington District Library Board of Trustees voted 4 to 3 to close the branch. The ...
Feb 16, 2022 (25 News)
Chief: 'Our anti-violence initiative is working' following latest special detail
PEORIA, Ill. - "Our anti-violence initiative is working." Those are the words of Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria in a news release, which says another such special detail happened Tuesday. Police ...
Feb 16, 2022 Chief Eric Echevarria (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
City: downtown rental housing almost full, more to be developed
PEORIA, Ill. - The City of Peoria says 98 to 99 percent of any available rental unit in what they consider the downtown area is occupied, and there's an appetite for more. That's the short result of t...
Feb 16, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATED: Peoria area parking bans and school changes
UPDATED 7:02 a.m. (2/17) PEORIA, Ill. -- Public works crews in Peoria have been preparing for a winter storm area that's expected to bring rain, freezing rain, snow and plunging temperatures over the ...
Feb 16, 2022
Actor Saget's family sues to block public release of death records
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The family of comedian and actor Bob Saget has filed a lawsuit to block Florida officials from publicly releasing photographs and other records from an investigation into his de...
Feb 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Cast member Bob Saget poses at the premiere for the Netflix television series "Fuller House" at The Grove in Los Angeles, California February 16, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
U.S. and NATO say Russia is building up troops near Ukraine, not withdrawing
UPDATE: 12:13 p.m. MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -The United States and NATO said Russia was still building up troops around Ukraine on Wednesday despite Moscow's insistence it was pulling back, questioning P...
Feb 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A tank drives during the Union Courage 2022 joint military exercise of the armed forces of Russia and Belarus, at the Brestsky training ground in Brest Region, Belarus, in this still image taken from video released February 11, 2022. Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
Rejecting Trump claim, Biden grants Jan. 6 panel access to White House logs -NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden has rejected former President Donald Trump's executive privilege claims and ordered White House visitor logs to be released to the panel investigating the dea...
Feb 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden walks on the South Lawn of the White House to board Marine One, in Washington, U.S., February 10, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
Pekin High officials respond to student complaints of fights, social media fight videos
PEKIN, Ill. - Administrators at Pekin Community High School took the whole school day Tuesday, before responding to numerous student complaints of frequent fights, made worse by a number of those bein...
Feb 15, 2022 Instagram via 25 News
Man taken into custody after hours long West Bluff standoff
UPDATE: 8:41 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have reportedly taken a man into custody following an hours long standoff in the West Bluff neighborhood late Tuesday. Initial reports about the police ...
Feb 15, 2022 (25 News)
Peoria man formally charged in officer-involved shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man who allegedly exchanged gun fire with Peoria Police late last month has been formally indicted. Court records indicate Carlos Jones, 43, is being indicted on two counts of ...
Feb 15, 2022 Peoria County Jail
