Category Archives: Top Stories

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 ...
Will Stevenson 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 ...
Will Stevenson Feb 15, 2022 Peoria County Jail

Collins: Mild Wednesday leads to winter storm Thursday
PEORIA, Ill. - Mother Nature isn't playing nicely with us. Mild temperatures Wednesday will lead to a potential winter storm Thursday, according to Chuck Collins, Chief Meteorologist with our news par...
Will Stevenson Feb 15, 2022 Midwest Communications

Family of woman killed on 'Rust' set sues Alec Baldwin
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The family of a woman killed during filming of the Western "Rust" filed a wrongful death suit against actor Alec Baldwin and others on Tuesday, claiming they disregarded several...
Will Stevenson Feb 15, 2022 Brian Panish, lead attorney for late cinematographer Halyna Hutchins speaks to media next to her picture, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 15, 2022. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

Jury rejects Sarah Palin's claim against NY Times, agreeing with judge
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. jury on Tuesday ruled against Sarah Palin in her defamation lawsuit against the New York Times over a 2017 editorial that incorrectly linked her to a mass shooting, after th...
Will Stevenson Feb 15, 2022 Sarah Palin, 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate and former Alaska governor, confers with her attorneys Shane Vogt and Kenneth Turkel on how to respond to a note sent by the jury, after Palin lost her defamation lawsuit trial against the New York Times, at the United States Courthouse in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., February 15, 2022 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg

Bizarre single vehicle crash leaves one hospitalized in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Fire and Rescue officials say one person was recovering from injuries sustained in a bizarre single-vehicle crash. They say it happened Monday evening just before 8 p.m. along W...
Cooper Banks Feb 15, 2022 (25 News)

Man formally indicted for death of daughter
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man accused of killing his daughter at the beginning of the month has been formally indicted on charges of First-Degree Murder. Court records indicate Shamari Williams, 25, who...
Will Stevenson Feb 15, 2022 Peoria County Jail

Pritzker praises ICC worker training program, proposes similar initiative for health care workers
PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker used the Illinois Central College Peoria campus Monday to praise a program that he says the college helped start and is working well. That program is ICC's...
Will Stevenson Feb 15, 2022 (File-State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service)

Family marks anniversary of Peoria woman's death
PEORIA, Ill. - Monday was the three-year anniversary of a murder-suicide in Peoria, and family members of the woman killed continue to honor her memory. Balloons were released at the former South Peor...
Will Stevenson Feb 15, 2022 (25 News)

Nine Sandy Hook families settle liability claims with Remington Arms
(Reuters) - Remington Arms on Tuesday settled liability claims with the families of five adults and four children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, court records showed, the first t...
Julia Bradley Feb 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The sign for the new Sandy Hook Elementary School at the end of the drive leading to the school is pictured in Newtown, Connecticut, U.S. July 29, 2016. The officials unveiled the newly constructed school, built to replace the building torn down after a gunman shot dead 20 young children and six educators in a 2012 massacre. REUTERS/Michelle McLoughlin/File Photo


