Category Archives: Top Stories
Nine-year-old succumbs; death toll from Houston concert stampede rises to 10
(Reuters) - An attorney for the family of a 9-year-old boy who was trampled at a Travis Scott concert in Houston and was on life support for a week said that the child had died from his injuries on Su...
Nov 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A makeshift memorial for the concertgoers who died in a stampede during a Travis Scott performance at the 2021 Astroworld Festival grows in Houston, Texas, U.S., November 9, 2021. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare/File Photo
Fire damages a Peoria home
PEORIA, Ill. - Fire forces a Peoria family out of its home. Firefighters responded to reports of a fire at 2103 N. North Street at 4:17 a.m. Sunday. They arrived to find light smoke coming the roof. B...
Nov 14, 2021 Midwest Communications
Former U.S. Secret Service special agent meets with Peoria youth
PEORIA, Ill. - (25 News) - Members Boys and Girls Club of Peoria got to hear from a special guest speaker who served in the U.S. Secret Service Saturday. Ahead of the organization's 18th annual "Fill ...
Nov 14, 2021 Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Peoria Facebook
Man jailed for alleged kidnapping of Ohio girl found safe in Illinois
JACKSON TOWNSHIP, Ohio - (25 News/WOIO) - Details continue to unfold concerning the alleged kidnapping and abduction of a five-year-old girl from Jackson Township, Ohio found safe in Illinois. The all...
Nov 14, 2021 25 News/WOIO
U.S. judge in Rittenhouse trial says jury can consider teen provoked attack
(Reuters) - The judge in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse said on Friday he would instruct the jury they can consider the prosecution's argument that the teenager provoked an encounter with one of two me...
Nov 14, 2021 Judge Bruce Schroeder talks about juror who was removed after attempting to tell a joke to a bailiff during Kyle Rittenhouse's trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA., November 4, 2021. The juror, known as Juror No. 7, was removed due to the incident. Sean Krajacic/Pool via REUTERS
Jelani Day's cell phone found, submitted for forensics
Peoria, Ill -- Investigators say they have found a cell phone that belonged to Jelani Day, the missing Illinois State University student found dead back in August. Multiple outlets are reporting confi...
Nov 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
Police: Apparent hit-and-run injures one near downtown Pekin
Peoria, Ill -- We're seeing reports about a potentially serious incident from Friday evening near downtown Pekin. Our news partner 25 news says they talked to a witness who found a woman seriously inj...
Nov 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
Britney Spears wins freedom as conservatorship ended after 13 years
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A Los Angeles judge on Friday ended the conservatorship that has controlled the life of pop star Britney Spears for 13 years. "Effective today, the conservatorship of the person...
Nov 12, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator wears a T-Shirt in support of Britney Spears during a "Free Britney" demonstration on the Ellipse, near the White House, in Washington, U.S. October 23, 2021. REUTERS/Shuran Huang/File Photo
YMCA to join operation of RiverPlex with PPD, OSF
PEORIA, Ill. - A new partner is getting on board with operation of the Peoria RiverPlex at the beginning of the year. Up to now, the Peoria Park District and OSF HealthCare have jointly operated the w...
Nov 12, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Peoria County Board approves house operating as Airbnb
PEORIA, Ill. - Residents who live near a newly-approved short-term rental property in Chillicothe are likely not happy. Fourty-two of them signed a petition urging the Peoria County Board deny the pro...
Nov 12, 2021 Peoria County via YouTube
