Category Archives: Top Stories
Senate sends HCRCA COVID-19 bill to Gov. Pritzker
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Democratic lawmakers in both chambers have sided with Gov. J-B Pritzker on the COVID-19 Health Care Right of Conscience Act argument. News partner 25 News reports the Illinois Sena...
Oct 29, 2021 (25 News)
Biden, pushing $1.75 trillion spending bill, dealt setback on infrastructure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden was dealt a setback on Thursday as the House of Representatives abandoned plans for a vote on an infrastructure bill with progressives seeking more time to c...
Oct 29, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden is escorted by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as he arrives to speak with the House Democratic Caucus to provide an update on the Build Back Better agenda and the bipartisan infrastructure deal at the U.S. Capitol, October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Al Drago
PPD makes two arrests in connection with homicide of Manual student
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have arrested another man for the shooting death of Manual High School student Jerry Snipes Jr., who was the city's 24th homicide victim this year. In addition to 18-year...
Oct 29, 2021 (Peoria County Jail)
Chicago man convicted of federal fraud charges in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - The U.S. Attorney's Office in Peoria says a federal jury has convicted a Chicago man of trying to defraud a local bank. The office says Christopher Simmons, 40, was convicted Tuesday of...
Oct 28, 2021 Midwest Communications
Tri-County COVID Update: Continued concern over where new cases come from, and answering questions about vaccines for kids
PEORIA, Ill. - The head of the Peoria City/County Health Department says the good news is that the seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases in the area continues to trend downward. Public Health Admini...
Oct 28, 2021 Midwest Communications
Authorities: Reported suicide now investigated as Peoria's 27th homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - What was at first thought to be a suicide of a Peoria woman is now being investigated as the city's 27th homicide. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood identifies the victim as Danielle ...
Oct 28, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria woman pleads guilty in fatal DUI crash
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman says she's guilty of charges accusing her of causing an accident earlier this year that claimed one life. Peoria County Circuit Court records indicate Diana Schick, 40, p...
Oct 28, 2021 Peoria County Jail
Facebook to be called Meta in nod to its 'metaverse' vision
(Reuters) -Facebook Inc is now called Meta, the company said on Thursday, in a rebrand that focuses on its ambitions building the "metaverse," a shared virtual environment that it bets will be the nex...
Oct 28, 2021 Facebook rebrands as Meta. Courtesy Facebook/via REUTERS
Better training for better jobs and better pay
Peoria, Ill -- There aren't enough skilled trade workers in Central Illinois anymore and economic development leaders are determined to change that. Local leaders held a groundbreaking Thursday for th...
Oct 28, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A "Now Hiring" sign advertising jobs at a hand car wash is seen along a street in Miami, Florida, U.S. May 8, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
South Peoria man convicted of murder at second trial
PEORIA, Ill. - A jury has convicted a South Peoria man of murder, for a shooting death that occurred almost exactly one year ago. Peoria County Circuit Court records indicate Ontario Alexander, 29, wa...
Oct 28, 2021 (Peoria County Jail)
