Category Archives: Top Stories
Calls for Tazewell Co. Board member to resign following social media comment
(25 News)-It was a spirited public comment session at the board meeting in Tazewell County on Wednesday as citizens addressed the board, concerned about comments made via social media by board member ...
Sep 26, 2019 25 News
Portable potty catches fire outside Peoria school
Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics were called to a possible structure fire in the 900 block of W. Florence around 6:25 p.m. Wednesday. They found a portable bathroom on fire outside of Thomas Jefferson Pr...
Sep 26, 2019
Bustos Reacts To Whistleblower Complaint
Illinois 17TH District Congresswoman Cheri Bustos says, she in support of House Intelligence Committee's search for the truth, to cease actions to discredit the whistleblower publicly. Bustos made her...
Sep 25, 2019
White House Releases Memo
(AP)- President Donald Trump repeatedly prodded Ukraine's new leader to work with Rudy Giuliani and the U.S. attorney general to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden. That's according to a...
Sep 25, 2019 President Donald Trump attends a multilateral meeting on Venezuela at the InterContinental New York Barclay hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Schiff Says Trump's Words Enough To Open Inquiry
(AP) - The House intelligence committee chairman says regardless of what a transcript of President Donald Trump's phone call with Ukraine's leader says, Trump himself has said plenty to warrant an imp...
Sep 25, 2019 House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., arrives at the Capitol to meet with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., on the morning after Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., declared she will launch a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Peoria Council Approves Call Center
PEORIA, Ill. -- A chunk of revenue from Peoria's public safety pension fee, set to take effect October 1, was approved Tuesday to go towards a related call center. City Council voted 6-5 during regula...
Sep 25, 2019 Jeremy Scott/WMBD
Peoria Approves 3-Percent Recreational Marijuana Sales Tax
Peoria has approved a marijuana sales tax. Tuesday night, Peoria City Council passed a 3-percent sales tax on recreational marijuana on a 9-2 vote. City Manager Patrick Urich said, "This does not prec...
Sep 25, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Burglars Target Peoria Auto Dealers
A rash of burglaries have been targeted to local car dealerships. Peoria Police responded to several business burglaries to auto dealers in the area, that include theft from vehicles and stolen vehicl...
Sep 24, 2019
Confirmed: Peoria's 20th Homicide Victim Was Pregnant
It has been confirmed that Peoria's 20th homicide victim for 2019 was pregnant. "Our forensic pathologist determined that she was between 12 and 13 weeks pregnant," Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood...
Sep 24, 2019
Pelosi Announces Official Impeachment Inquiry
(AP) - Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced the House is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. Pelosi made the announcement Tuesday from the speaker's office at ...
Sep 24, 2019 (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
