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Walls go up on homes at former McKinley School site in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - The walls of the first homes on the former McKinley School site in South Peoria are up. The city and Habitat for Humanity of Greater Peoria had a wall raising ceremony Friday afternoon ...
Oct 18, 2025 (25 News)
Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to allow National Guard deployment in Illinois
Article Summary The Trump administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a legal fight over the immediate deployment of National Guard troops in Illinois. The filing comes after...
Oct 18, 2025 A man in military-style fatigues walks outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Oct. 9. National Guard troops were deployed to the facility earlier in the day. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Harvest numbers normal in Peoria County despite hurdles
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County farmers are expected to clear a couple hurdles in the form of drought conditions and tariffs to have a normal harvest this fall. Farm Bureau Manager Charlie Hensley says f...
Oct 18, 2025 (Peoria County Farm Bureau/Eric Stanley)
'No Kings' rallies expected to draw millions across US in protest against Trump
(Reuters) -More than 2,600 "No Kings" protest events are scheduled to take place on Saturday in all 50 U.S. states, a mass mobilization against President Donald Trump's policies on immigration, educat...
Oct 18, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump points a finger as he speaks at a press conference in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 15, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Man ordered detained after allegedly stalking ex-girlfriend in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A man accused of stalking his ex-girlfriend must remain in the Peoria County Jail. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 41-year-old Israel Ruiz was ordered held at a detenti...
Oct 17, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Judge orders teenagers held in South Peoria shooting death
PEORIA, Ill. - The three teenagers accused in the shooting death of a 22-year-old man in South Peoria on Sunday must stay in jail. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 16-year-old Orlando ...
Oct 17, 2025 courtroom gavel
Peoria Police Chief discusses enforcement of city's nuisance ordinance
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's police chief says the city's new nuisance ordinance will not interfere with constitutional rights. Chief Eric Echevarria released a statement on Friday to announce the implemen...
Oct 17, 2025 Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria takes questions regarding safety during online transactions on January 17th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Homecoming takes place this weekend for Bradley University
PEORIA, Ill. - Alumni from near and far are returning to Bradley University this weekend for Homecoming. Homecoming activities are scheduled to begin Friday night, with the Lighting of the "B" and fir...
Oct 17, 2025 (Bradley University)
Bellevue man arrested for allegedly possessing and distributing child pornography
BELLEVUE, Ill. - A Bellevue man has been arrested after allegedly being in possession of child pornography. The Peoria County Sheriff's Office says 26-year-old Rose Magnus was arrested Thursday mornin...
Oct 17, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Zelenskiy to seek weapons from Trump in the shadow of a new Putin summit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Volodymyr Zelenskiy will ask Donald Trump for Tomahawk missiles on Friday but the surprise announcement that the U.S. President will meet with Vladimir Putin in Budapest appeared...
Oct 17, 2025 Rescuers work at the site of an apartment building which was hit by Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine August 28, 2025. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
