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Flag football game honors fallen Fulton County deputy
CANTON, Ill. - (25 News) - Fulton County residents teamed up with local law enforcement Saturday morning to play a special flag football game in honor of a sheriff's deputy who was killed in the line ...
Aug 15, 2021 25 News
Taliban enter Afghan capital two decades after U.S.-led ouster
UPDATE - KABUL (Reuters) -Taliban insurgents entered Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Sunday and an official said President Ashraf Ghani had left the city for Tajikistan, capping the militants' lightnin...
Aug 15, 2021 REUTERS/Stringer
Children hospitalized with COVID-19 in U.S. hits record number
WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Reuters) -The number of children hospitalized with COVID-19 in the United States hit a record high of just over 1,900 on Saturday, as hospitals across the South were stretched to c...
Aug 15, 2021 REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Local church hosts annual Back-to-School Festival
PEORIA, Ill. - (25 News) - New Beginnings Worship Center Church hosted its 11th annual Back-to-School Festival Saturday in South Peoria. Pastor Quinton Brown said the event aimed to help underprivileg...
Aug 15, 2021 25 News
South Peoria shooting sends two people to a hospital
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria police are investigating a shooting in South Peoria which resulted in two men being transported to a hospital. The incident occurred just after 9 p.m. Saturday in the 1600 block ...
Aug 15, 2021 Midwest Communications
Two arrests made in armed robbery Tuesday night, one still at-large
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two arrests have been made following an armed robbery/home invasion Tuesday night just before 9:15 p.m. in the 1400 block of Hanssler Ct. According to Peoria Police, information gather...
Aug 14, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Officers seize more than 1,300 grams of cannabis, 3 weapons during search in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police Wednesday searched a residence in the 2200 block of N. Linn at approximately 7:45 p.m as part of a narcotics investigation. According to police, officers seized 1,350 gra...
Aug 13, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
New Illinois law prevents hair discrimination in schools
CHICAGO -- A new Illinois law signed Friday by Gov. JB Pritzker prevents hair discrimination in school dress codes. The bill prohibits school uniform and dress code policies from restricting hairstyle...
Aug 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
Illinois sees increase of 21,000 new COVID-19 cases in the past week
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- On average, the state of Illinois added more than 3,000 new COVID-19 cases per day in the last week. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday reported 21,334 new cas...
Aug 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
Taliban tighten grip on Afghanistan as all eyes turn to capital Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) -Taliban insurgents tightened their grip on Afghanistan on Friday, seizing the second- and third-biggest cities and raising fears that an assault on the capital Kabul could be just day...
Aug 13, 2021 People gather on the street as Taliban fighters stand guard on main road intersection in city of Ghazni, Afghanistan in this screen grab taken from a video released by the Taliban on August 12, 2021. Taliban Handout/via REUTERS
