Category Archives: Top Stories
Eureka chiropractor sentenced for scheming to defraud Medicare and a number of insurance companies
PEORIA, Ill. - A Eureka chiropractor, 48-year-old Carrie Musselman, was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $2.3 million in restitution for scheming to defraud Med...
Jun 26, 2025 Midwest Communications
White House video embraces Trump as 'daddy' after NATO chief's remark
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The White House embraced the moniker of "daddy" for Donald Trump in a video that it released after NATO chief Mark Rutte used the term in a conversation with the U.S. president. "D...
Jun 26, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the White House in Washington, U.S., August 27, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File photo
Pritzker set to kick off re-election campaign Thursday
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Governor J-B Pritzker will kick off his re-election campaign for a third term on Thursday with a statewide tour. Over the next two days, the governor will be talking about his comm...
Jun 26, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at a news conference in Chicago prior to signing a bill aimed at giving more Illinoisans who leave a correctional facility access to a free state ID. (Credit: Illinois.gov)
Man sentenced for shooting in Peoria's East Bluff that paralyzed ex-girlfriend
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has been sentenced for a shooting in Peoria's East Bluff last year that left his former girlfriend paralyzed. 25 News reports Deandre Ward was sentenced to 20 years in prison Wedn...
Jun 25, 2025 Brian Turner / CC
Peoria provides more support and funding to organization helping house homeless population
PEORIA, Ill. - The city of Peoria is providing more funding to reimburse a non-profit organization that's housing homeless people in a motel. City council on Tuesday night approved up to $64,000 to re...
Jun 25, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Three teenagers arrested after two accidently shot in Peoria's East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - Three teenagers have been arrested after two of them were accidentally shot Tuesday night in Peoria's East Bluff. Peoria Police says officers responded just after 9:00 P.M. to the area ...
Jun 25, 2025
Man sentenced for role in fatal crash near Peoria shopping center in 2023
PEORIA, Ill. - A Hanna City man has learned his fate after pleading guilty in May to a fatal crash two years ago near the Shoppes of Grand Prairie. 25 News reports Jeremy Perry was sentenced to a tota...
Jun 25, 2025 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Powell says Fed needs to manage against risk tariff inflation proves persistent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration's tariff plans may well just cause a one-time jump in prices, but the risk it could cause more persistent inflation is large enough for the central bank ...
Jun 25, 2025 U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on "The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress," on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt
Peoria Zoo celebrating new zebra's arrival with a naming contest
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Zoo has a new resident in its "Africa!" exhibit...a Grevy's zebra. The zebra came to the Peoria Zoo in March from a Conservation Center in Florida. He's described as striking...
Jun 25, 2025 The Peoria Zoo has a new Grevy's Zebra. They're asking the public to help give him a name.
US new home sales fall more than expected in May; inventory rises
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Sales of new U.S. single-family homes fell more than expected in May as high mortgage rates sapped demand, boosting the supply of unsold houses on the market. New home sales unit...
Jun 25, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A "For Rent, For Sale" sign is seen outside of a home in Washington, U.S., July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/ File Photo
