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No charges filed after alleged stalking at East Peoria grocery store
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - East Peoria Police says there's no threat to public safety after an alleged stalking incident Sunday night. Police responded to the Kroger just before 8:00 P.M. on reports a male w...
TJ Carson Oct 07, 2025 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol

Princeville High School needs your help to win $1M prize from T-Mobile
PEORIA, Ill. - Princeville High School is on a Million-Dollar mission. The school is the only high school in Illinois vying for T-Mobile's "Friday Night 5G Lights" competition...recently making the To...
Julia Bradley Oct 07, 2025 Princeville High School is in the running to win a $1 million prize from T-Mobile to upgrade their athletic stadium.

Bondi says DOJ ending 'weaponization of justice' as it pursues Trump critics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi told a Senate panel on Tuesday that the Justice Department was ending the "weaponization of justice" even as several political adversaries of Pres...
Julia Bradley Oct 07, 2025 U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi is sworn in to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. October 7, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Trump's threat to invoke Insurrection Act escalates showdown with Democratic cities
(Reuters) -Donald Trump's threat to invoke a federal anti-insurrection law to expand his deployment of military personnel to U.S. cities has intensified the legal battle between the president and Demo...
Julia Bradley Oct 07, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump walks with Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Daryl Caudle, aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. October 5, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst REFILE - CORRECTING FROM "U.S. ARMY" TO "CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS ADMIRAL DARYL CAUDLE".

Israeli forces shell Gaza on war anniversary, Qatar says Trump plan will take work
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) -Israeli tanks, boats and jets pounded parts of Gaza on Tuesday, giving Palestinians no respite on the anniversary of the Hamas attack that led to two years of war and...
Julia Bradley Oct 07, 2025 Smoke rises from explosions in Gaza, as seen from southern Israel, October 7, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Trial for Peoria tattoo artist charged with grooming begins Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Jurors were selected Monday in the trial of a Peoria tattoo artist charged with grooming a minor. 34-year-old Mario Davis was arrested on June 3 for allegedly sending sexually...
Julia Bradley Oct 07, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)

PPD: Teenager shot in S. Peoria Monday evening
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Peoria Police say a 17-year-old boy was shot in a South Peoria neighborhood Monday night, when a dozen shots were fired. PPD tells 25 News, officers were called to the area of...
Julia Bradley Oct 07, 2025

Creve Coeur man killed in tree cutting accident over the weekend
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - A Creve Coeur man was killed while cutting trees in Peoria County on Saturday when a large tree limb fell on him. The accident happened around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday on N. Hilltop...
Julia Bradley Oct 07, 2025 (Peoria County Coroner)

South Side Mission celebrates a century of service and giving
PEORIA, Ill. - A central Illinois organization is celebrating 100 years of service to South Peoria. South Side Mission marked a century with a celebration at the Civic Center Monday night. Executive D...
TJ Carson Oct 06, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)

Judge won't block federal troop deployment to Chicago - for now
Article Summary Illinois and Chicago are suing the Trump administration to block the deployment of National Guard Troops to Chicago. Trump officials ordered the activation of 300 Illinois National Gua...
Caleb Kelch Oct 06, 2025 Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson take questions about the city’s lawsuit against the federal deployment of troops to Illinois. (Credit: Illinois.gov)


