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GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices drop less than a penny as we transition to winter gas supplies
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have dropped 0.8 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.32 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 gas stations. Prices in Peoria are 1.4 cents high...
Sep 22, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
Charlie Kirk lauded at Arizona memorial as galvanizing force for conservatism
GLENDALE, Arizona (Reuters) -President Donald Trump hailed slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk as a "martyr for American freedom" on Sunday and vowed at his memorial service to carry on the activ...
Sep 21, 2025 Attendees listen as Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk's widow, speaks onstage during a memorial service for slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium, in Glendale, Arizona, U.S., September 21, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Cole
Flyers legendary G Bernie Parent dies at 80
(Reuters/Field Level Media) - Hockey Hall of Fame member Bernie Parent, who guided the Philadelphia Flyers to their lone Stanley Cup championships in franchise history, died Sunday. He was 80. No caus...
Sep 21, 2025 Philadelphia Flyers goalie Bernie Parent (R) makes a kick save against the New York Rangers during the first period of the 2012 NHL Winter Classic Alumni ice hockey game at the Ballpark in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 31, 2011. REUTERS/Tim Shaffer
Illinois says goodbye to former Governor Jim Edgar
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (25 News) - Funeral services were held Saturday for former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar. Edgar died of pancreatic cancer Sept. 14 at the age of 79. 25 News reports family members and ...
Sep 21, 2025 Portrait of the late former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar is displayed during his funeral in Springfield Sept. 20, 2025. (Photo: 25 News)
SUV rolls on its side in Peoria crash
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - A crash of two SUV's in Peoria leaves two women injured. The crash happened around 9 p.m. Saturday near Martin Luther King Drive and Western Avenue. 25 News reports the two wo...
Sep 21, 2025 Accident at Martin Luther King Drive and Western Avenue in Peoria Sept. 20, 2025. (Photo: Peoria Area Scanner & Dashcam/Facebook)
Gold Star families honor the sacrifices of loved ones
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Central Illinois Gold Star families held its annual commemoration Saturday. The ceremony included several speakers, songs and the Missing Man Table ceremony. Executive Directo...
Sep 21, 2025 Pekin JROTC performs Missing Man Table ceremony during Central Illinois Gold Star Families commemoration Sept. 20, 2025. (Photo: 25 News)
Powerball jackpot inches forward
(URBANDALE, Ia.) - A 113-million dollar Powerball jackpot is at stake Monday. That's because no one matched the numbers drawn Saturday night. Those numbers were: 15, 29, 64, 66, 67 and the Powerball 4...
Sep 21, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Powerball tickets are seen at a liquor store, in Washington, U.S., July 19, 2023. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Resident displaced after Peoria house fire
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - A fire in a microwave resulted in one resident being displaced from their home. Peoria firefighters found heavy smoke when they arrived at the residence near Hawthorne Place a...
Sep 21, 2025 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Trump picks former attorney to be top prosecutor, as he pressures Bondi to investigate foes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he had appointed his former attorney Lindsey Halligan to be U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, hours after pressuri...
Sep 21, 2025 FILE PHOTO: New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference following a ruling against former U.S. President Donald Trump ordering him to pay $354.9 million and barring him from doing business in New York State for three years, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., February 16, 2024. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado/File Photo
Trump, Vance to headline memorial service for Charlie Kirk in Arizona
GLENDALE, Arizona (Reuters) - A memorial service for Charlie Kirk on Sunday is expected to draw a massive crowd at a football stadium in Arizona, where President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance ...
Sep 21, 2025 A drone view shows people gathering to pay tribute to slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk at the headquarters of Turning Point USA, ahead of a memorial service for him which is to be held on September 21, in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., September 20, 2025. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
