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Fire caused $60,000 damage to a Peoria home Sunday
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to reports of a residential fire Sunday afternoon on W. St. James Street. Fire Battalion Chief Rick Waldron said crews arrived just before 3 p.m., finding ...
Sep 08, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Gas prices dip slightly in the Peoria area in the past week
PEORIA, Ill. - It's a tad cheaper to fill up your car in the Peoria area. GasBuddy reports a drop of 0.9 cents in the average price of a gallon of unleaded, to $3.35/g on Monday. Triple A is reporting...
Sep 08, 2025 Mike Mozart / CC
'Best I walk alone:' Alleged Trump would-be assassin prepares to defend himself at trial
FORT PIERCE, Florida (Reuters) -The man accused of attempting to kill President Donald Trump last year at his Florida golf course goes on trial beginning on Monday and, facing the prospect of life in ...
Sep 08, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Ryan W. Routh poses in a jail booking photograph in Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. February 10, 2010. Guilford County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Chicago protesters defiant in face of Trump's deportation threats
CHICAGO (Reuters) -Several thousand demonstrators marched past Trump Tower as the sun began to set in downtown Chicago on Saturday, protesting U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to flood the city w...
Sep 08, 2025 A Mexican-American flag flies as a parade participant on horseback flies a city of Chicago flag while Chicago's Mexican community proceeds with a Mexican Independence Day parade after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered increased federal law enforcement presence to assist in crime prevention, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. September 6, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska
Palestinian gunmen kill six at Jerusalem bus stop
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a bus stop on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Monday, killing six people in what police described as "a terrorist attack," one of the deadlies...
Sep 08, 2025 Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir looks on at the scene where a suspected shooting attack took place at the outskirts of Jerusalem, September 8, 2025 REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Washington honors 9/11 victims with remembrance ceremony
WASHINGTON, Ill. (25 News) - The 24th anniversary of the September 11th attacks is this Thursday, but people gathered in Washington on Sunday to remember thousands of lives that were lost that day. A ...
Sep 08, 2025 Washington honored the thousands of people who died in the 9/11 attacks on Sunday with a remembrance ceremony. (25 News)
Rick Davies, Supertramp co-founder and singer, dies at 81
LONDON (Reuters) -Rick Davies, the Supertramp vocalist and songwriter behind some of the British rock band's best known hits such as "Goodbye Stranger" and "My Kind Of Lady," has died at the age of 81...
Sep 08, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Supertramp rock group member Rick Davis, (L), vocals and keyboards, and John Helliweil,(R) sax, both founding members of Supertramp, perform during their first concert of the 2002 world tour " One More for the Road" in Benidorm, Spain April 18, 2002. REUTERS/Heino Kalis PH/File Photo
Israel has accepted Trump's Gaza ceasefire proposal, foreign minister says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel has accepted a Gaza ceasefire proposal from U.S President Donald Trump, Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Monday. Speaking at a press conference with his Hungar...
Sep 08, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar attends a press conference with the Danish Foreign Minister(not pictured) in Jerusalem September 7, 2025. Ritzau Scanpix/Ida Marie Odgaard/via REUTERS/File Photo
Trump's threats present Chicago's unpopular mayor with opportunity and risk
CHICAGO (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's threats to send immigration agents and National Guard troops to Chicago could breathe new life into the sputtering political career of Brandon Johnson, the ...
Sep 08, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, in front of Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, speaks during a press conference on reports of federal deployments in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., September 2, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska/File Photo
Peoria City Council to consider riverfront amphitheater
PEORIA, Ill. - A non-profit foundation's efforts toward construction of a 5,000 seat amphitheater are now focused on Peoria's riverfront. The Peoria City Council will consider Tuesday night a letter o...
Sep 07, 2025 (City of Peoria)
