Category Archives: Top Stories
Bodycam footage from fatal officer-involved shooting in East Bluff released
PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois State Police has released bodycam footage relating to a fatal officer involved shooting in Peoria's East Bluff last month. The footage comes from an incident on August 5th wher...
Sep 06, 2025
Trump orders return to the US 'War Department'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday to rename the Department of Defense as the "Department of War," reverting to a title it held until after World Wa...
Sep 06, 2025 A worker places a plaque that reads "Pete Hegseth - Secretary of War" after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename the Department of Defense the "Department of War," reverting to a title it held until after World War Two when officials sought to emphasize the Pentagon's role in preventing conflict, in this video screengrab, in Washington, D.C., September 5, 2025. Reuters TV/Pool
A day of fun returns to the riverfront Sunday with Go! Day Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Go! Day returns to the Peoria Riverfront on Sunday. Allison Keiser tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan", the event is about building connections in the community. "We want to make sure that our ...
Sep 06, 2025 Go! Day Peoria is this Sunday near the Peoria RIverfront Museum. (Choose Greater Peoria)
Rivian announces more layoffs
NORMAL, Ill. (25 News) - Rivian has announced more layoffs within its global workforce. The electric vehicle maker says it will cut 1.5 percent of its workforce worldwide, or less than 225 workers, in...
Sep 06, 2025 Photo: 25 News file photo
South Korea vows support to Koreans arrested in US immigration raid
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Lee Jae Myung ordered all-out efforts on Saturday to respond to the arrests of hundreds of the nation's citizens in a U.S. immigration raid on a Hyundai Motor c...
Sep 06, 2025 The logo of Hyundai Motor is seen at its dealership in Seoul, South Korea, April 26, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Legendary Habs G Ken Dryden, 6-time Cup winner, dies at 78
(Reuters/Field Level Media) - Hall of Fame goaltender Ken Dryden, a six-time All-Star, six-time Stanley Cup winner and an integral part of Montreal's dynasty of the 1970s, died Friday after a battle w...
Sep 06, 2025 Former Montreal Canadiens teammate Ken Dryden speaks at the funeral for former Montreal Canadiens captain Jean Beliveau at Mary Queen of the World Cathedral in Montreal, December 10, 2014. REUTERS/Paul Chiasson/Pool (CANADA)
New mural on downtown Peoria parking garage celebrated
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's community and art leaders came together Friday morning to celebrate the latest mural in the downtown area. "Play Greater" was recently installed on the Adams Street side of the...
Sep 05, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Threat against Morton Jefferson School allegedly made by student investigated
MORTON, Ill. - Morton Police says a threat made against Jefferson School in the past week was determined to be not credible. In a statement, the department says an investigation was opened after the t...
Sep 05, 2025 (Morton Police)
Man arrested for alleged role in July robbery of postal worker
PEORIA, Ill. - A West Peoria man has been arrested in connection to the robbery of a postal worker in July. Peoria Police says 28-year-old Malachi Alexander was arrested on Thursday for Armed Robbery,...
Sep 05, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Hamas releases hostage video, Israel bombs Gaza high-rise
TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Hamas released a video on Friday of two Israeli hostages seized from a music festival in Israel in October 2023, and one said he was being held in Gaza City, where the Israeli mili...
Sep 05, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Idit Ohel, mother of Alon Ohel, 22, who was taken hostage by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas during the deadly October 7 attack, and her family gather with other families of hostages to light candles to mark the first night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, in Karmiel, in northern Israel December 7, 2023. REUTERS/Shir Torem/File Photo
