Category Archives: Top Stories
Pathway Ministries leader prepares for "Conversations on a Bench" Thursday-Friday
PEORIA, Ill. - The head of Peoria's Pathway Ministries is getting ready to spend 24 hours on a bench. In conjunction with World Homelessness Day, Pathway Ministries' Jon Rocke says he'll be there to r...
Oct 08, 2025 (Pathway Ministries, Peoria, IL)
Update: Ex-FBI chief Comey pleads not guilty to charges brought under pressure from Trump
Updated at 9:21 a.m. ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) -Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to criminal charges accusing him of making false statements and obstructing a congr...
Oct 08, 2025 FILE PHOTO: James Comey, former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is seen in a frame grab from a video feed as he is sworn in remotely from his home during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing exploring the FBI's investigation of the 2016 Trump campaign and Russian election interference in Washington, U.S., September 30, 2020. U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary/Handout via REUTERS//File Photo
Peoria Heights trustees override mayor's grocery tax veto
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. (25 News) - Peoria Heights trustees have voted to override the mayor's veto of a 1-percent sales tax on groceries, but the controversial issue may resurface in front of voters nex...
Oct 08, 2025 (Ed Hammond/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Motorcyclist dies in two-vehicle crash in Woodford County
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. - A motorcyclist died in a two-vehicle crash just north of Goodfield on Tuesday. Woodford County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Dennis Tipsword says the crash occurred just before 6:00 P...
Oct 07, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Lawmakers 'ready to move' on transit reform, but funding agreement remains elusive
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois lawmakers will return to Springfield next week hoping to resolve a major unchecked box from the spring: Keep the trains in Chicago running. As the ...
Oct 07, 2025 A Chicago Transit Authority bus leaves a stop on the city’s North Side. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Dunlap CUSD seeking new elementary school building
DUNLAP, Ill. - Dunlap Community Unit School District 323 is setting the stage for a new elementary school building. 25 News reports a special use permit to build the school in a single-family resident...
Oct 07, 2025 (Dunlap CUSD)
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...
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...
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...
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...
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".
