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Gerry Spence, renowned for courtroom victories and unique style, dead at 96
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gerry Spence, one of America's greatest trial lawyers who boasted of never losing a criminal case and who sought justice for ordinary people and won a $10.5 million case for the f...
Aug 23, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos arrives at court with lawyer Gerry Spence. June 28, 1990 REUTERS/Nina Berman/File Photo
Chief: Teen accused of firing shots near Manual H.S. had been suspended from school
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria has released more details concerning a shots fired incident outside Manual High School Friday. A 15-year-old boy is in the Peoria County Juvenile Det...
Aug 23, 2025 Peoria Police Department
Peoria street named for beloved dentist
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - A portion of a West Bluff street has received an honorary designation as D. W. Roscoe McCall Street. McCall was one of Peoria's first African-American dentists. He retired in ...
Aug 23, 2025 Photo: 25 News
Passenger entrapped after Sterling Ave. accident
PEORIA, Ill. - A two-vehicle accident resulted in one passenger becoming entrapped. The accident occurred at 7:13 p.m. Friday on Sterling Avenue near the I-74 overpass. Peoria fire Battalion Chief Lar...
Aug 23, 2025 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Texas Senate approves redistricting bill, sending it to governor to sign
(Reuters) - The Texas Senate approved a bill early on Saturday to redraw the state's congressional maps at the behest of President Donald Trump in an effort to flip five seats held by Democrats to Rep...
Aug 23, 2025 Republican State Senator Pete Flores looks over redistricting maps as the Republicans attempt to pass a bill that would redraw the state's 38 congressional districts, at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, U.S. August 22, 2025. REUTERS/Nuri Vallbona
UPDATE: Juvenile facing charges after shots fired near Manual High School
UPDATED 4:00 A.M. SATURDAY PEORIA, Ill. - A 15-year-old boy is in custody after shots were fired near Manual High School. Police say officers responded to a call of four shots fired around 2:23 p.m. F...
Aug 23, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Lyle Menendez denied parole after 35 years in prison for parents' shotgun murders
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lyle Menendez, imprisoned 35 years with his brother Erik for the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents at their Beverly Hills home, was denied parole on Friday, a day after the...
Aug 23, 2025 Lyle Menendez attends his Board of Parole hearing online from the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, California, U.S., August 22, 2025, that could lead to freedom after decades in prison for the 1989 shotgun murders of his parents. The final decision will rest with the governor, who can either accept or reject the board's recommendation. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation/Handout via REUTERS
Bradley students returning to Peoria this weekend for brand new school year
PEORIA, Ill. - Thousands of new and returning Bradley University students will be coming back to Peoria this weekend before a brand new school year. Move-in weekend runs through Saturday on campus, wi...
Aug 22, 2025 (Bradley University)
Man rescued after vehicle goes into Illinois River in Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. - Multiple emergency crews rescued a man who reportedly took his pickup truck off the road in Pekin and into the Illinois River Friday afternoon. 25 News reports the incident occurred just...
Aug 22, 2025 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Irish Fest takes over the Peoria Riverfront this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's Irish Festival is one of the city's biggest events of the year...and it's back this weekend. Organizer Daniel Haney's been part of the festival for 28 years running, and says t...
Aug 22, 2025 Peoria's Irish Festival on the riverfront. (Photo courtesy of peoriairishfest.com)
