Category Archives: Top Stories
Peoria County deputies search Dunlap apartments for home invasion suspect
DUNLAP, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is seeking a man wanted on numerous charges after a search of an apartment complex turned up empty. Sheriff Chris Watkins says 34-year-old Adonnis Den...
Jul 07, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriffs Department)
Man killed after firing at US Border Patrol station in Texas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A 27-year-old Michigan man was shot dead by U.S. Border Patrol agents after opening fire with an assault rifle on a U.S. Border Patrol station in the southern Texas city of McAll...
Jul 07, 2025 REUTERS
Teenager third person arrested in connection to June shooting death in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A 17-year-old male is the third person arrested in connection to a homicide from last month in South Peoria. Peoria Police says the teen was arrested Monday afternoon for First Degree M...
Jul 07, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Raw sewage leak in Washington affects Farm Creek
WASHINGTON, Ill. - The city of Washington says it has identified a raw sewage leak that is affecting a tributary that leads to Farm Creek. In a Facebook post, it says there is no risk to the municipal...
Jul 07, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man pleads guilty to shooting death of girlfriend in South Peoria home in 2024
PEORIA, Ill. - A 19-year-old has pleaded guilty to the shooting death of his girlfriend last year in a South Peoria home. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says Nathaniel Archuleta pleaded g...
Jul 07, 2025 Photo: Peoria County Sheriff's Office
Planned Parenthood sues Trump administration over planned 'defunding'
(Reuters) -Planned Parenthood sued the Trump administration on Monday over a provision in President Donald Trump's sweeping domestic policy bill that would prevent its health centers from receiving Me...
Jul 07, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Activists for Planned Parenthood demonstrate as the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in South Carolina's bid to cut off public funding to Planned Parenthood, in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 2, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
Trump calls Musk's formation of new party "ridiculous" and criticizes his own NASA pick
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Sunday called Elon Musk's plans to form a new political party "ridiculous," launching new barbs at the tech billionaire and saying the Musk ally he once...
Jul 07, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk attend a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Teens seriously injured in shooting Sunday night in S. Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Police say a 19-year-old and 17-year-old were both seriously injured in a shooting Sunday night in S. Peoria. Sgt. Amy Dotson says officers were called just before 9 p.m. Sunday to the ...
Jul 07, 2025 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices are down a bit, following a national trend
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped 2.4 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.34 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Prices in Peoria are ...
Jul 07, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
UPDATE: Coroner says deceased male found in South Peoria home tentatively identified
UPDATED 12:06 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A body found in a South Peoria home this past weekend has been tentatively identified. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood made the announcement in the comments of a ...
Jul 06, 2025 (Peoria County Coroner)
