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Peoria Pizza Works planning to reopen after fire
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - A Peoria Heights restaurant is vowing to come back after a fire damaged its building earlier this month. In a post on its website, Peoria Pizza Works says, as of Friday, the res...
Jun 30, 2025 Fire at Peoria Pizza Works in Peoria Heights early Friday. (1470 and 100.3 WMBD/Greg Batton)
Jury in Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking trial starts deliberating
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The jury in Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial began its deliberations on Monday, after hearing dueling narratives from prosecutors and defense lawyers last week about wheth...
Jun 30, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Prosecutor Emily Johnson questions rapper Kid Cudi as he testifies at Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, New York, U.S., May 22, 2025 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo
Senate Republicans try to get Trump's tax cuts over the line, setting aside cost concerns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday will try to pass President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill, despite divisions within the party about its expected $3.3 trillio...
Jun 30, 2025 U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) walks in Capitol Hill, as Republican lawmakers struggle to pass U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping spending and tax bill, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 30, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Peoria home heavily damaged by fire started by outdoor cooking
PEORIA, Ill. - Fire caused extensive damage to a Peoria home Sunday night, displacing two residents. Fire Battalion Chief Steve Rada says damages are estimated at $250,000. Crews were called to the ho...
Jun 30, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices rise ahead of the Fourth of July holiday
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have gone up 9.1 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.36 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of stations in Peoria. Prices in Peoria are 12.2 cents h...
Jun 30, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
Teen shot in northwest Peoria
PEORIA - A shooting in Peoria Saturday night left a 16-year-old boy hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the stomach, according to Peoria Police. PPD Spokesperson Semone Roth says officers were called...
Jun 29, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATED: Two firefighters killed in Idaho ambush, suspect dead, sheriff says
Updated: 3:59 a.m. (6/30) (Reuters) -A gunman ambushed and shot dead two firefighters responding to a forest fire in northern Idaho on Sunday, wounding one other during an hours-long incident before t...
Jun 29, 2025 An armored police vehicle leaves an area where multiple firefighters were attacked when responding to a fire in the Canfield Mountain area outside Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, U.S. June 29, 2025. REUTERS/Young Kwak
Hall-of-Fame horse trainer D. Wayne Lukas dies at 89
(Reuters-Field Level Media) - Hall of Fame thoroughbred trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who guided four horses into the Kentucky Derby winner's circle, died Saturday night in Louisville, Ky. He was 89. Accord...
Jun 29, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas talks about his Kentucky Derby hopeful Will Take Charge after his early morning workout at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, April 29, 2013. REUTERS/John Sommers II/File Photo
Basketball with a message
PEORIA, Ill - Peoria's Don't Start Initiative hosted a friendly basketball tournament Saturday at the RiverPlex, in hopes of showing kids how to win in the game of life. This year's event paired kids ...
Jun 29, 2025 Photo: 25 News
Greater Peoria LMV holds "Shine on Democracy" event
PEORIA, Ill. - The League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria is continuing its efforts to keep people informed about important issues. The League invited the public to the Universalist Unitarian Church...
Jun 29, 2025 Photo: 25 News
