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Three teenagers arrested after two accidently shot in Peoria's East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - Three teenagers have been arrested after two of them were accidentally shot Tuesday night in Peoria's East Bluff. Peoria Police says officers responded just after 9:00 P.M. to the area ...
Jun 25, 2025
Man sentenced for role in fatal crash near Peoria shopping center in 2023
PEORIA, Ill. - A Hanna City man has learned his fate after pleading guilty in May to a fatal crash two years ago near the Shoppes of Grand Prairie. 25 News reports Jeremy Perry was sentenced to a tota...
Jun 25, 2025 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Powell says Fed needs to manage against risk tariff inflation proves persistent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration's tariff plans may well just cause a one-time jump in prices, but the risk it could cause more persistent inflation is large enough for the central bank ...
Jun 25, 2025 U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on "The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress," on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt
Peoria Zoo celebrating new zebra's arrival with a naming contest
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Zoo has a new resident in its "Africa!" exhibit...a Grevy's zebra. The zebra came to the Peoria Zoo in March from a Conservation Center in Florida. He's described as striking...
Jun 25, 2025 The Peoria Zoo has a new Grevy's Zebra. They're asking the public to help give him a name.
US new home sales fall more than expected in May; inventory rises
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Sales of new U.S. single-family homes fell more than expected in May as high mortgage rates sapped demand, boosting the supply of unsold houses on the market. New home sales unit...
Jun 25, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A "For Rent, For Sale" sign is seen outside of a home in Washington, U.S., July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/ File Photo
Investigation underway after body found in Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. - An investigation is underway in Pekin after a person was found dead Wednesday morning. Pekin Police and Fire were dispatched to the Pekin Riverfront at around 8:45 A.M. after a citizen r...
Jun 25, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Trump administration sues Maryland federal judges over order blocking deportations
(Reuters) -President Donald Trump's administration is escalating its battle with the U.S. judiciary over rulings that have stymied his agenda by filing a lawsuit with an unusual set of defendants: The...
Jun 25, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 11, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File photo
Arson to blame for fire early Wednesday morning in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were sent to a fire in the area of S. Stanley Street and W. Krause early Wednesday morning. Fire Battalion Chief Mike Ralston says when crews arrived just after 2 a....
Jun 25, 2025 Midwest Communications
Trump says damage from Iran strikes severe despite "inconclusive" intelligence
THE HAGUE (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the damage to Iranian nuclear sites from American missile strikes over the weekend was severe, even as he acknowledged that the ...
Jun 25, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (not pictured), at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
PPD: Two teens shot while playing with a gun in the East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say two teenagers, a boy and a girl, were shot Tuesday night while playing with a gun in the East Bluff. At approximately 9:08 p.m., officers were called to the 1200 block...
Jun 25, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
