Category Archives: Top Stories
PPD remembers officers lost in the line of duty
PEORIA, Ill. - The annual ceremony honoring Peoria's fallen officers who died in the line of duty was held outside City Hall Wednesday. Chief Eric Echevarria said he's grateful for his officers' safet...
May 15, 2025 Peoria Police remembered officers they've lost in the line of duty on Wednesday outside City Hall. (25 News)
Trump says Qatar will invest $10 billion in US airbase
DOHA (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Qatar will invest $10 billion in coming years in the Al Udeid Air Base southwest of the country's capital Doha, the largest U.S. milit...
May 15, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during an address to U.S. troops during a visit to Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar, May 15, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Peoria firefighters respond to HAZMAT incident
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to the area of W. Pioneer Parkway and N. Harker Drive Wednesday afternoon for a HAZMAT situation. Fire Battalion Chief Steve Rada says around 3:15 p.m., ...
May 15, 2025 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
UPDATE: Two men in custody following standoff with Pekin Police
Updated 12:55 p.m. PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin Police conducted a criminal investigation Wednesday evening that led to a high-risk search warrant for a residence on Court Street, near Mineral Springs Park. Th...
May 15, 2025 Pekin Police were involved in a standoff with a man on Court Street across from Mineral Springs Park Wednesday evening. (25 News)
Governor's office cuts revenue projection by $500M in latest downward estimate
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker's office is now projecting state revenues to come in about a half-billion dollars below the baseline projections assumed during his Februar...
May 14, 2025 Sen. Elgie Sims, D-Chicago, speaks to Capitol News Illinois about the status of state budget negotiations. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Israel intensifies Gaza bombardment, kills 80 people, as Trump visits Gulf
CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli military strikes killed at least 80 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, local health authorities said, in an intensification of the bombardment as U.S. President ...
May 14, 2025 Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, May 14, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
US health chief Kennedy defends mass firings, measles response to lawmakers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended billions of dollars in cuts and thousands of firings at his department, as well as his response to a fast-growing measles outbreak, on Wednesday du...
May 14, 2025 U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before a House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 14, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
TIF funding to keep PeoriaCorps program running through summer
PEORIA, Ill. - The city of Peoria will continue to fund a workforce development program whose funding future is uncertain. The council on Tuesday night unanimously voted to approve more than $41,000 i...
May 14, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Republicans push ahead on Trump tax plan, despite intra-party dissent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. Congress advanced elements of President Donald Trump's sweeping budget package on Wednesday after an all-night debate, as a key committee voted to approve...
May 14, 2025 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 7, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Peoria Zoo welcomes young giraffe "Fitz"
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Zoo is announcing a new arrival. Fitz, short for Fitniklaus, a one-year-old reticulated giraffe, was born April 2 at the Memphis Zoo. Peoria Zoo officials say Fitz brings a y...
May 14, 2025 The Peoria Zoo has a new arrival...Fitz, a one-year-old reticulated giraffe. (Photo from the Peoria Zoo)
