Category Archives: Top Stories
More Than Pink Walk celebrates 40 years
PEORIA, Ill. - The Susan G. Komen Foundation will host its 40th annual More Than Pink Walk at Peoria's Metro Centre. The event, which begins at 8 a.m. Saturday, is the Foundation's main fundraiser for...
May 10, 2025 Photo: 25 News/File
Israel won't be involved in new Gaza aid plan, only in security, US envoy says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A U.S.-backed mechanism for getting aid into Gaza should take effect soon, Washington's envoy to Israel said on Friday ahead of President Donald Trump's visit to the Middle East, ...
May 09, 2025 U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee looks on during the day he visits the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City, April 18, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo
Three new appointments made by Peoria County Board
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Board is filling some upcoming vacancies. The board has approved George McKenna to become the next Peoria County Regional Superintendent, effective June 1st. He takes ...
May 09, 2025 (25 News)
Congressman returns home to Peoria to begin U.S Senate campaign
PEORIA, Ill. - It was a Peoria homecoming on Friday for an Illinois Congressman seeking a political promotion. 8th District Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi returned to his childhood home to begin h...
May 09, 2025 8th District Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi speaks in front of his Peoria household to begin his candidacy for United States Senate. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
PAAR: Realtors looking forward to a more active market this spring and summer
PEORIA, Ill. - Home sales in the Peoria area were down six percent in the first quarter of the year, compared to the same time in 2024. Peoria Area Association of Realtors President Chris Hilton tells...
May 09, 2025 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy, File)
Peoria man arrested after allegedly soliciting minors in Knox County
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been arrested after allegedly soliciting minors for sex in Knox County. The Knox County Sheriff's Office says it worked with Peoria Police on an operation targeting onl...
May 09, 2025 (Knox County Sheriff's Office)
Former US Supreme Court Justice Souter dies, court says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter died on Thursday at his New Hampshire home, the court said in a statement on Friday. He was 85. Justice Souter was appointed to th...
May 09, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S. June 29, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
Illinois state parks draw highest number of visitors in more than a decade
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois state parks saw more visitors in 2024 than any point in the past 15 years, according to new data from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Illin...
May 09, 2025 The state spent more than $70 million installing breakwaters at
the Illinois State Beach Park near Zion to protect the park’s beaches. (Capitol News
Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
New Pope Leo XIV vows to bring light to world's "dark nights"
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Leo XIV on Friday celebrated his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel where he was elected less than 24 hours earlier and prayed that his historic papacy can help the Catholi...
May 09, 2025 Pope Leo XIV conducts Mass in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, May 9, 2025. Vatican Media/Simone Risoluti Handout via REUTERS
Immigrant health care programs boosted hospital bottom lines, study suggests
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - Two state-run health care programs that extend Medicaid-like coverage to noncitizens may have provided significant financial benefits for Illinois hospitals. That...
May 09, 2025 Demonstrators outside the Illinois Statehouse rally for immigrant rights during the 15th annual Latino Unity Day on Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
