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Peoria gas prices almost unchanged in past week
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria were almost unchanged in the last week, up 0.4 cents, averaging $3.33 a gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 gas stations in Peoria. Peoria price...
May 05, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
Peoria man convicted for setting girlfriend on fire
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been found guilty during a bench trial of setting his girlfriend on fire in 2022. Daniel Pace, 42, was convicted of aggravated battery and aggravated domestic battery. ...
May 04, 2025 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria county Jail)
Motorcycle driver injured in I-74 accident
PEORIA, ill. - A motorcycle crash resulted in the driver being transported to a local hospital. State Police tell 25 News the accident happened around 12:20 p.m. Saturday when the motorcycle left the ...
May 04, 2025 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Wildlife Prairie Park planning expansion
HANNA CITY, Ill - Officials at Wildlife Prairie Park have announced a planned $1.5 million expansion project that will include a campground with room for 40 recreational vehicles. 25 News reports the ...
May 04, 2025 25 News
Trump protesters gather at Peoria Stadium
PEORIA, Ill. - The political activist group 50501 stated its second protest in as many weekends in Peoria. A large number of protesters gathered at Peoria Stadium Saturday to voice their displeasure o...
May 04, 2025 25 News
Lane closures in Peoria and Tazewell Counties this week
PEORIA, Ill - Another week of road construction will affect motorists in Peoria and Tazewell Counties. Daytime lane closures on the Murray Baker Bridge, I-74, will resume Monday and Tuesday affecting ...
May 04, 2025 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond, File
"The View" co-host to be MLK luncheon speaker
PEORIA, Ill. - Sunny Hostin, co-host on ABC-TV's "The View" will be the featured speaker during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. luncheon. Public Employees for Community Concerns says the event will tak...
May 03, 2025 Public Employees for Community Concerns
Buffett to step down as Berkshire CEO after 60 years at helm
OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Warren Buffett is ending his career as perhaps the world's most famous and revered investor, saying he will step down as chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway at the end of...
May 03, 2025 REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Sovereignty wins 151st Kentucky Derby
(Reuters) - Sovereignty won the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky, in a thrilling fight to the finish line on Saturday to capture the first leg of U.S. thoroughbred racing's ...
May 03, 2025 May 3, 2025; Louisville, KY, USA; Junior Alvarado aboard Sovereignty wins the 151st Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 3, 2025. Mandatory Credit: Michael Clevenger/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
Jaguar Land Rover restarts car exports to the US, London's Times reports
(Reuters) - Jaguar Land Rover has restarted shipments of vehicles to the United States after pausing them in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs, London's Times newspaper reported on Sat...
May 03, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Logos of Jaguar and Land-Rover are seen outside a car dealer in Brussels, Belgium May 28, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
