Category Archives: Top Stories
Election Day turnout steady through the early afternoon
PEORIA/WASHINGTON/MORTON, Ill. - Voters across central Illinois are making their voices heard in Tuesday's consolidated elections. Votes will be cast in a wide range of races, including for mayors, ci...
Apr 01, 2025 A sign indicates one of the polling locations in Morton, at Community United Church of Christ, on Election Day 2025. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione, Bondi says
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of shooting and killing the CEO of UnitedHe...
Apr 01, 2025 Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealth Group chief executive Brian Thompson, appears in Manhattan Supreme Court on New York state murder and terrorism charges in New York City, U.S., February 21, 2025. Curtis Means/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
US Senate Republicans to seek referee's opinion on Trump tax plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republicans will ask their chamber's nonpartisan referee this week to weigh in on a controversial plan to make President Donald Trump's expiring 2017 tax cuts permane...
Apr 01, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks with reporters following the Senate Republicans' weekly policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 11, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Trump administration to freeze family-planning funds for Planned Parenthood
(Reuters) -Reproductive health provider Planned Parenthood said on Monday the Trump administration would cut federal family planning funding as of Tuesday, affecting birth control, cancer screenings a...
Apr 01, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Nuns pray outside of a Planned Parenthood location in Columbus, Ohio, U.S., November 12, 2021 as the state considers restrictive abortion laws. REUTERS/Gaelen Morse/File Photo
Harvard at risk of losing $9 billion in federal funds as US launches review
(Reuters) -The Trump administration said on Monday it was reviewing $9 billion in federal contracts and grants awarded to Harvard University, part of a crackdown on what it says is antisemitism on col...
Apr 01, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Mugs bearing the school's logo are displayed for sale outside Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., June 18, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Greater Peoria Honor Flight headed to Washington, D.C.
PEORIA, Ill. - The first Greater Peoria Honor Flight of 2025 is scheduled to take off from the Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport Tuesday morning. The plane will be filled with local vetera...
Apr 01, 2025 (Greater Peoria Honor Flight)
It's Election Day with consolidated elections throughout the Tri-County area
PEORIA, Ill. - After months of campaigning, the fate of candidates for the April consolidated elections are in the hands of the voters. Tuesday marks elections in Illinois for mayors, city councils, s...
Apr 01, 2025
Collins: Threat of more severe storms Tuesday night-Wednesday
PEORIA, Ill. - A threat of severe weather is prompting 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins to designate a First Alert Weather Day for Tuesday night through Wednesday. "We'll see isol...
Apr 01, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Man detained for weekend shooting at Peoria apartment complex that injured one person
PEORIA, Ill. - A man accused of a shooting at a Peoria apartment complex that injured another man from the past weekend will remain in jail. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 26-year-ol...
Mar 31, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Demolition of former Peoria Labor Temple building underway
PEORIA, Ill. - The first steps to a new men's shelter for the Peoria Salvation Army are now underway. The new 19,000 square foot building will sit at the corner of Spalding and Jefferson in downtown P...
Mar 31, 2025 Crews demolish the former AFL-CIO Labor Temple building in downtown Peoria to make way for a new men's shelter for the Peoria Salvation Army. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
