Category Archives: Top Stories
US job growth picks up in February; unemployment rate rises to 4.1%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth picked up in February and the unemployment rate edged up to 4.1%, but growing uncertainty over trade policy and deep federal government spending cuts could erode...
Mar 07, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A hiring sign is seen in a cafe in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., August 5, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
West Peoria liquor store cited again for allegedly selling to minors
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - Despite a change in ownership in January, a West Peoria liquor store is still having the same problems. 25 News reports West Peoria Liquors, formerly known as Express Liquors, was ...
Mar 07, 2025 (25 News)
EU leaders agree on defence surge, support Zelenskiy after US aid freeze
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European leaders on Thursday backed plans to spend more on defence and continue to stand by Ukraine in a world upended by Donald Trump's reversal of U.S. policies. The European Un...
Mar 07, 2025 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, European Council President Antonio Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speak to the media as they attend a European Union leaders special summit to discuss Ukraine and European defence, in Brussels, Belgium March 6, 2025. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq
Peoria man sentenced after guilty plea for attempting to entice a minor online
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man will spend more than eleven years in prison after attempting to entice a minor online. The Department of Justice says 43-year-old Joshua Michael Williams will also have ten...
Mar 07, 2025 courtroom gavel
Hundreds rally at the Capitol to oppose homeschool bill
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Hundreds rallied Thursday at the Capitol in Springfield to voice their opposition to a bill that would require oversight of families who homeschool their ch...
Mar 07, 2025 Homeschool advocates rally at the Illinois Statehouse to oppose legislation that would impose more oversight of parents who school their children at home. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jade Aubrey.)
Teenager charged with First Degree Murder in Peoria
PEORIA Ill. - A 16-year-old has been charged with First-Degree Murder - after allegedly shooting and killing his father Monday, in Peoria. According to the Peoria County State's Attorney's Office, 16-...
Mar 06, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Two women ordered detained in connection to death of 13-month-old in December
PEORIA Ill. - Two women accused in the death of a one-month-old child in Peoria this past December will remain behind bars after a detention hearing Thursday. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Offi...
Mar 06, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/Right: Tasheaunna Williams Left: Nausicca Thomas)
Trump delays tariffs for goods under Mexico, Canada trade deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump suspended on Thursday the 25% tariffs he imposed this week on most goods from Canada and Mexico, the latest twist in a fluctuating trade policy that has wh...
Mar 06, 2025 Shipping containers are shown at the Terminal 1 Container Terminal at the Port of Los Angeles in Wilmington, California, U.S., October 17, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Pritzker wants Illinois to be latest state to ban cellphones in classroom
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS - Are cellphones a useful tool or a distraction in the classroom? According to Gov. JB Pritzker, they're a distraction, and he has proposed banning them during classroom instruct...
Mar 06, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker is asking lawmakers to pass a plan banning cellphones in schools during class time. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria Notre Dame dominates to punch ticket to 2A girls' basketball state championship game
NORMAL, Ill. - A dominating performance has put the Peoria Notre Dame girls' basketball team one game away from back-to-back state championships. The Irish defeated Mount Carmel, 61-35, in the IHSA Cl...
Mar 06, 2025 (Peoria Notre Dame)
