Category Archives: Top Stories
Long-term reconstruction project beginning soon on Maxwell Road, in Peoria
PEORIA Ill. - Beginning Monday, a long-term reconstruction project begins on Maxwell Road between Fauber Road and Middle Road. The $7.1 million dollar project will reconstruct Maxwell Road into a thre...
Feb 22, 2025
Hamas releases new hostage body after misidentification of Shiri Bibas
JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) - Hamas released a body on Friday it claimed to be that of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas, whose misidentification in a handover this week threatened to derail the fragile Gaza ...
Feb 21, 2025 Israelis sit together as they light candles and hold posters with the images Oded Lifschitz, Shiri Bibas and her two children, Kfir and Ariel Bibas, seized during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, on the day the bodies of deceased hostages, identified at the time by Palestinian militant groups as Lifschitz, Shiri Bibas and her two children, were handed over under the terms of a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, in Tel Aviv, Israel February 20, 2025. REUTERS/Itay Cohen
Trump, Maine's Democratic governor clash at White House over transgender athletes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump clashed with the Democratic governor of Maine, Janet Mills, on Friday over federal funds he threatened to withhold from the state over transgender athlete...
Feb 21, 2025 Maine Governor Janet Mills sits as U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a business session with U.S. governors who are in town for the National Governors Association's (NGA) annual winter meeting, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 21, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Luigi Mangione illegally searched during arrest in health insurance CEO killing, lawyer says
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lawyer for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally gunning down U.S. health insurance executive Brian Thompson in December, told a judge Friday that her client was illegally ...
Feb 21, 2025 Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealth Group chief executive Brian Thompson, appears for a hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court on New York state murder and terrorism charges in New York City, U.S., February 21, 2025. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Peoria Riverfront Museum reveals plans for America's 250th birthday
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Riverfront Museum is hoping to become one of the premiere destinations to celebrate a significant birthday for the United States of America. Museum leaders announced Friday m...
Feb 21, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pope Francis not out of danger, but expected to live, medical team says
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis, who is being treated in hospital for double pneumonia, is not yet out of danger but is expected to live, one of his doctors said on Friday. Francis is being treat...
Feb 21, 2025 Pope Francis speaks during a meeting with the management, staff and patients of Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the hospital's donation to the Holy See, in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, March 16, 2024. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca/ File Photo
Rivian expects drop in EV deliveries in 2025, sees modest gross profit
(Reuters) -Rivian projected a surprise drop in electric vehicle deliveries for the year but said it expected to post a modest gross profit, as it slashed raw material and supply chain costs in its dri...
Feb 21, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe speaks at an event to unveil a smaller R2 SUV during an event in Laguna Beach, California, U.S., March 7, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Kremlin says there's still no concrete detail on possible Trump-Putin meeting
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday that there was a mutual understanding about the need for a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, but that the ...
Feb 21, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands as they meet in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Newly hired Ag Lab employees caught up in Trump firings
PEORIA, Ill. - The Trump administration's efforts to reduce the federal workforce have now hit Peoria. According to 25 News, more than 10-percent of the probationary employees at the Peoria Ag Lab hav...
Feb 21, 2025 Peoria Ag Lab (ars.usda.gov)
Rivian to recall over 17,000 vehicles in US over headlight issue
(Reuters) - Rivian said on Friday it is recalling 17,260 vehicles in the U.S. due to a headlight issue that could reduce visibility and increase the risk of a crash. The recall affects certain 2025 R1...
Feb 21, 2025 FILE PHOTO: The Rivian name and logo are shown on one of their new electric SUV vehicles in San Diego, U.S., December 16, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
