Category Archives: Top Stories
'The Brutalist,' 'Emilia Perez' triumph at Golden Globes
BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) -"The Brutalist," the story of a Holocaust survivor who chases the American dream, and musical thriller "Emilia Perez" took home the first major movie honors of Hol...
Jan 06, 2025 Trevor Matthews, Brian Young, Felicity Jones, Adrien Brody, winner of the Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama award for "The Brutalist," Daniel Blumberg, Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold, and Guy Pearce, winners of the Best Motion Picture - Drama award for "The Brutalist", pose at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., January 5, 2025. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
US Congress to meet to certify Trump's election, four years after Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress is set to meet on Monday to formally certify Republican Donald Trump's election as president, exactly four years after a mob of his supporters stormed the Capi...
Jan 06, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks as he meets with House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices up a bit, as prices are expected to keep rising in the weeks ahead
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's average gas prices have gone up about 2.5 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.18 on Monday. GasBuddy says Peoria's prices are just over 13.5 cents higher than a month...
Jan 06, 2025 Mike Mozart / CC
Peoria's Snowfighters hard at work after the season's first real snowfall
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Works says the City's main, arterial streets are in good condition and very drivable as of 4:30 a.m. Monday. Snow accumulations within Peoria remained below 2 inches. Extr...
Jan 06, 2025 Peoria snowplow on the streets following the first real snow storm of 2024. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--TJ Carson)
Crews battle fire in sauna at under construction business in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire at an under construction North Peoria business Saturday morning was determined to be accidental. Peoria Fire crews responded to the Titan Fitness on Townline Road just after 10:0...
Jan 05, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Prosecutors seek to try teenager as adult for December homicide in Peoria's East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County prosecutors will be seeking to try a 15-year-old boy as an adult for a homicide last month. 25 News reports State's Attorney Jodi Hoos has filed a petition to transfer the...
Jan 05, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
First winter storm of the season arrives
PEORIA, Ill. - Sunday night brought central Illinois' first winter storm of the season. The Peoria area avoided the worst of the storm when it comes through the area on Sunday night. But 25 News First...
Jan 05, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Biden honors Vietnam War veterans, Nashville police with presidential medals
(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday recognized seven veterans of the Korean and Vietnam wars with the Medal of Honor and awarded eight law enforcement officers the Medal of Valor for acts of...
Jan 04, 2025 U.S President Joe Biden gives former U.S. Senator Ted Kaufman, the Presidential Citizens Medal, one of the country's highest civilian honors, during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 2, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza Strip as new ceasefire talks begin
CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) - An Israeli military strike killed 12 people in a house in Gaza City early on Saturday, bringing the death toll from strikes across Gaza to 62 over the last day, Palestinian medi...
Jan 04, 2025 A Palestinian woman reacts at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, January 4, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Trump must be sentenced in hush money case, judge signals no jail
NEW YORK (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump must be sentenced on Jan. 10 in the criminal case in which he was convicted on charges involving hush money paid to a porn star, a judge ruled on Frida...
Jan 03, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends Turning Point USA's AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., December 22, 2024. REUTERS/Cheney Orr/File Photo
