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Richwoods High School counselor arrested for physical altercation with student
PEORIA Ill. - A school counselor at Richwoods High School has been arrested for a physical altercation with a 14-year-old autistic student, earlier this month. According to Peoria Police -- 52-year-ol...
Dec 16, 2024
Peoria residents injured in Saturday evening crash in McDonough County
MACOMB, Ill. - Three people from Peoria were injured in a crash on Saturday in western Illinois. Illinois State Police says the two-vehicle crash was reported just after 5:30 P.M. on Illinois Route 33...
Dec 16, 2024 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Trump repeats warning to Hamas to release hostages soon or face consequences
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday he had a "very good talk" with Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, about the war in Gaza and reiterated his threat that "all...
Dec 16, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump delivers remarks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 16, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Israeli forces carry out air, ground attacks in Gaza; dozens dead
CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 53 Palestinians, including a journalist and rescue workers, medics said, and the Israeli military said its air and ground forces in the north o...
Dec 16, 2024 Palestinians inspect the damage at a tent camp sheltering displaced people, following an Israeli strike, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, December 15, 2024. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed
Price at the pump in the Peoria-area increases after trend of falling prices
PEORIA, Ill. - After a trend of falling gas prices, the cost to fill up your tank has gone back up. GasBuddy reports the average price of a gallon of unleaded in the Peoria area today on Monday is $3....
Dec 16, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
One injured after weekend interstate crash in Tazewell County
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - One person was injured after a multi-vehicle crash Saturday on Interstate 155 in southern Tazewell County. Illinois State Police say units responded to the crash in the southbo...
Dec 16, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
UN envoy meets Syria's Sharaa, urges inclusive transition
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The U.N.'s Syria envoy urged an inclusive Syrian transition based on a nine-year-old Security Council resolution during a meeting with the commander of Syria's new administration,...
Dec 16, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.N. Syria envoy Geir Pedersen meets with head of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and Syria's de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani in Damascus, Syria in this handout released on December 15, 2024. Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Homeless man arrested in connection to Saturday morning fire at Peoria hospital
PEORIA, Ill. - A homeless man has been arrested in connection to a fire at a Peoria hospital early Saturday morning. 25 News reports 78-year-old Larry Peterson started the fire near the entry way of C...
Dec 16, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Ukraine reports North Korean losses on Russia's Kursk front
(Reuters) -Ukraine said on Monday that North Korean units fighting for Russia sustained losses of at least 30 soldiers killed or wounded around several villages on the front in Russia's Kursk region o...
Dec 16, 2024 Sputnik/Artem Geodakyan/Pool
ABC to pay $15 million to Trump library to settle lawsuit, court documents show
(Reuters) -ABC News has agreed to give $15 million to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's presidential library to settle a lawsuit over comments that anchor George Stephanopoulos made on air involving...
Dec 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, U.S., on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Jeenah Moon/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
