Category Archives: Top Stories
US says evidence shows North Korea has troops in Russia, possibly for Ukraine war
ROME/SEOUL (Reuters) -The United States said for the first time on Wednesday that it had seen evidence of North Korean troops in Russia, and South Korean lawmakers said about 3,000 soldiers had been s...
Oct 23, 2024 Troops take part in a military parade to mark the 75th founding anniversary of North Korea's army, in Pyongyang, North Korea February 8, 2023, in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via REUTERS /File Photo
Peoria woman killed in multi-vehicle crash in Jackson County, Ill.
PEORIA Ill. - A Peoria woman is dead, following a multi-vehicle crash in Jackson County on Monday. 25 News reports 18-year-old Lyric Irby, of Peoria, was identified by the Jackson County Coroner's Off...
Oct 23, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Feds 'turned over heaven and earth' in Madigan probe but found no real bribes, co-defendant says
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - It was a day of dj vu at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse Tuesday as veteran Statehouse lobbyist Mike McClain sat at a defense table listening to opening statements in ...
Oct 23, 2024 Mike McClain, a longtime Statehouse lobbyist and the co-defendant of former House Speaker Michael Madigan in an ongoing corruption trial, is pictured last year at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after being found guilty in a related trial. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
McDonald's shares slide as E. coli outbreak tied to Quarter Pounder kills 1 in US
(Reuters) -Shares of McDonald's fell nearly 6% in premarket trading on Wednesday after an E. coli outbreak linked to the restaurant chain's Quarter Pounder hamburgers resulted in the death of one pers...
Oct 23, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The sign outside a McDonalds restaurant is seen in Westminster, Colorado, U.S. January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo
Blinken urges halt to Middle East conflict as Israel bombs historic Lebanese port city
TYRE/RIYADH (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pushed on Wednesday for a halt to fighting between Israel and militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah, but heavy Israeli air strikes on a larg...
Oct 23, 2024 Smoke billows after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Tyre, southern Lebanon, October 23, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Taher
UPDATED: Amended Salvation Army men's shelter plans approved by Peoria City Council
UPDATED 10/23 11:10 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A new men's shelter for Peoria's Salvation Army has been approved by the Peoria City Council. On Tuesday night, Council unanimously approved amended plans for a...
Oct 22, 2024 (City of Peoria/Keach Architechtural Design)
Washington Community High School asking students to keep backpacks at home over safety concerns
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Leaders at Washington Community High School are asking students to not bring their backpacks to school for the rest of the week. 25 News reports administrators are requesting that a...
Oct 22, 2024 (25 News)
Peoria Heights officials discuss new active transportation plan
PEORIA HEIGHTS Ill. - Peoria Heights officials met with the public Tuesday night, to discuss possible changes to the village's active transportation plan. The goal of the transportation plan is to mak...
Oct 22, 2024 (Casey Foreman & 1470 100.3 WMBD Radio)
Peoria organization that helps youth announces new location for safe school
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria based organization that aims to help youth get on the right path to success will have a new place to call home. Elite Community Outreach will occupy the corner of Randolph and ...
Oct 22, 2024 Elite Community Outreach Founder Carl Cannon speaks at a press conference announcing a donation of a former medical building for the organization's new safe school. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US intelligence says foreign actors could stoke post-election violence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Russia, China and Iran are intent on fanning divisive narratives to divide Americans ahead of the Nov. 5 U.S. elections and may consider fomenting violence after voters go to the...
Oct 22, 2024 FILE PHOTO: People stand inside a polling station as Georgians turned out a day after the battleground state opened early voting, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., October 16, 2024. REUTERS/Megan Varner/File photo
