Category Archives: Top Stories
Trial begins in challenge to assault weapons ban
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The owner of a gun store testified Monday that Illinois' ban on the sale of assault-style weapons and large capacity magazines has had a significant impa...
Sep 16, 2024 The U.S. District Courthouse is pictured in East St. Louis (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Teen Charged for Shooting at Peoria Police Officer
PEORIA Ill. - Charges have been filed in correlation to a violent interaction with Peoria Police last week. Monday, a 16-year-old male was charged with Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm and Aggravated...
Sep 16, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Suspect in Trump assassination attempt may have lain in wait for 12 hours
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A man suspected of hiding for nearly 12 hours in an apparent attempt to assassinate Donald Trump at his Florida golf course was charged with two gun-related crimes on Monday, a d...
Sep 16, 2024 Ryan W. Routh, suspected of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump, appears in federal court where he was charged with two gun-related crimes in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. September 16, 2024 in a courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Lothar Speer
Two Teens Charged in Vehicle Hijacking in Peoria
PEORIA Ill. - Charges have been filed in correlation to a car-jacking that happened last Friday night in Northwest Peoria... A local 14-year-old and 15-year-old have been charged with Aggravated Vehic...
Sep 16, 2024
Ohio man accused of stealing vehicle with child inside it in Peoria arrested in Iowa
MONROE COUNTY, Iowa - An Ohio man on the run from Peoria County authorities has been found in southern Iowa. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says 45-year-old Victor Farris was taken into custody M...
Sep 16, 2024 (Woodford County Sheriff's Office via Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Pekin man pleads guilty in connection to November 2023 death of infant daughter
PEKIN, Ill. - A Pekin man had pleaded guilty in connection to the death of his infant daughter from November of 2023. In a statement, Tazewell County State's Attorney Kevin Johnson says 20-year-old Hu...
Sep 16, 2024 Hunter Waters (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Tazewell County Jail via 25 News)
UPDATE: Victims from Sunday afternoon homicide/suicide in Peoria identified
UPDATED 4:24 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The identities of the two people who died in a homicide and suicide from Sunday afternoon have been identified. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says 47-year-old Vi...
Sep 16, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Center for Prevention of Abuse receives over $534,000 in new grants
PEORIA, Ill. - The Center for Prevention of Abuse has been awarded two new grants for its prevention education programs. The Gilmore Foundation, which supports youth development, human services, abuse...
Sep 16, 2024 (Center for Prevention of Abuse Facebook)
One person injured after crash involved Peoria fire truck
PEORIA, Ill. - One person was injured after a crash involving a Peoria fire truck Monday morning. Fire Chief Shawn Sollberger says the crash occurred in the area of Western and Martin Luther King Driv...
Sep 16, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Gunman charged in latest Trump apparent assassination attempt, CNN reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Monday criminally charged the gunman suspected of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump, a day after he was spotted with a rifle hiding in the bushes at ...
Sep 16, 2024 Police officers stand outside the Paul G Rogers Federal Building U.S. Courthouse, ahead of a possible planned court appearance for Ryan W. Routh, the reported suspect in an apparent assassination attempt on Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump, in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. September 16, 2024. REUTERS/Marco Bello
