Category Archives: Top Stories
East Bluff home undergoing renovations damaged by fire Tuesday night
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters were called to a home in Peoria's East Bluff Tuesday night that was undergoing some renovations. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Larry Carter says when they arrived shortly aft...
Jun 12, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria Zoo director prepares for retirement after leading for nearly two decades
PEORIA, Ill. - Growing up in Chillicothe and Bradford, Yvonne Strode says she used to visit the "big town" zoo at Peoria's Glen Oak Park. But she never imagined that she would be spending her career f...
Jun 11, 2024 (Peoria Zoo/Peoria Park District)
Peoria County grand jury indicts man accused of stabbing cousin
PEORIA, Ill. - A man accused of stabbing his cousin last month has been indicted by a Peoria County grand jury. 36-year-old Korie Neltner was indicted Tuesday on Attempt First Degree Murder, a Class X...
Jun 11, 2024 courtroom gavel
Employees of Illinois American Water's Peoria facility take to picket line
PEORIA, Ill. - Fourteen employees at Illinois American Water's Peoria District took to the picket line Tuesday. 25 News reports members of the International Union of Operating Engineers #399 approved ...
Jun 11, 2024 Illinois American Water
Biden speaks on gun safety after his son is found guilty on firearms charges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden showcased his administration's efforts to cut down on illegal gun trafficking and reduce crime at a gun violence prevention summit on Tuesday, just hours aft...
Jun 11, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund's annual "Gun Sense University" conference in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 11, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says Chillicothe officer-involved shooting "justified"
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says an officer-involved fatal shooting from February in Chillicothe was legally justified. The shooting on the evening of February 13th left...
Jun 11, 2024 Police at W. Matthews and N. Finney Streets in Chillicothe Tuesday night (February 13) at the scene of a fatal officer-involved shooting.
(25 News)
Hamas says it accepts UN-backed Gaza truce plan, US cites 'hopeful sign'
TEL AVIV/CAIRO (Reuters) - Hamas accepts a U.N. resolution backing a plan to end the war with Israel in Gaza and is ready to negotiate details, a senior official of the Palestinian militant group said...
Jun 11, 2024 Family members and supporters demand the immediate release of the hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack, as they protest outside a meeting attended by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel June 11, 2024. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
Biden to promote Justice Department's crackdown on illegal gun trafficking
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will announce on Tuesday that the Department of Justice has charged more than 500 defendants with violating gun trafficking and straw purchasing provisi...
Jun 11, 2024 An AR-15 upper receiver nicknamed "The Balloter" is seen for sale at Firearms Unknown, a gun store in Oceanside, California, U.S., April 12, 2021. REUTERS/Bing Guan/ File Photo
UPDATE: President's son Hunter Biden lied about drug use to buy gun, jury finds
UPDATED 1:19 P.M. WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden was convicted by a jury on Tuesday of lying about his drug use to illegally buy a gun, making him the first chi...
Jun 11, 2024 U.S. Department of Justice Special Counsel David Weiss speaks to the media during a news conference, next to prosecutors Leo Wise and Derek Hines, after the jury finds Hunter Biden guilty on all three counts in his trial on criminal gun charges, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 11, 2024. REUTERS/Hannah Beier
Supreme Court's Alito appears to back US return to 'godliness' in secret recording
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in a secret recording made public on Monday by a liberal activist can be heard agreeing with the sentiment that the U.S. sho...
Jun 11, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Associate Justice Samuel Alito poses during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., April 23, 2021. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
