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Two arrested and three injured after large fight between juveniles Saturday night in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A large group of juveniles fighting Saturday evening in Peoria led to multiple injuries and arrests. Peoria Police say officers were sent to Bestor and Columbia Terrace just before 7:00...
Apr 15, 2024 Mugshots of Ella Washington (L) and Antoniss Cooley (R). (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Bill creating new early childhood agency among 244 to advance
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker's plan to create a new state agency to oversee Illinois' various early childhood programs moved forward on Friday after the state Senate's ...
Apr 15, 2024 State Sen. Kimberly Lightford (D-Maywood). (Capitol News Illinois)
Alice Cooper bringing shock rock back to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A pioneer of theatrical shock rock and roll will return to Peoria late this summer. Alice Cooper's "Too Close for Comfort" tour will take to the Peoria Civic Center Theater stage on Sun...
Apr 15, 2024 (Peoria Civic Center)
Strong US retail sales boost first-quarter growth estimates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales increased more than expected in March amid a surge in receipts at online retailers, further evidence that the economy ended the first quarter on solid ground. ...
Apr 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: People look for presents at the Macy’s flagship store during the holiday season in New York City, U.S., December 10, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
IRS says beats US tax filing season service goals, needs funding sustained
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Internal Revenue Service started tax filing deadline day on Monday by announcing that it had exceeded its goals for speeding assistance to taxpayers and cutting phone hold t...
Apr 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A U.S. 1040A Individual Income Tax form is seen at a U.S. Post office in New York April 15, 2010. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
FBI opens criminal probe into deadly Baltimore bridge collapse
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI has opened a federal criminal investigation into the deadly collapse of a Baltimore bridge last month when a ship crashed into one of its supports, the bureau said on Mo...
Apr 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: View of the Dali cargo vessel which crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., April 4, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Several people wounded in stabbing in Sydney church, police say
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A number of people were wounded in a stabbing incident during a service at a church in a suburb of Sydney on Monday, police said. It was the second reported mass stabbing in just th...
Apr 15, 2024 Police work at the scene following a stabbing at Christ The Good Shepherd Church in the suburb of Wakeley in Sydney, Australia April 15, 2024. REUTERS/Lewis Jackson
GasBuddy: Peoria area gas prices still rising
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have gone up nearly 10 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.83 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of local stations. Prices in Peoria are ab...
Apr 15, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Collins: Chance of severe weather on Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. - It looks like there is potential for severe storms in Central Illinois on Tuesday. 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins says although our area could see a couple of sho...
Apr 15, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: Dozens of potential jurors at Trump hush money trial dismissed for bias
UPDATED 2:53 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -The judge in Donald Trump's hush money trial dismissed dozens of potential jurors on Monday who said they could not impartially decide whether the former U.S. pre...
Apr 15, 2024 Republican U.S presidential candidate Donald Trump appears in State Supreme Court in Manhattan on Monday morning, April 15, 2024, for the first day of his trial on charges of falsifying business records. Jefferson Siegel/Pool via REUTERS
