Category Archives: Top Stories
Police chief apologizes for recruiting ad referencing violent video game
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's top cop is issuing a mea culpa after an ad was briefly posted to social media trying to get more people to join the force. The ad in question makes reference to the violent vid...
Feb 28, 2024 This ad, crafted by Peoria Police, has since been pulled from social media. (Peoria Police via 25 News/Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
TJ Maxx parent's sales jump as holiday deals attract bargain hunters
(Reuters) -TJ Maxx parent TJX Cos surpassed market expectations for fourth-quarter sales on Wednesday as budget-conscious shoppers flocked to the off-price retailer's stores in search of holiday deals...
Feb 28, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A TJ Maxx store is closed due to the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. April 10, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
UPDATE: US president's son Hunter Biden says Republican impeachment probe 'baseless'
UPDATED 10:23 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden took a defiant tone at a Republican-led House of Representatives impeachment inquiry into his father, calling it a ...
Feb 28, 2024 Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, arrives for a closed deposition with members of the Republican-led House Oversight Committee conducting an impeachment inquiry into the president, at the O'Neill House Office Building in Washington, U.S., February 28, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Navalny to be buried on Friday, wife fears possible arrests
(Reuters) -Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny's funeral service and burial will take place in Moscow on Friday, his spokesperson said, but his allies accused the Kremlin of thwarting their a...
Feb 28, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Candles burn as people attend a vigil following the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, at the Trocadero near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, February 19, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
Trump, Biden win Michigan primaries but Democrats mount Gaza protest vote
DEARBORN, Michigan (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden easily won the Democratic presidential primary in Michigan on Tuesday, but a protest vote by Democrats angry over his support for Israel's war ag...
Feb 28, 2024 Activist Natalia Latif tapes a Vote Uncommitted sign on the speaker's podium during an Election night gathering as Democrats and Republicans hold their Michigan primary presidential election in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S., February 27, 2024. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
Arson cause of South Peoria house fire
PEORIA, Ill. - A home in South Peoria was damaged by a fire early Tuesday evening - and it's believed to be arson. Peoria Fire crews say a passerby walked in to the station just before 6 p.m. reportin...
Feb 28, 2024 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Victim and suspect in Tuesday evening stabbing death in Peoria revealed
UPDATED 2:45 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The victim in Peoria's third homicide of the year has now been identified by the Peoria County Coroner. Coroner Jamie Harwood says Denarius Barnett, 37, of West Peoria...
Feb 28, 2024 Jeremy Barnett (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Beck's location in Peoria Heights now open for business
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - A new gas station in Peoria Heights has officially opened its doors. Beck's, located in the 900-block of War Memorial Drive, opened for business for the first time Tuesday. The ...
Feb 27, 2024 Beck's in Peoria Heights. (Beck's Facebook)
Pekin man dies in single-vehicle crash Monday evening
PEKIN, Ill. - A single-vehicle crash in rural Pekin Monday evening claimed the life of a Pekin man. The Tazewell County Coroner's Office says authorities were made aware of the crash at Furrow and Pfa...
Feb 27, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Gaza's warring enemies cautious over truce talks after Biden says deal nearing
DUBAI/CAIRO/RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) -Israel and Hamas as well as Qatari mediators all sounded notes of caution on Tuesday about progress towards a truce in Gaza, after U.S. President Joe Biden sai...
Feb 27, 2024 Displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, shelter at a tent camp, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 27, 2024. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
