Category Archives: Top Stories
City Council approves another redevelopment agreement for Warehouse District apartments, retail
PEORIA, Ill. - Yet another combination apartment and retail complex will soon begin construction in Peoria's Warehouse District. The Peoria City Council Tuesday night approved a redevelopment agreemen...
Feb 14, 2024 (From City of Peoria documents)
Two indicted by grand jury in armed robbery-turned-fatal shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Two Peoria residents have now been indicted by a grand jury after an armed robbery attempt about a month ago that resulted in one person being shot and killed. Court documents indicate ...
Feb 14, 2024 Sontarrius Williams (left) and Jaylyn Branscumb (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Man wrongfully convicted of Peoria murders wants to talk with Peoria mayor
PEORIA, Ill. - A man wrongly convicted of the stabbing deaths of two teenagers 50 years ago says he'd like to go to Peoria City Hall to talk about it. Johnnie Lee Savory, whose lawsuit against the cit...
Feb 14, 2024 (25 News)
Illinois high school girls have new opportunity for a state championship in flag football next school year
PEORIA, Ill. - High school girls in Illinois will have a new opportunity starting next school year to compete for a state championship. The Illinois High School Association announced on Wednesday the ...
Feb 14, 2024 The Chicago Bears host the High School Girls Flag Football State Championship at Halas Hall, Sunday, October 29, 2023, in Lake Forest, Illinois. (Photo courtesy of the Chicago Bears)
UPDATE: Gunfire mars Kansas City Super Bowl victory rally, at least one killed, 21 wounded
UPDATED 6:08 P.M. (Reuters) -A blast of gunfire killed at least one person and wounded 21 others in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, where the NFL champion Chiefs were celebrating their Super Bowl vict...
Feb 14, 2024 Fans leave the area after gun shots were fired after the celebration of the Kansas City Chiefs winning Super Bowl LVIII, Kansas City, Missouri, February 14, 2024. David Rainey-USA TODAY Sports
US congressional intelligence chair warns of 'serious national security threat'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives intelligence committee issued an unusual cryptic statement on Wednesday saying the committee had made available to all members o...
Feb 14, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative Mike Turner (R-OH) questions the witnesses during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on "Ending the U.S. Military Mission in Afghanistan" in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, U.S., September 29, 2021. Rod Lamkey/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Two-thirds of Jewish Americans feel less secure than before Oct. 7
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About two-thirds of Jewish Americans felt less secure in late 2023 than they did a year earlier, according to a survey mostly conducted after the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. ...
Feb 14, 2024 Placards lie on the ground after Jewish Americans and supporters of Israel gather in solidarity with Israel and protest against antisemitism, on the National Mall in Washington, U.S, November 14, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Biden pushes Republicans on Ukraine, Israel aid bill Trump opposes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is pushing Republican lawmakers to back what the White House says is a critically needed funding bill for Ukraine's war against Russia that is opposed b...
Feb 14, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy shake hands across the table during a meeting in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S. September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/file photo
Pressure mounts on Israel not to attack Palestinians' last refuge in Gaza
CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel faced growing international pressure on Wednesday to hold off on a planned assault on the last refuge for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza after truce talks in Cairo end...
Feb 14, 2024 Smoke rises in central Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, near the Israel-Gaza border, as seen from Israel, February 14, 2024. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Pentagon chief vows to support Ukraine even as future funding remains in doubt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday said the United States would not back down from supporting Ukraine in the short and long-term, even as President Joe Biden's adm...
Feb 14, 2024 FILE PHOTO: US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin attends a welcome ceremony before an annual security meeting with South Korean Defence Minister Shin Won-sik at the Defence Ministry in Seoul, South Korea on November 13, 2023. JUNG YEON-JE/Pool via REUTERS
