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Peoria City Council hears arguments for and against a Gaza cease-fire resolution
PEORIA, Ill. - A group of people spoke at Tuesday night's Peoria City Council meeting about a ceasefire resolution brought by the group Peoria for Palestine. The group's president, Imam Mazhar Mahmood...
Feb 14, 2024 Imam Mazhar Mahmood, president of Peoria for Palestine, speaking to the Peoria City Council Tuesday, February 13. (25 News)
UPDATE: Peoria man identified as person who died in officer-involved shooting in Chillicothe Tuesday evening
UPDATED 4:00 P.M. CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - A Peoria man has been identified as the person who died in an officer-involved shooting in Chillicothe Tuesday evening. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says a...
Feb 14, 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)
US House Republicans win impeachment of Biden's top border official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday narrowly voted to impeach Democratic President Joe Biden's top border official, accusing him of lax policies th...
Feb 13, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks at a news conference about security for the Super Bowl in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. February 7, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Frandino
Bradley University student scores big with Super Bowl internship
PEORIA, Ill. - She calls it the coolest thing she's ever done, but she doesn't want it to be the coolest thing she ever will do. Bradley University student Bri Jefferson got the chance to be an intern...
Feb 13, 2024 Bri Jefferson, a student at Bradley University, poses in the area of Allegiant Air Stadium she worked in on Super Bowl Sunday. (Bri Jefferson via Facebook)
Peoria Heights bakery busy baking up Valentine's treats this week
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Not everyone wants flowers for Valentine's Day, but most everyone loves chocolate. Trefzger's Bakery in Peoria Heights has been preparing for Valentine's Day for over a week, ma...
Feb 13, 2024 Chocolate covered Strawberries and cupcakes for Valentines Day at Trefzgers Bakery in Peoria Heights. (Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
OSF Healthcare Cancer Institute receives blessing before taking in first patients
PEORIA, Ill. - The OSF Healthcare Cancer Institute in Peoria is nearly ready to start accepting its first patients. One of the final steps before the facility opens was to bless the building, a tradit...
Feb 13, 2024 Peoria Diocese Bishop Louis Tylka blesses the OSF Healthcare Cancer Institute before it opens. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
CPB audit of WTVP finances scheduled for next month
PEORIA, Ill. - An audit of the finances of public television station WTVP is expected to begin next month. That's according to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which is withholding its annual ...
Feb 13, 2024 (25 News)
UPDATE: U.S. Defense Secretary Austin released from hospital
UPDATED 5:08 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from a military hospital on Tuesday and will attend a Ukraine-related virtual meeting the next day, the Pentago...
Feb 13, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin holds a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary Jens Stoltenberg at the Pentagon in Washington, U.S., January 29, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Super Bowl smashes US viewership record, highest since moonwalk broadcast
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Kansas City Chiefs' overtime defeat of the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl, with Taylor Swift cheering in the stands, drew a record 123.7 million U.S. viewers, according ...
Feb 13, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Football - NFL - Super Bowl LVIII - Kansas City Chiefs v San Francisco 49ers - Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States - February 11, 2024 A general view of a flag of the United States on the field before the game REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Biden blasts 'dangerous' Trump NATO remarks, urges Ukraine funding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Tuesday blasted comments about NATO by his likely 2024 election opponent Donald Trump, calling them "dangerous" and "un-American" and saying they raised th...
Feb 13, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the aid package for Ukraine, from the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 13, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
