Category Archives: Top Stories
Liz Cheney weighs third-party US presidential run, says Trump threatens democracy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican former U.S. Representative Liz Cheney, an outspoken critic of ex-President Donald Trump who co-chaired the congressional probe of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capi...
Dec 05, 2023 Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney speaks during the Anti-Defamation League's "Never is Now" summit at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Final list of cuts could be announced this week at Bradley Univeristy
PEORIA, Ill. - One student at Bradley University says tensions are "ramped up" as the university prepares this week to announce the final list of cuts to academic programs, in order to cut a $13 milli...
Dec 05, 2023 (File-25 News)
Blast rocks home of suspect surrounded by police in Virginia
(Reuters) - A loud explosion rocked a neighborhood in a suburb of Washington, D.C., on Monday as police served a search warrant at a home where a suspect fired several gunshots and discharged a flare ...
Dec 05, 2023 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Alleged drunk driver causes crash Saturday on Murray Baker Bridge
PEORIA, Ill. - An alleged wrong-way driver was allegedly drunk when he caused a crash on the Murray Baker Bridge. That's according to Illinois State Police, who says the crash happened before 10:30 Sa...
Dec 05, 2023 Midwest Communications
Guinea pig and rats die, while other animals and humans survive, after Peoria house fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Fire officials say 15 rats and a guinea pig died, while 14 birds, two dogs, one cat, and two humans all survived a house fire Monday evening. Peoria Fire says the blaze causing $...
Dec 05, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Iran says it is not involved in any actions against US military forces -Tasnim
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran's U.N. envoy Amir Saeid Iravani said his country has not been involved in any actions or attacks against U.S. military forces, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Tu...
Dec 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani speaks to delegates before a vote on a resolution recognizing Russia must be responsible for reparation in Ukraine at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, U.S., November 14, 2022. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File photo
UPDATE: Israel storms Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing scores
UPDATED 9:09 A.M. GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli forces stormed the main city in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday and hospitals struggled to cope with scores of Palestinian dead and wounded. In what appea...
Dec 05, 2023 An Israeli soldier gestures towards a tank crew member as it crosses a road, as part of the convoy, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, near Israel's border with southern Gaza, in Israel, December 4, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Man arrested in relation to Peoria's 25th homicide of 2023
PEORIA, Ill. - A suspect in what is Peoria's 25th homicide of 2023 was arrested on Saturday, but is not currently in police custody. A Peoria Police spokeswoman says 29-year-old Robert Lee Hunter, Jr....
Dec 04, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Dream Center Peoria approved to purchase Washington home aimed at supporting teen mothers
WASHINGTON, Ill. (25 News) - Dream Center Peoria is moving forward with its program aimed at giving teen mothers a place to go. 25 News reports Tazewell County has given the go-ahead to Dream Center t...
Dec 04, 2023 (25 News)
Washington mayor declines to run for State Senate seat after previously announcing candidacy
WASHINGTON, Ill. (25 News) - The mayor of Washington will not make a run for higher office in Springfield. 25 News reports that Gary Manier has decided to not run for the State Senate 53rd District se...
Dec 04, 2023 (File-Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
