Category Archives: Top Stories
Liquor commission recommends license for Pop Up Chicken Shop
PEORIA,Ill. (25 News) - A downtown Peoria restaurant is a step closer to getting its liquor license after more than a year of requests to city leaders. According to 25 News, Pop-Up Chicken Shop in the...
Jan 07, 2026 Pop Up Chicken Shop in Peoria's Warehouse District. (25 News)
East Peoria approves makeover of former senior living facility into apartments
EAST PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Plans to remake a former East Peoria senior living facility into apartments won final government approval Tuesday night. Without discussion, the East Peoria City Council ...
Jan 07, 2026 A former Senior Living facility in East Peoria by ICC will be converted into apartments in 2026. (25 News)
Exclusive-In post-Maduro Venezuela, US eyes security chief as potential target, sources say
WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has put Venezuela's hardline interior minister on notice that he could be at the top of its target list unless he helps Interim Presi...
Jan 06, 2026 Venezuela's Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello attends the swearing-in ceremony of Vice President Delcy Rodriguez as Venezuela’s interim president at the National Assembly, after the U.S. launched a strike on the country and captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, in Caracas, Venezuela, January 5, 2026. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo
Hilton drops Minneapolis hotel over cancelled ICE bookings
NEW YORK, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Hilton Worldwide Holdings has removed from its system a Minneapolis hotel that has refused to accept the bookings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the hotel o...
Jan 06, 2026 The logo of Hilton hotels group is pictured in central Brussels, Belgium August 4, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo
Peoria man indicted for first-degree murder in strangulation, stabbing case
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County Grand Jury has indicted a 62-year-old man on first-degree murder charges in connection with the death of a man found in a North Valley garage the day before Thanksgiving...
Jan 06, 2026 Peoria County Sheriff's Office
Illinois House speaker calls Bears stadium ask 'insensitive' amid budget pressures
Article Summary Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch said the Chicago Bears' request for new money for a stadium is "insensitive" as lawmakers are trying to make life more affordable for Illin...
Jan 06, 2026 Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, speaks at a news conference at the Illinois Capitol in May 2023. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Trump discussing how to acquire Greenland; US military always an option, White House says
WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and his team are discussing options for acquiring Greenland and the use of the U.S. military in furtherance of the goal is "always an option,"...
Jan 06, 2026 An aerial view shows a fjord in western Greenland, September 16, 2025. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo
Democrats warn of 'whitewash' five years after January 6 Capitol attack, while Trump rallies with Republicans
WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Five years after the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, Democrats in Congress accused Republicans of a "whitewash" of history while President Donald Trump deliv...
Jan 06, 2026 House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks during a statue dedication ceremony in honor of Barbara Rose Johns of Virginia, in Emancipation Hall of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 16, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt
Morton woman arrested after stabbing incident
PEORIA, Ill. - A Morton woman was arrested after allegedly stabbing a man Monday evening. On Monday, January 5, 2026, around 7:00 p.m., Peoria Police officers responded to the 2300 block of North Sher...
Jan 06, 2026
Peoria man convicted of first-degree murder in girlfriend's shooting death
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man was found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend nearly one year ago. Derreck Hall, 46, was convicted Tuesday of first-degree murder for kill...
Jan 06, 2026 (Peoria Co. Jail)
