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Former Peoria mayor takes the stand in Pere Marquette trial
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Former Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis was on the stand Wednesday in the third day of the federal fraud and embezzlement trial of Gary Matthews and Monte Brannan. The two businessmen a...
Oct 19, 2023 (25 News)
Fractured US House Republicans to try again to elect a leader
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a third vote to elect a speaker on Thursday, in an attempt to overcome divisions that have immobilized the leaderless ...
Oct 19, 2023 After thirteen rounds of voting the chair of the Speaker of the House still sits empty on the dais of the U.S. House of Representatives on the fourth day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Oscar-nominated 'Rocky' actor Burt Young dead at 83
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran character actor Burt Young, best known and Oscar nominated for his role as the brother-in-law and meat-cutting friend to Sylvester Stallone's prize-fighting protagonist...
Oct 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Actor Sylvester Stallone (R) stands with co-star Burt Young before the premiere of the film "Rocky Balboa" in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 18, 2006. REUTERS/Tim Shaffer/File Photo
A portion of a downtown Peoria street is now called 'Honorary Annie Malone Place'
PEORIA, Ill. - State Street from Adams to Washington in Peoria is now "Honorary Annie Malone Place." A street-naming ceremony Wednesday afternoon bestowed the honor on a late former Peoria resident kn...
Oct 18, 2023 Mayor Rita Ali, descendants of Annie Malone, and others, were on hand for a dedication ceremony Wednesday marking "Honorary Annie Malone Place" in Peoria. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
New details revealed in Peoria murder investigation
PEORIA, Ill. - We're learning more about what at least one side says caused Peoria's 23rd homicide of the year Monday morning. Peoria County State's Attorney Jodi Hoos says in a statement that TNashia...
Oct 18, 2023 TNashia Wash (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Assault weapon registration period remains open as Illinois State Police seeks further input
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - People who own certain guns and other items now prohibited under the state's assault weapons ban still need to register them with the Illinois State Police....
Oct 18, 2023 An Illinois State Police squad car is pictured in a file photo. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Dutch man confesses to 2005 killing of US teen Natalee Holloway in Aruba
(Reuters) -Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the 2005 death of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, admitted to killing her on a beach on the Caribbean island of Aruba, a confession he made in p...
Oct 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot, who was serving a 28-year sentence in Peru after confessing to killing a 21-year-old Peruvian woman, is escorted to the airport to be extradited to the U.S., to face charges of extortion and wire fraud against the family of Natalee Holloway, in a case linked to his alleged involvement in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005, in Lima, Peru June 8, 2023. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda/File Photo
Two injured in separate shootings Tuesday in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are looking for suspects after two separate shootings on Tuesday left two people with non-life threatening injuries. The first occurred just before 1:00 P.M. on W. Proctor...
Oct 18, 2023 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
UPDATE: Jim Jordan fails again in US House speaker bid as Republicans eye backup plan
UPDATED 5:11 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Outspoken conservative Jim Jordan sought more time to bolster his faltering bid for the top job in the U.S. House of Representatives after losing a second vote ...
Oct 18, 2023 U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), currently the top contender in the race to be the next Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, arrives at the office of House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) for meetings to try to find the remaining votes to get Jordan elected the next Speaker after he failed to win the gavel in the first round of voting, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 18, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
UPDATE: Biden says Gaza militants appear to be behind hospital blast as anti-Israel protests spread
UPDATED 1:48 P.M. TEL AVIV/GAZA (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden pledged solidarity with Israel on Wednesday and said a deadly blast at a Gaza hospital seemed to have been caused by a rocket misfi...
Oct 18, 2023 People inspect the area of Al-Ahli hospital, where hundreds of Palestinians were killed in a blast that Israeli and Palestinian officials blamed on each other, in Gaza City, October 18, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Al-Masri
