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Teenager arrested after reportedly throwing cat out of vehicle near Brimfield
BRIMFIELD, Ill. - A teenager has been arrested by Peoria County Sheriff's deputies on animal cruelty charges in connection to the death of a cat on a county road. Sheriff Chris Watkins says Peoria Cou...
TJ Carson 11h ago Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Israel says Rafah assault looms; massive Gaza airstrikes end weeks of relative calm
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli warplanes pounded the northern Gaza strip for a second day on Wednesday in a fierce assault that has shattered weeks of comparative calm, and Israel said it was mov...
TJ Carson 12h ago FILE PHOTO: Children walk after receiving food, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip April 22, 2024. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa/File Photo
UPDATE: Man arrested after alleged threat on Wednesday against elementary school in Canton
UPDATED 4:50 P.M. CANTON, Ill. - A 35-year-old man has been arrested in connection to an alleged threat made against an elementary school in Canton. 25 News reports Ryane Flatt was taken into custody ...
TJ Carson 13h ago (File-25 News)
Water rates to increase in Chillicothe. Here's what we know
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - Chillicothe says it has reached a "tipping point" with its water rates. In a letter posted on Chillicothe's website from the city council, the city will increase the rates this sum...
TJ Carson 14h ago (25 News)
Pekin woman dies after industrial accident in Goodfield
GOODFIELD, Ill. - An investigation is underway after a Pekin woman died in an industrial accident in Goodfield. Woodford County Coroner Tim Ruestman says the accident at the Case IH factory on E. Peor...
TJ Carson 14h ago (Midwest Communications)
TikTok CEO expects to defeat US restrictions: 'We aren't going anywhere'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -TikTok's chief executive said on Wednesday that the company expects to win a legal challenge to block legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden that he said would ban th...
TJ Carson 15h ago FILE PHOTO: TikTok's CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 31, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
UPDATE: Teenager wanted for out-of-state double homicide arrested in Peoria
UPDATED 5:18 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police have provided more information in regards to the arrest of Davion Clark on Tuesday. Peoria Police and members of the U.S Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fu...
TJ Carson 17h ago (Midwest Communications)
Columbia extends protest deadline after students agree to dismantle some tents
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Columbia University students agreed to take down "a significant number" of the dozens of tents set up on the school's main campus as part of a protest against Israel's incursion i...
Julia Bradley 17h ago Protesters continue to maintain the encampment on Columbia University campus, after a tense night of negotiations, in support of Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 24, 2024, REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs
UPDATE: US Supreme Court split over Idaho's strict abortion ban in medical emergencies
UPDATED 12:13 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court justices, wading back into the battle over abortion access, appeared divided on Wednesday in a case pitting Idaho's strict Republican-backed...
Julia Bradley 18h ago People gather during a protest in support of "reproductive rights and emergency abortion care" , on the day the Supreme Court justices hear oral arguments over the legality of Idaho's Republican-backed, near-total abortion ban in medical-emergency situations, in Washington, U.S., April 24, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
UPDATED: Peoria County Coroner says crash victim not yet pronounced dead
UPDATED 10:57 A.M. PEORIA/KNOX COUNTIES, Ill. - Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says the victim in the crash has not been pronounced dead yet. He says further testing is being conducted Wednesday ...
Julia Bradley 20h ago (Midwest Communications)