Category Archives: Local News
U.S. drug overdose deaths rise 30% to record during pandemic
(Reuters) - A record number of Americans died of drug overdoses last year as pandemic lockdowns made getting treatment difficult and dealers laced more drugs with a powerful synthetic opioid, accordin...
Jul 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A full syringe, empty syringe and spoon sit on the roof of the car in which a man in his 20's overdosed on an opioid in the Boston suburb of Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S. August 14, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder .
Crews use "Jaws of Life" to rescue driver from SUV
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called to the 4600 block of S.W. Jefferson around 11:15 a.m. Tuesday on reports of a five car accident. Enroute, dispatch told Peoria Fire that there was a pos...
Jul 14, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
West Peoria Council clears way for BYOM lounge
WEST PEORIA, Ill. -- West Peoria took a a step forward Tuesday night in making a "bring your own marijuana" lounge a reality. The West Peoria City Council cleared the way for "High Harbor Cannabis Eve...
Jul 14, 2021 (25 News)
U.S. Senate Democrats agree to $3.5 trillion for budget reconciliation bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's drive for big new infrastructure investment got a boost on Tuesday when leading Senate Democrats agreed on a $3.5 trillion investment plan they aim to ...
Jul 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to news reporters following the announcement of a bipartisan deal on infrastructure, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
Carjacking spree ends in crash on War Memorial
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded to a pair of carjackings on Tuesday. The first incident was in the 900 block of W. MacQueen just before 12:30 p.m. The victim told police that she was approache...
Jul 14, 2021
U.S. health official says COVID-19 boosters could risk more serious side effects
(Reuters) -The United States is reviewing the need for a third COVID-19 booster shot among residents who have already been vaccinated but needs to see more data to know if additional shots could raise...
Jul 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker prepares a Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 7, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo/File Photo
U.S. consumer prices post largest gain in 13 years
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. consumer prices increased by the most in 13 years in June amid supply constraints and a continued rebound in the costs of travel-related services from pandemic-depressed lev...
Jul 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective masks shop at Macy's Herald Square following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 26, 2020. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo
UPDATE: Man killed Monday night identified
UPDATE 3:20 p.m. -- Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the man killed Monday night as 23-year-old Labaron Duff, of Peoria. Duff suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the torso and likely...
Jul 13, 2021 (25 News)
Two Bradley baseball players drafted to White Sox
SECAUCUS, N.J. -- For the first time in 28 years, two Bradley baseball players were selected in the top 10 rounds of the Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft. Left-handed pitcher Brooks Gosswein, from Ba...
Jul 12, 2021 Bradley University
St. Jude runners ready to hit the road for Memphis
PEORIA, Ill. -- The St. Jude Memphis to Peoria runners will be loading up the RVs Tuesday morning, headed south to the nation's top children's research hospital. St. Jude Runs Co-Founder Mike McCoy to...
Jul 12, 2021 (stjuderuns.org)
