Category Archives: Local News
Man Who Sent Pipe Bombs To Democrats And CNN Sentenced
(AP) - A Florida amateur body builder who admitted sending inoperative pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and CNN has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff sentenced Cesa...
Aug 05, 2019 FILE - This Aug. 30, 2015, file photo released by the Broward County Sheriff's Office shows Cesar Sayoc in Miami. Sayoc, who created a two-week crisis by mailing 16 packages of inoperative pipe bombs packed with fireworks powder and shards of glass to 13 famous Democrats and CNN is scheduled to learn his punishment Monday, Aug. 5, 2019. (Broward County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
Expected Water Outage In East Peoria Tuesday
Some residents in the City of East Peoria may experience a water outage from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday. Areas affected by the outage are the 300, 400, and 500 blocks of Brianbrook, all of Cracklewood D...
Aug 05, 2019
R. Kelly Charged
(AP) - Minnesota authorities are charging singer R. Kelly with two counts of prostitution and solicitation involving a girl under 18 for an alleged incident in 2001. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Free...
Aug 05, 2019 FILE - In this June 26, 2019, file photo, R&B singer R. Kelly, center, arrives at the Leighton Criminal Court building for an arraignment on sex-related felonies in Chicago. R. Kelly pleaded not guilty Friday, Aug. 2, 2019, in New York, to federal charges he sexually abused women and girls. The 52-year-old Kelly was denied bail in a Brooklyn courtroom packed with his supporters. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky, File)
Chairman Announces Nomination For Peoria County State's Attorney
At a press conference Monday morning, Peoria County Board Chairman Andrew Rand announced his nomination for the next State's Attorney for Peoria County, Judge Jodi Hoos. Hoos said the nomination is bi...
Aug 05, 2019
Officials: Another Person Dies From Mass Shooting In El Paso, TX
(AP) -Authorities say another person has died from a weekend mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, raising the death toll in that attack to 22. More than two dozen other people were wounded. D...
Aug 05, 2019 AP/Andres Leighton
Trump Calls 2 Mass Shootings 'Evil Attacks'
(AP) -President Donald Trump is calling the recent mass shootings "evil attacks" that are crimes "against all humanity" and says unity must replace hatred in society. Trump gave a speech from the Whit...
Aug 05, 2019 AP/Evan Vucci
Man Stabbed Overnight In South Peoria
One person is injured after a stabbing overnight on Peoria's south side. Peoria Police say a man was stabbed in the face around 3:00 a.m. Monday in the 3000 block of W. Trewyn. He was taken to a hospi...
Aug 05, 2019
Update: Teen Cited In Fatal Accident In Pekin
The Tazewell County coroner says 55-year-old Pekin resident Jennifer Shindledecker was riding a motorized scooter in the road, in the 1500 block of Willow Street when she was hit by a car Saturday nig...
Aug 05, 2019
South Peoria Business Damaged By Fire
Fire damages a Peoria business overnight. Peoria firefighters were called to reports of a fire at Church's Chicken around 2:30 a.m. Monday in the 500 block of South Western. Crews found smoke inside t...
Aug 05, 2019
2 Mass Shootings In Less Than 24 Hours Shock U.S.
(AP)--Two mass shootings at crowded public places in Texas and Ohio in less than 24 hours claimed at least 29 lives and left scores injured, a shocking carnage even in a country accustomed to gun viol...
Aug 04, 2019 AP/John Minchillo
