Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Morton accident leaves vehicle in flames, one person dead
UPDATED 3:19 P.M. MORTON, Ill. -- Emergency crews found at least one vehicle engulfed in flames on Queenwood Road in Morton Wednesday night due to an accident that is now being described as fatal. The...
Sep 16, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Biden met moderate U.S. Senate Democrats to discuss $3.5 trln spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden was meeting separately with moderate Democratic U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema on Wednesday to discuss Democratic-backed domestic spending legis...
Sep 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden gives remarks at Mather Airport, California, U.S., September 13, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Peoria Police seeking identifying man damaging ATMs
Peoria Police want the public's help identifying a man seen in surveillance photos trying to break into some ATMs. Police say the incident happened early September 5th at the Commerce Bank location, 8...
Sep 15, 2021 Peoria Police/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Gymnasts Biles, Maroney demand justice in botched FBI sex abuse probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney on Wednesday told U.S. lawmakers she feels betrayed by FBI agents, after they failed to investigate former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, des...
Sep 15, 2021 U.S. Olympic gymnast Simone Biles is sworn in to testify during a Senate Judiciary hearing about the Inspector General's report on the FBI handling of the Larry Nassar investigation of sexual abuse of Olympic gymnasts, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 15, 2021. Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS
Pekin Police raising awareness during National Recovery Month
PEKIN, Ill. -- September is National Recovery Month. Pekin Public Information Officer Billie Ingles says residents wanting to get into an addiction recovery program can come to the police station to t...
Sep 15, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
U.S. Senate panel may force Afghanistan answers from Biden administration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee threatened on Tuesday to subpoena Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and other officials if necessary to make them testify t...
Sep 15, 2021 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to examine the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., September 14, 2021. Jabin Botsford/Pool via REUTERS
Biden administration files motion to block Texas abortion ban
(Reuters) - The Biden administration formally asked a federal judge on Tuesday to block enforcement of a new Texas law that effectively bans almost all abortions in the state under a novel legal desig...
Sep 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An exam room at the Planned Parenthood South Austin Health Center is shown following the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down a Texas law imposing strict regulations on abortion doctors and facilities in Austin, Texas, U.S. June 27, 2016. REUTERS/Ilana Panich-Linsman
Peoria Council votes down short-term rentals near Bradley Park
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City Council Tuesday night shot down requests to convert two properties in the Uplands, near Laura Bradley Park, into Airbnbs, a move that could potentially kill any future ...
Sep 15, 2021 (City of Peoria)
California Governor Newsom defeats Republican recall effort
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday handily beat back a Republican campaign to oust him from office, sending a decisive message that voters in the deeply Democra...
Sep 15, 2021 California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks after the polls close on the recall election, at the California Democratic Party headquarters in Sacramento, California, U.S., September 14, 2021. REUTERS/Fred Greaves
Business suffers significant damage in Peoria fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's unclear what caused a fire overnight at a Peoria furniture store. Firefighters were called to The Store in the 2500 block of N. Sheridan around 11:30 p.m. on a fire alarm. Crews f...
Sep 15, 2021 (25 News)
