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Three indicted by grand jury after dead and malnourished dogs found on IL River boat; one pleads not guilty
PEORIA, Ill. - Three people listed in court documents as homeless have been charged in connection with animals found abandoned on a boat along the Illinois River back in July. A Peoria County grand ju...
Sep 06, 2023 (25 News)
Pekin Dragon Stadium is now largely closed to the public. Here's why
PEKIN, Ill. - You might say some people who allegedly vandalized a public facility ruined the ability of everybody to use it. Pekin Community High School Superintendent Danielle Owens says Dragon Stad...
Sep 06, 2023 (Pekin Community High School District 303 via Facebook)
Detroit UAW workers strike threat tests Biden's plan to win union votes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's strategy of backing politically crucial unions while avoiding strikes that cripple the economy has hit a bump in Detroit. During a summer of labor unr...
Sep 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks celebrating Labor Day and honoring America’s workers and unions at the Annual Tri-State Labor Day Parade at Sheet Metal Workers' Local Union 19, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 4, 2023. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Central Illinois food bank helping those in need after Hurricane Idalia in Florida
MORTON, Ill. - A local food bank is providing some much needed help for victims of Hurricane Idalia in Florida. Midwest Food Bank is donating kits that include four days worth of food, along with clea...
Sep 06, 2023 (Midwest Food Bank)
Three get federal sentences for COVID-19-related fraud. Here's what they got
PEORIA, Ill. - Two Peoria residents are going to prison while a third gets time already served after federal prosecutors say they made false statements related to the federal Paycheck Protection Progr...
Sep 06, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: US prosecutors to seek Hunter Biden indictment by Sept. 29 -court filing
UPDATED 4:08 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors said in a court filing on Wednesday they will seek an indictment of President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, by Sept. 29 in his tax and firearms cas...
Sep 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs federal court after a plea hearing on two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
UPDATE: Judge rejects Trump bid to delay New York fraud trial
UPDATED 1:37 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -A New York state judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump's bid to delay a scheduled Oct. 2 trial in state Attorney General Letitia James' civil fraud lawsuit acc...
Sep 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Windham, New Hampshire, U.S., Aug. 8, 2023. REUTERS/Reba Saldanha/File Photo
Blinken visits Ukraine in show of support as counteroffensive grinds on
KYIV (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Kyiv on Wednesday in a gesture of support for Ukraine as its three-month-old counteroffensive against Russian forces grinds on with only ...
Sep 06, 2023 Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba greets US Secretary of State Antony Blinken before a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kyiv, Ukraine on September 6, 2023. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit on September 6, 2023, where he was due to announce more than a billion dollars in fresh aid to Ukraine. Blinken's visit -- his fourth during Moscow's assault -- comes as Kyiv has touted some successes this week in its offensive to push back Russian forces. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/Pool via REUTERS
Peoria Honor Flight heads to Washington, D.C. Wednesday
PEORIA, Ill. - The Greater Peoria Area Honor Flight left for Washington, D.C. early Wednesday morning. Luke Rosenbaum, president of the honor flight, tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan", 74 local veterans are...
Sep 06, 2023 (File-Craig Collins/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio gets 22 years in Jan 6 case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A former leader of the right-wing Proud Boys group, Enrique Tarrio, was sentenced to 22 years in prison on Tuesday for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, t...
Sep 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Members of the far-right Proud Boys, including leader Enrique Tarrio (C), rally in support of U.S. President Donald Trump to protest against the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Washington, U.S. November 14, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
