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Man sentenced to prison after October, 2022 shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A Washington man will spend the next several years in prison after he opened fire into a car in the Warehouse District last year. Court records indicate Billy DeLasso, 32, was sentenced...
Aug 30, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
State's Attorney: Juvenile to be tried as an adult for Peoria's 17th homicide this year
PEORIA, Ill. - The juvenile arrested earlier this week for Peoria's 17th homicide of the year will be charged and tried as an adult. Peoria County State's Attorney Jodi Hoos says she's charged Jared W...
Aug 30, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
US health officials look to move marijuana to lower-risk drug category
(Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has recommended easing restrictions on marijuana, a department spokesperson said on Wednesday, following a review request from the Bid...
Aug 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO-Rachel Levine, nominated to be an assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 24, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/Pool/File Photo
Man arrested for Monday's fatal hit-and-run accident
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run accident early Monday morning. Peoria Police say John Timothy, Jr., 39, turned himself in Wednesday morning and is ...
Aug 30, 2023 John Timothy, Jr. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Drowning death murder case declared a mistrial. Here's why
PEORIA, Ill. - A judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a Peoria man accused of killing his wife almost four years ago. Peoria County Court records indicate the mistrial was declared Wednesday i...
Aug 30, 2023 Michael Vorrath (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail November 2019)
Dying and disabled Illinois prisoners kept behind bars, despite new medical release law
(Capitol News Illinois) - Phillip Merritt's dementia is so advanced he's lost the ability to speak. But with the help of his cellmates at Western Illinois Correctional Center, the 71-year-old still ma...
Aug 30, 2023 Illustration by Verónica Martínez / Injustice Watch
American Airlines flight attendants vote to authorize strike - union
(Reuters) - American Airlines' flight attendants voted to authorize a strike if the company refuses to agree to "reasonable" contract terms, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) sa...
Aug 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An American Airlines Airbus A321 plane takes off from Los Angeles International airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California, U.S. March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake
White House: North Korea, Russia arms talks advancing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is concerned that arms negotiations between Russia and North Korea are advancing actively, the White House said on Wednesday. White House national security spok...
Aug 30, 2023 dion gillard / CC
Giuliani liable for defaming Georgia election workers, judge rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump's former lawyer Rudy Giuliani is liable for defaming two Georgia election workers who were the target of vote-rigging conspiracy accusations following the 2020 U.S. ...
Aug 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani gets out of his car to speak to reporters outside the Fulton County Jail after surrendering to face state charges arising from actions he is accused of taking to overturn former U.S. President Donald Trump's 2020 election loss, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. August 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dustin Chambers/File photo
UPDATE: Hurricane Idalia churns into Florida, threatening storm surge
UPDATED 1:36 P.M. STEINHATCHEE, Florida (Reuters) - Hurricane Idalia on Wednesday plowed through the Big Bend region of Florida, where millions of residents had evacuated or hunkered down in anticipat...
Aug 30, 2023 A vehicle moves through flood waters in the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia in Tarpon Springs, Florida, U.S., August 30, 2023. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
