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Illinois creates Whole Child Task Force to better support students
CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois has a new law that will require schools to better address student trauma. The law is based on recommendations from the Whole Child Task Force, which was created by the Illinoi...
Aug 03, 2023 Montse PB / CC
Two arrested on charges accusing them of having a stolen license plate, a stolen car, and stolen power tools
PEORIA, Ill. - Two area residents are accused by Peoria Police of having a stolen car, with a stolen license plate, and stolen power tools. Police say a license plate reader detected the stolen plate ...
Aug 03, 2023 Joslyn Pitts (left) and Kevin O'Keefe (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Two are in jail after an elderly woman is beaten and her car is stolen
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people are in jail, accused of beating an elderly woman and stealing her car Wednesday afternoon. Peoria Police say it happened around 1:45 p.m. near Adams and Hayward in the North ...
Aug 03, 2023 Ashlee Dixon (left) and Luke Riordan (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Trio arrested in connection with Peoria fire Wednesday morning, here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - There's new information about a residential fire that happened Wednesday morning in Peoria. Police and the Peoria Fire Department arrived at a home on W. Gift around 10 a.m., finding fl...
Aug 03, 2023 Augusting Young (left), Nija Redden (center), and Randy Harvey (right). (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
UPDATE: Trump pleads not guilty of plotting to overturn election loss
UPDATED 5:51 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges he orchestrated a plot to try to overturn his 2020 election loss in what U.S. prosecutors call an unprece...
Aug 03, 2023 Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits between his attorneys Todd Blanche and John Lauro as he faces charges before Magistrate Judge Moxila A. Upadhyaya that he orchestrated a plot to try to overturn his 2020 election loss, at federal court in Washington, U.S. August 3, 2023 in a courtroom sketch. At far left is U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
UPDATE: Two US Navy sailors arrested on charges of sharing secrets with China
UPDATED 3;45 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two U.S. Navy sailors have been arrested on charges of handing over sensitive national security material to China, U.S. officials said Thursday. Petty Officer W...
Aug 03, 2023 The USS Essex, a U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship, arrives in Hong Kong harbour for a scheduled port visit, November 16, 2010. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
UPDATE: Missing wolf statue is believed to have been found
UPDATED 3:19 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - It didn't take long. Not long after a statue of a wolf was reported missing from outside a central Peoria home, it's been found. Sources tell us owner Blair Gambill is...
Aug 03, 2023 (25 News)
Big time disc golf tournament returns to Peoria area the next several days. Here are the details
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - A big event is starting Thursday in Peoria. It's billed as the "world's largest disc golf tournament" - the Ledgestone Open being played at a number of venues in the area, incl...
Aug 03, 2023 (Ledgestone Open)
US weekly jobless claims rise moderately; layoffs drop to 11-month low
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose slightly last week, while layoffs dropped to an 11-month low in July as labor market conditions remain t...
Aug 03, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Pittsburgh synagogue shooter to be sentenced to death by judge
(Reuters) - A federal judge was due to formally sentence Robert Bowers to death on Thursday for killing 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, the deadliest antisemitic attack ...
Aug 03, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Police tape lines a sidewalk in front of the Tree of Life synagogue where a vigil was held on Saturday morning to mark one week after the deadly shooting, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 3, 2018. REUTERS/Alan Freed/File Photo
