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Pekin Police say no bomb was found after a search of a local manufacturer
PEKIN, Ill. - The all-clear has been given after a reported bomb threat at a Pekin manufacturer. Pekin Police say they used the help of Peoria Police's Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit when searching...
Jul 19, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
A popular PBS host will speak at Peoria's MLK Luncheon next year. Here's who
PEORIA, Ill. - The host of a popular and often poignant program on public television will be the keynote speaker at next year's Martin Luther King, Junior Celebration Luncheon in Peoria. Luncheon orga...
Jul 19, 2023 Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (via Public Employees for Community Concern)
Trump loses bid to move NY hush-money case to federal court
(Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Wednesday denied former U.S. President Donald Trump's bid to move from New York state court to federal court the case against him stemming from a hush money payment to a por...
Jul 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears by video conferencing before Justice Juan Merchan during a hearing before his trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in Manhattan state court in New York City, U.S. May 23, 2023. in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo
A man is wanted after a morning stabbing in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are looking for whoever might have stabbed a woman Wednesday morning. Police say it happened in the West Bluff around 6:45 a.m., near Sheridan and Nebraska, as the result ...
Jul 19, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
New East Peoria police chief sworn-in at ceremony
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The interim has been dropped from the title of police chief in East Peoria. Dave Catton was approved by City Council on Tuesday night to succeed Rich Brodrick to be the city's new ...
Jul 19, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Chaos as U.S. soldier Travis King bolted into North Korea -witness
SEOUL (Reuters) - American and South Korean guards shouted "get him" as they scrambled unsuccessfully to stop U.S. Army soldier Travis King from sprinting into North Korea, a New Zealand woman who was...
Jul 19, 2023 U.S. Private Travis T. King (wearing a black shirt and black cap) is seen in this picture taken during a tour of the tightly controlled Joint Security Area (JSA) on the border between the two Koreas, at the truce village of Panmunjom, South Korea, July 18, 2023. Sarah Leslie/Handout via REUTERS
US envoy John Kerry tells China to separate climate from politics
BEIJING (Reuters) - Climate change is a "universal threat" that should be handled separately from broader diplomatic issues, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry told Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng on Wedn...
Jul 19, 2023 U.S. climate envoy John Kerry, at right walks next to U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns as they arrive for meetings at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Ng Han Guan/Pool via REUTERS
Donald Trump loses bid for new trial in E. Jean Carroll case
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump's request for a new trial on damages after a jury found the former U.S. president liable for sexually abusing and defaming the wr...
Jul 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S., July 7, 2023. REUTERS/Scott Morgan/File Photo
US Powerball jackpot hits $1 billion
(Reuters) - The U.S. Powerball jackpot has reached a whopping $1 billion for only the third time in the game's history after another Monday night drawing produced no winning ticket. The Monday drawing...
Jul 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An electronic message board displays Powerball and Mega Millions lottery jackpots in New York City, New York, U.S., July 17, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Local Boy Scout troops are among those going to the National Jamboree
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - More than 60 local youth are on their way to do something they haven't been able to in the last six years. They're on their way to the annual Boy Scout Jamboree in West Virginia. T...
Jul 19, 2023 Local Boy Scouts depart Tuesday from East Peoria for the National Jamboree. ()25 News)
