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Peoria Council agrees to transfer $20.5M to Civic Center for improvements
PEORIA (25 News) - It was a unanimous decision on Tuesday night from Peoria City Council to transfer $20.5 million dollars generated by the sale of bonds to the Peoria Civic Center. Leaders with the C...
Jul 12, 2023 (File-Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD)
New retail development could be coming to Pekin. Here's what the City Council is considering
PEKIN, Ill. - Some new life could be breathed in to the retail sector in Pekin. Peoria-based Cullinan Properties has approached the Pekin City Council with the idea of taking part of East Court Villag...
Jul 11, 2023 An artist's rendering of the retail development the Pekin City Council is considering. (City of Pekin/Cullinan Properties)
Union, Peoria Public Library, reach tentative agreement. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - An agreement has reportedly been reached between Peoria Public Library workers and the Board of Trustees. AFSCME Local 3464, which represents the library workers, has reportedly ratifie...
Jul 11, 2023 (Peoria Public Library via Facebook)
Grand jury indicts man accused of committing Peoria's 10th homicide of the year with murder, weapons charges
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria man who's accused of committing the city's 10th homicide of the year is now facing refreshed charges by a county grand jury. The grand jury Tuesday indicted Tramier Pate, 23,...
Jul 11, 2023 Tramier Pate (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Head of US think tank charged with acting as Chinese agent
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The leader of a U.S. think tank has been charged with acting as an unregistered agent of China, as well as seeking to broker the sale of weapons and Iranian oil, federal prosecutor...
Jul 11, 2023 ttarasiuk / CC
Woman gets federal prison time, and must pay $125,000, for stealing from Maui Jim
PEORIA, Ill - A former Maui Jim employee will go to prison for the better part of a year after pleading guilty earlier this year to a scheme that defrauded the company. The U.S. Attorney's Office says...
Jul 11, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria teenagers get financial "Reality Check" at Goodwill
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria-area teenagers learned first-hand how financial decisions they make can have a wide impact on their lives. The 9th annual "Reality Check" took place Tuesday at the Goodwill Commo...
Jul 11, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US Senate panel examines PGA Tour-LIV Golf tie-up, Saudi involvement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two PGA Tour officials went before a Senate panel on Tuesday to defend the U.S.-based golf organization's decision to end a rivalry with the Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit and for...
Jul 11, 2023 PGA Tour Chief Operating Officer Ron Price and PGA Tour board member Jimmy Dunne are sworn in during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill to examine the planned PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger in Washington, U.S., July 11, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
U.S. Marine Corps in historic leadership limbo due to Republican block
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Marine Corps is now without a Senate-confirmed leader for the first time in over a century thanks to a Republican senator's block on military nominations. Retiring Gen. Davi...
Jul 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David H. Berger testifies to the Senate Armed Services Committee about the Department of the Navy review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2022 on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 22, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Russia attacks Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities before NATO summit
KYIV (Reuters) -Russia launched attacks on Ukraine's capital Kyiv, the Black Sea port of Odesa and the southern region of Kherson on Tuesday before the start of a NATO summit in Lithuania where securi...
Jul 11, 2023 A crater left by remains of a shot down suicide drone, which local authorities consider to be Iranian made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) Shahed-131/136, is seen amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv Region, Ukraine July 11, 2023. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv region/Handout via REUTERS
