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Fire damages kitchen in Peoria home early Saturday evening
PEORIA, Ill. - Unattended cooking is being blamed for a fire at a house in Peoria early Saturday evening. Firefighters were called to a house on W. Circle Dr. just off University just after 6:15 P.M. ...
Jun 25, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: US Secretary of State Blinken says Russia turmoil could take months to play out
UPDATED 10:03 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The unprecedented challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin by Wagner fighters has exposed fresh "cracks" in the strength of his leadership that may take w...
Jun 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on during a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan at the Intercontinental O2 Hotel in London, Britain, June 21, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/Pool/File Photo
New housing for homeless and low-income Peorians being developed
PEORIA, Ill. - Two developments are in the works that will provide housing to low-income and homeless Peoria residents. One is going to go on the former site of Methodist College near downtown and wil...
Jun 24, 2023 (25 News)
Canadian safety regulators open probe into fatal loss of Titan submersible
(Reuters) - Canadian safety officials on Friday opened an investigation into the undersea implosion of a tourist submersible that killed all five people aboard while diving to the century-old wreck of...
Jun 24, 2023 The Titan submersible, operated by OceanGate Expeditions to explore the wreckage of the sunken Titanic off the coast of Newfoundland, dives in an undated photograph. OceanGate Expeditions/Handout via REUTERS
Fires, fireworks use strongly discouraged due to drought
PEORIA, Ill. - Even though a brief break from the drought could happen in the next couple of days, local officials say any form of outdoor burning is a real bad idea. Officials in nearby Fulton County...
Jun 24, 2023 Midwest Communications
Father recounts rescue of daughters as fire destroys West Peoria apartments
PEORIA, Ill. - The community is once again heeding the call to help after a fire in West Peoria earlier this week destroyed an apartment building. The fire at Edgewood Apartments in West Peoria injure...
Jun 24, 2023 (25 News)
Hollywood directors ratify labor pact as writers keep picketing
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Film and television directors voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new three-year labor contract with major Hollywood studios on Friday, averting a second work stoppage that would ...
Jun 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: People stand above the Hollywood sign under a cloudy sky in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 31, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
UPDATE: Rebel Russian mercenaries will turn back to avoid bloodshed, leader says
UPDATED 1:05 P.M. ROSTOV-ON-DON/VORONEZH, Russia (Reuters) -Mutinous Russian mercenary fighters who surged most of the way to Moscow have agreed to turn back to avoid bloodshed, their leader said on S...
Jun 24, 2023 Voronezh, Russia, June 24, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer
New Peoria task force arrests man on federal drug, weapons charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is facing federal charges after a new local task force found drugs and weapons in a local home. Peoria Police say Detrey Robinson, 27, faces what were only described as fed...
Jun 23, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Pekin Police arrest teen for fatal accident, to be tried as adult
PEKIN, Ill. - A teenager has been charged in a hit-and-run crash in Pekin last week that killed two people. Jonathan Qualls, 17, of Pekin was arrested Friday by Pekin Police. Qualls is accused of stri...
Jun 23, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
