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Thursday night shooting leaves one injured in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A man shot Thursday night on the city's south side is expected to live. A ShotSpotter alert around 8:25 p.m. indicated 17 rounds fired on W. Wiswall, near W. Ann Streets. Police found m...
Jun 16, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Metamora man convicted of attempted sex trafficking of a minor
PEORIA, Ill. - A federal jury on Thursday found a Metamora man guilty of trying to pay for sex with someone he thought was a 12-year-old girl, a crime that could put him behind bars for the rest of hi...
Jun 16, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pekin sports complex project canceled by city
PEKIN, Ill. - A proposed multi-sport complex on Route 98 in Pekin will not happen. The Pekin City Council voted to cancel the project at Monday night's meeting. The proposed 70-acre complex would have...
Jun 15, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US grand jury indicts Pentagon leak suspect Teixeira, Justice Department says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal grand jury has indicted a U.S. Air National Guardsman accused of leaking top-secret military intelligence records online, the Justice Department said in a statement on ...
Jun 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An undated picture shows Jack Douglas Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of the U.S. Air National Guard, who was arrested by the FBI, over his alleged involvement in leaks online of classified documents, posing for a selfie at an unidentified location. Social Media Website/via Reuters/File Photo
Bankman-Fried to get second trial on bank fraud, bribery counts
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Thursday granted a request from prosecutors to try some of their charges against Sam Bankman-Fried in a second trial next year separate from his scheduled Oct. 2 tr...
Jun 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of crypto currency exchange FTX, is escorted out of the Magistrate Court building in Nassau, Bahamas December 21, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
E. Jean Carroll defamation trial against Donald Trump set for January 2024
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday scheduled the writer E. Jean Carroll's second defamation trial against former U.S. President Donald Trump for next January. U.S. District Judge Lewis K...
Jun 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: E. Jean Carroll reacts as she exits the Manhattan Federal Court following the verdict in the civil rape accusation case against former U.S. President Donald Trump, in New York City, U.S., May 9, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
UPDATE: Two dead after being struck by car in Pekin; burnt car found
UPDATE: 6/16 4:49 A.M. PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin Police are investigating what they say is a Reckless Homicide after two people died early Thursday morning. Chief John Dossey says officers went to Caroline ...
Jun 15, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Pekin Police)
Man wanted arrested on host of weapons, other charges
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they arrested a man who had been wanted, and now he faces other charges.. Police say they went to an area near Hightower and Martin Luther King, Junior Drive around 5:...
Jun 15, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Two seriously injured in North Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A report of one person shot in North Peoria turned out to be two people shot. That's according to Peoria Police, who went to North University inbetween Candletree and Kingsway Drives, a...
Jun 15, 2023 Midwest Communications
EV maker Rivian sees stable demand through the year - CFO
(Reuters) - Electric vehicle maker Rivian Automotive expects demand for its pickups and SUVs to remain stable through the year, Chief Financial Officer Claire McDonough said, even as higher borrowing ...
Jun 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The Rivian logo is shown on one of their new electric SUV vehicles in San Diego, U.S., December 16, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake
