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Former US first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, Carter family says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rosalynn Carter, former U.S. first lady and wife of former president Jimmy Carter, has dementia, the Carter family announced on Tuesday. "She continues to live happily at home w...
May 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former first lady Rosalynn Carter is seen outside her home after U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden met with former President Jimmy Carter and Mrs. Carter in Plains, Georgia, U.S., April 29, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Mobile data collection vehicles to assess roads in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria will be getting an up close look at all of its owned and maintained roads. Over the next month, vehicles from Roadway Asset Services will use digital cameras to collect images of...
May 30, 2023 (Roadway Asset Services, LLC)
Savoy man arrested in Peoria on multiple weapon and traffic charges
PEORIA, Ill. - The chase of a suspect early Saturday morning in Peoria involved a car crashing into a house. Peoria Police responded to the area of Gift and Wisconsin just after 12:30 A.M. on four Sho...
May 30, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Man arrested in connection with Sunday carjacking
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man was arrested Sunday night for an alleged carjacking in Peoria. Police spokesperson Semone Roth says around 6:40 p.m., officers were called to W. Willow Wood, near N. Teakwood Cou...
May 30, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Police investigating Saturday night East Bluff shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating a Saturday evening shooting in the East Bluff that sent a woman to the hospital. Officers responded to a Shot Spotter alert of six shots fired in the are...
May 30, 2023 Midwest Communications
Putin says Ukraine drone strikes on Moscow aim to scare and provoke Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Ukraine's biggest ever drone strike on Moscow was an attempt to scare and provoke Russia, and air defenses around the capital would be s...
May 30, 2023 A view shows a damaged multi-storey apartment block following a reported drone attack in Moscow, Russia, May 30, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
U.S. holiday air passenger travel tops 2019 pre-COVID levels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. holiday air passenger travel topped 2019 pre-COVID levels over the Memorial Day weekend, which typically marks the start of the busy U.S. summer air travel season, figures f...
May 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Travelers wait at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, U.S., April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
U.S. debt ceiling deal to face its first test in Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan deal to raise the $31.4 trillion U.S. debt ceiling faces its first test in Congress on Tuesday, setting up what could be a nail-biting week of voting before the Uni...
May 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO: President Joe Biden shakes hands with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., after the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
DeSantis to mount first campaign swing through key 2024 states
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, following his presidential campaign debut online, will dive into old-school retail politicking in key early voting states this week, his fir...
May 30, 2023 Florida Governor Ron DeSantis pauses as he speaks during the Florida Family Policy Council Annual Dinner Gala, in Orlando, Florida, U.S., May 20, 2023. REUTERS/Marco Bello
UPDATE: Peoria shooting leaves one dead, one injured
UPDATED 4:14 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The victim in the city's eighth homicide of the year has been identified. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says an autopsy on Rick Ransom, 30, indicates he suffered...
May 30, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
