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Man pleads not guilty to West Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man says he's not guilty of charges accusing him of opening fire outside of a West Peoria bar last month. Brandon Eckwood was charged by a grand jury Tuesday with three Class-X...
Apr 27, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Trump accuser tells jury: 'He raped me whether I screamed or not'
NEW YORK (Reuters) -E. Jean Carroll, a writer accusing Donald Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s, pushed back during a cross-examination on Thursday, exclaiming: "He raped me whether I screamed or n...
Apr 27, 2023 Former Elle magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll answers questions from Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina during a civil trial to decide whether former U.S. President Donald Trump raped Carroll in a Bergdorf Goodman department store dressing room in the mid-1990s, and defamed her by denying it happened, in New York, U.S., April 27, 2023 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
UPDATE: Former US Vice President Pence appears before grand jury probing Trump - media reports
UPDATED 5:27 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence appeared before a grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump's role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election, ...
Apr 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence addresses the National Review Institute's 2023 Ideas Summit in Washington, U.S., March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Woman sentenced to prison for fatal DUI involving bicyclist
PEORIA, Ill. - A Washington woman will spend several years in prison in connection with a fatal accident she caused in Peoria in 2021. Peoria County Court records indicate Destinee Cole, 23, was sente...
Apr 27, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail May 2020)
Peoria Police help Kewanee Police find bomb
KEWANEE, Ill. - The Peoria Police Bomb Squad was called to a nearby community to help find a bomb, and they did. Police in Kewanee say it happened Tuesday as police pulled over a motor home in the cit...
Apr 27, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kewanee Police)
Man sentenced on federal methamphetamine charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is going to prison for more than a decade after pleading guilty late last year to charges connected with methamphetamine. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Demetrice Sharp, 3...
Apr 27, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Federal judge refuses to block assault weapons ban enforcement
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A federal judge in Chicago this week denied a request to block enforcement of both state and local bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, sayi...
Apr 27, 2023 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Man sentenced to decades in prison in connection with 2021 fatal shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria teenager is no longer facing a murder charges, but he will spend the better part of several decades in prison in connection with a fatal shooting. Demarian Palmer, 19, was sent...
Apr 27, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Tax bills coming for Peoria County residents
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County residents will either already have or soon receive their real estate tax bills. Peoria County Treasurer Nicole Bjerke says the bills are being mailed out this week. The bi...
Apr 27, 2023 Midwest Communications
Man pleads not guilty to shooting death
PEORIA, Ill. - The man accused of shooting and killing a woman after allegedly breaking in to her Dunlap apartment has been arraigned. Walter Artis, Jr., 26, entered a plea in Peoria County Court Thur...
Apr 27, 2023 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
