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Grand Jury indicts man for Peoria arson
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury is filing charges against a Marquette Heights man for allegedly setting a home on fire last month. The grand jury Tuesday charged Christopher Hairgrove, 26, w...
Apr 11, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Florida Governor to make Peoria appearance
PEORIA, Ill. - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is coming to Peoria. That's according to the campaign office of Republican Congressman Darin LaHood. The campaign says DeSantis, who has not yet announced ...
Apr 11, 2023 Matt Johnson / CC
Missing Civil War artifacts coming back to Tazewell County
PEKIN, Ill. - A mystery that has lasted for parts of seven decades in Tazewell County has now been solved. More than 70 Civil War artifacts that were in the county's possession had been unaccounted fo...
Apr 11, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Manhattan district attorney sues Republican lawmaker Jordan over Trump case
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Tuesday sued Republican U.S. Representative Jim Jordan to stop what Bragg called an "unconstitutional attack" on the ongoing criminal pro...
Apr 11, 2023 U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is asked questions by a journalist as he walks to the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, U.S., January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Woman with history of giving makes special shirts for children going through chemo
MORTON, Ill. - A Tazewell County business owner has come up with a way to help kids going through cancer, by getting them to feel more "normal." Corrina Dea owns "The Unlimited Stitch" in Morton. She'...
Apr 11, 2023 (25 News)
US begins study of possible rules to regulate AI like ChatGPT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration said Tuesday it is seeking public comments on potential accountability measures for artificial intelligence (AI) systems as questions loom about its imp...
Apr 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: ChatGPT logo is seen in this illustration taken, February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Louisville shooter legally purchased rifle - police
(Reuters) - The 23-year-old bank employee who shot dead five colleagues and wounded nine other people at his workplace in Louisville on Monday legally purchased the rifle, Louisville Police Chief Jacq...
Apr 11, 2023 View of barricade tape as police deploy at the scene of a mass shooting outside an Old National Bank branch near Slugger Field baseball stadium in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. April, 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jeffrey Dean
UPDATE - Chicago to host 2024 U.S. Democratic National Convention
UPDATED 10:30 A.M. CHICAGO (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and his party selected Chicago to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention, tapping a large liberal city in the heart of the Midwest ...
Apr 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the Monterey Park shooting and his efforts to reduce gun violence at The Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley in Monterey Park, California, U.S., March 14, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Peoria Papa John's robbed at gunpoint
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police say a gunman robbed a Papa John's Pizza location near Bradley University Monday night. Police were called just after 8:30 p.m. to the restaurant near the corner of N. Bou...
Apr 11, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Blickenstaff's Peoria area properties for sale
PEORIA, Ill. -- Central Illinois developer Kim Blickenstaff's KDB Group is selling several local properties he renovated, then scaled back on, laying off workers in January. A pair of realtor websites...
Apr 11, 2023 (Courtesy Mark Davis)
