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UPDATE: Teens and younger arrested after carjacking and crash
UPDATED 2:48 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say three teenagers and a youth younger than teenage are arrested after another reported carjacking in an area bordered by the West Bluff and Central Peo...
Mar 09, 2023 Sentaries Farmer (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Russia kills civilians in first huge missile wave for weeks
KYIV (Reuters) -Russia launched a huge wave of missile strikes across Ukraine while people slept on Thursday, killing at least six civilians, knocking out electricity and forcing a nuclear power plant...
Mar 09, 2023 Emergency workers extinguish fire in vehicles at the site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia?s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 9, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Illinois Supreme Court grants expedited appeal in assault weapons ban case
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois Supreme Court agreed this week to fast-track the state's appeal of a Macon County judge's ruling against parts of a recently passed state ban o...
Mar 08, 2023 (Illinois Supreme Court)
Louisville police discriminate against Black people, US Justice Dept says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Louisville, Kentucky, police force routinely discriminates against Black residents, uses excessive force and conducts illegal searches, the U.S. Justice Department said on We...
Mar 08, 2023 Breonna Taylor’s art is seen in Jefferson Square after the announcement that the FBI arrested and brought civil rights charges against four current and former Louisville police officers for their roles in the 2020 fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud
City Hall facade gets a facelift
PEORIA, Ill. - They're taking a few weeks off, but crews have in recent weeks worked to give at least part of Peoria City Hall a facelift. Some parts of the Lake Superior Sandstone exterior of the his...
Mar 08, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US job openings stay elevated as labor market remains tight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job openings fell less than expected in January and data for the prior month was revised higher, pointing to persistently tight labor market conditions that likely will kee...
Mar 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: People attend a hiring event for Green District, a new restaurant ahead of its opening, as many restaurant businesses face staffing shortages in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., June 5, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud
UPDATE: South Peoria stabbing leaves one dead, suspect arrested; victim identified
UPDATED 4:53 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - We know more about what ended up being a fatal stabbing in South Peoria Wednesday afternoon. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood identifies the victim as 34-year-old L...
Mar 08, 2023 (Peoria Co. Sheriff's Office)
Illinois high school students able to earn NIL money soon
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Student-athletes in Illinois will be able to make money on the side more easily next year. In December, the Illinois High School Association passed new by-laws related to Name Imag...
Mar 08, 2023 (Illinois High School Association)
Fed still up in the air on whether to accelerate rate hikes, Powell says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday reaffirmed his message of higher and potentially faster interest rate hikes, but emphasized that debate was still underway with a...
Mar 08, 2023 Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell testifies before a House Financial Services hearing on "The Federal Reserve's Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 8, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
White House urges states to join crackdown on surprise consumer fees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top White House officials and the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Wednesday urged states to expand efforts to crack down on surprise fees consumers are...
Mar 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
