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One killed, a dozen injured after blast at Ohio factory scatters molten debris, starts fire
(Reuters) -An explosion tore through an Ohio metals plant on Monday, scattering molten metal and debris that rained down on neighboring buildings, killing one person and injuring at least a dozen othe...
Feb 21, 2023 Firefighters stand around the rubble at the I. Schumann & Co. metals plant after an explosion at the factory in Bedford, Ohio, U.S., February 20, 2023. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk
Putin delivers a nuclear warning to the West over Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday delivered a nuclear warning to the West over Ukraine, suspending a bilateral nuclear arms control treaty, announcing new strategic systems had bee...
Feb 21, 2023 Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual address to the Federal Assembly in Moscow, Russia February 21, 2023. Sputnik/Dmitry Astakhov/Kremlin via REUTERS
Man injured as dozens of shots fired on Peoria's south side
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man was hospitalized after a shooting early Monday evening on Peoria's south side. Just after 5:30 p.m. Peoria Police responded to a pair of Shot Spotter alerts, one for 25 rounds an...
Feb 21, 2023 (25 News)
UPDATE: Fire damages Peoria Heights storage units
UPDATED 9:02 P.M. PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - A group of storage units were damaged by a fire Monday afternoon in Peoria Heights. The fire happened just before 2:30 p.m. at storage units along East Mariett...
Feb 20, 2023 (25 News)
Woman dead after Woodford County crash
PEORIA, Ill. - A Low Point woman was pronounced dead over the weekend in a Peoria hospital after a Sunday morning crash there. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says the condition of Edith Whitfield...
Feb 20, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria garage fire deemed arson
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire that broke out in a garage in South Peoria is said to be an arson. That's according to Peoria Firefighters, who say they discovered the two-car garage near South Livingston and W...
Feb 20, 2023 Midwest Communications
Two suspects wanted by police for recent homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police have identified two persons of interest in connection with a fatal shooting more than a week ago -- and they want your help finding them. Police say they have identified T...
Feb 20, 2023 Torreon Carey (left) and Donte Agnew, Jr. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria Police)
Victim in fatal accident near Brimfield identified
BRIMFIELD, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner has identified the victim of a late-Saturday night crash near Brimfield. Coroner Jamie Harwood says preliminary autopsy results on Beverly Furlong of Brimfi...
Feb 20, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Biden walks through Kyiv to show resolve ahead of war's anniversary
KYIV (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden walked around central Kyiv on an unannounced visit on Monday, promising to stand with Ukraine as long as it takes, on a trip timed to upstage the Kremlin ahead...
Feb 20, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy walk next to Saint Michael’s cathedral, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 20, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Police investigating Peoria shots fired at a house
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating a Sunday night incident where multiple bullets were fired into a house. Peoria Police says officers responded to the 700 block of E. Maywood at 11:23 P.M...
Feb 20, 2023 Midwest Communications
