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Man hospitalized with stab wound in neck
PEORIA, Ill. - One person is in the hospital after being stabbed in the neck early Sunday morning. That's according to Peoria Police. They say they got the call just before 3:30 a.m., when the man was...
Will Stevenson Feb 12, 2023 (Midwest Communications)

UPDATE: Man shot in head Saturday night at apartment complex
UPDATED 10:34 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A shooting Saturday night near a Peoria apartment complex has left one person injured. It happened just before 7:00 p.m. close to Lexington Hills Apartments on Oakcre...
Will Stevenson Feb 12, 2023 Midwest Communications

South Peoria residents opposed to proposed senior housing complex
PEORIA, Ill. - South Peoria residents are less than pleased with what they say is a city proposal to build a senior living complex in their neighborhood. There is no such plan on the City Council's ag...
Will Stevenson Feb 12, 2023 (25 News)

CAPITOL RECAP: Pritzker preparing for fifth state budget address
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) -- Gov. JB Pritzker's second-term legislative agenda will kick off in earnest next week as he proposes his fifth annual state budget to lawmakers in the Gener...
Will Stevenson Feb 12, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)

Biden lauds 'bipartisan progress' as he dines with governors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden appealed to Republican and Democratic governors on Saturday to continue working across political divides to improve Americans' lives and rebuild the econ...
Will Stevenson Feb 12, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the U.S. governors and their spouses for a black-tie dinner in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. February 11, 2023. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

UPDATE: Death toll in Turkey, Syria quake tops 33,000 as Turkey starts legal action
UPDATED 10:32 A.M. ANTAKYA, Turkey (Reuters) -Rescuers pulled more survivors from the rubble on Sunday six days after one of the worst earthquakes to hit Turkey and Syria, as Turkish authorities sough...
Will Stevenson Feb 12, 2023 Rescuers carry Aisha, a 5-year-old Syrian girl, who survived a deadly earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey February 11, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

NFL-For fans Super Bowl no longer a game, it's an 'experience'
PHOENIX (Reuters) - In just a half-century of evolution the Super Bowl has gone from sports event, to America's biggest party, to a week long and very expensive immersive "experience". That includes n...
Will Stevenson Feb 12, 2023 Workers prepare the stadium for Super Bowl LVII in Glendale, Arizona, U.S., February 11, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

NFL-Indigenous activists to protest Kansas City Chiefs name, 'tomahawk chop'
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Native American groups are expected to protest the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, calling for the AFC champions to drop their name and logo as they take on the Philadelphia Eagles i...
Will Stevenson Feb 12, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An employee cleans a large Kansas City Chiefs football helmet that people pose for photos with at The Super Bowl Experience Presented By Lowe's event ahead of the weekend's Super Bowl LV between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa, Florida, U.S., February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Eve Edelheit

U.S. fighter jet shoots down unidentified cylindrical object over Canada
WASHINGTON/OTTAWA (Reuters) -A U.S. F-22 fighter jet shot down an unidentified cylindrical object over Canada on Saturday, the second such instance in as many days, as North America appeared on edge f...
Will Stevenson Feb 12, 2023 A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor, based out of Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, flies alongside a KC-135 Stratotanker during an aerial refueling mission above an undisclosed location, in this undated handout picture released by U.S. Air Force on July 29, 2019. Chris Drzazgowsk/U.S. Air Force/Handout via REUTERS

NFL-Eagles and Chiefs to make history but Super Bowl up for grabs
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Two brothers and two Black quarterbacks will mark very different firsts on Sunday when the National Football League's two best teams, the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles...
Julia Bradley Feb 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Feb 8, 2023; Scottsdale, AZ, USA; Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) addresses the media during team availability at Hyatt Regency at Gainey Ranch. Mandatory Credit: Cheryl Evans-USA TODAY Sports


