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Grand Jury files Child Porn charge against Dunlap man
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has indicted a Dunlap man on a Class-X felony charge of Child Pornography. The grand jury filed the charge Tuesday against Alex Doran, 26. When he was origina...
Feb 08, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Southwest to tell U.S. lawmakers 'we messed up' during holiday meltdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Chief Operating Officer Andrew Watterson will apologize on Thursday before a U.S. Senate committee over the holiday meltdown that led to the cancellation of m...
Feb 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A Southwest Airlines jetliner lands at Chicago Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 27, 2022. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski/File Photo
Peoria Bed, Bath, & Beyond store to close
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Bed, Bath, and Beyond store isn't going to make it. New Jersey-based Bed, Bath, and Beyond confirms the Peoria store in the Metro Centre will close. A specific date is not kn...
Feb 08, 2023 (Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Sorensen: More needs to be done in Congress to help Illinois
WASHINGTON, D.C. - New 17th District Congressmen Eric Sorensen says he likes and supports most of what he heard from President Biden in Tuesday night's State of the Union address. But, even the Moline...
Feb 08, 2023 (Rep. Eric Sorensen via Zoon)
Peoria woman arrested on weapons charges in overnight incident
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman was arrested by Peoria Police early Wednesday morning on gun charges. Peoria Police says they responded to the 4200-block of N. Knollridge at around 11:23 P.M. Tuesday on...
Feb 08, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Push for state child tax credit begins, could face uphill battle
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A group of Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday called for creating a state-level child tax credit that would give low- and middle income families up to $700 per...
Feb 08, 2023 Sen. Mike Simmons, D-Chicago, joins advocates at a news conference Tuesday to call for the creation of a state child tax credit. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Republican-led U.S. House panel probes Twitter block of Hunter Biden story
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives sought to deliver on a campaign promise to their most hardline supporters on Tuesday, with a public hearing on a laptop computer...
Feb 08, 2023 U.S. House Oversight and Accountability Committee member Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) attends the committee's hearing about Twitter's handling of a 2020 New York Post story about Hunter Biden and his laptop, in Washington, U.S. February 8, 2023. Reuters/Evelyn Hockstein
Turkish leader acknowledges problems with earthquake relief effort
KAHRAMANMARAS/ANTAKYA, Turkey (Reuters) -President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday admitted to problems with his government's initial response to a devastating earthquake in southern Turkey amid anger fro...
Feb 08, 2023 People look on as the search for survivors continues in the aftermath of an earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, February 8, 2023. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
Ukraine's Zelenskiy arrives in Britain seeking more arms against Russia
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain announced an immediate surge of military deliveries to Ukraine to help it fend off an intensifying Russian offensive and pledged to train its pilots as Ukrainian President Vo...
Feb 08, 2023 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak walk outside Number 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, February 8, 2023. REUTERS/Toby Melville
NBA-The 'Chosen One' fulfils destiny as James claims scoring record
(Reuters) - Hailed as the "Chosen One" while still in high school, LeBron James always appeared destined to become the National Basketball Association's all-time leading scorer and claim a record he o...
Feb 08, 2023 Feb 7, 2023; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (6) celebrates after breaking the all-time scoring record in the third quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Crypto.com Arena. / Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports
