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Man charged with Grooming, woman charged with Burglary, in separate grand jury cases
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury met this week, and filed charges in a number of cases. Among them, Aaron Cornwell (pictured above), 30, was charged with a Class-4 Felony count of Grooming. T...
Jan 26, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
'Not on my watch' - Biden attacks House Republicans' economic plans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden used a speech at a steamfitters union hall in Virginia on Thursday to launch an attack against Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives, sayi...
Jan 26, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers an economic speech at SteamFitters UA Local 602 in Springfield, Virginia, U.S., January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Galesburg woman dies in crash near Brimfield
BRIMFIELD, Ill. - A woman from Galesburg is dead following an accident on Interstate 74 Thursday morning. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says it happened around 6:40 a.m. near Brimfield, in the v...
Jan 26, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
U.S. Senate Democrats call for probe into 'JR-15' child-size rifle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of prominent Democratic U.S. senators including Majority Leader Chuck Schumer asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday to open an investigation into a compan...
Jan 26, 2023 Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) displays a placard showing WEE1 Tactical's "JR-15" during a news conference on the marketing of rifles to children, at the Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Peoria Police arrest juveniles in two separate cases
PEORIA, Ill. - Juveniles were arrested in two separate incidents in Peoria within the past 24 hours. Police say a 15-year-old was arrested Wednesday at around 5:40 P.M. in the area of East Ravine and ...
Jan 26, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Heights home damaged by fire
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. -- A Peoria Heights home sustained major fire and smoke damage late Wednesday night. In a Facebook post, the Peoria Heights Fire Department said crews were called to E. Robin Cour...
Jan 26, 2023 D4E / CC
U.S. economy grows strongly in fourth quarter; weekly jobless claims fall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy maintained a strong pace of growth in the fourth quarter as consumers boosted spending on goods, but momentum appears to have slowed considerably towards the en...
Jan 26, 2023 People ride escalator at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City, U.S., December 4, 2022. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
IL Senate GOP hopes to block graduated income tax efforts
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Senate Republicans are hoping to stave off any renewed attempts to pass a progressive income tax. There's been talk of trying again to pass a new tax structure, after it ...
Jan 26, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
State rifle association seeks preliminary injunction in federal suit
Bonfield, Ill. -- The Illinois State Rifle Association has requested a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit against the state's assault weapons ban. The federal lawsuit filed in the Southern District...
Jan 26, 2023 The National Crime Agency / CC
Splits emerge as U.S. House Republicans demand Biden negotiate on debt limit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives are divided over how hard a line to take on the debt ceiling, but were united on Wednesday in demanding that Democratic ...
Jan 26, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The American flag flies over the U.S. Treasury building, after the U.S. government hit its $31.4 trillion borrowing limit amid a standoff between the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, President Joe Biden and Democratic legislators that could lead to a fiscal crisis in a few months, in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2023. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo
