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UPDATE: Arrest after shooting reported in Peoria Heights
UPDATED 1/25 7:22 a.m.. PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Police in Peoria Heights are now saying one person is in custody in connection with an early morning shooting Tuesday. Peoria County Jail records indicat...
Jan 24, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
CDC chief to create new offices to boost public health response - Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky is creating new offices as part of the agency's revamp to prioritize public health response, Bloomberg News r...
Jan 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Dr. Rochelle Walensky, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on the monkeypox outbreak, in Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 14, 2022.
Walmart to raise minimum wage for U.S. hourly workers to $14
(Reuters) - Walmart Inc on Tuesday said it will raise average hourly wages for its U.S. store workers starting next month, as it seeks to attract and retain employees in a tight domestic labor market....
Jan 24, 2023 Shopping trolley is seen in front of Walmart logo in this illustration, July 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
No injuries after Tuesday morning crash involving school bus
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - There were no injuries after a crash involving a school bus Tuesday morning in Sunnyland. 25 News reports the crash occurred at the intersection of Washington and Bess Streets. The...
Jan 24, 2023 Midwest Communications
U.S. lawmakers praise Zelenskiy for fighting corruption, back continued aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic and Republican U.S. lawmakers praised Ukraine's government on Tuesday for taking swift action against corruption and insisted that U.S. military and humanitarian aid ...
Jan 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a joint news briefing with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine January 24, 2023. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo
'Doomsday Clock' moves to 90 seconds to midnight as nuclear threat rises
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Atomic scientists set the "Doomsday Clock" closer to midnight than ever before on Tuesday, saying threats of nuclear war, disease, and climate volatility have been exacerbated b...
Jan 24, 2023 The clock with the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is placed ahead of the announcement of the location of the minute hand on its Doomsday Clock, indicating what world developments mean for the perceived likelihood of nuclear catastrophe, at the National Press Club in Washington, U.S., January 24, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Classified documents found at former U.S. Vice President Pence's Indiana home
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Documents marked as classified were discovered at former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's Indiana home last week, and he has turned those classified records over to the FBI, his ...
Jan 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is interviewed by Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, in front of an audience at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, U.S., October 19, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Details of Trump's attempt to overturn defeat in Georgia could be released
(Reuters) -The final report from a Georgia grand jury investigating then-President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn his defeat in the state's 2020 election could soon be publicly released, depending...
Jan 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump announces that he will once again run for U.S. president in the 2024 U.S. presidential election during an event at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Illinois Music Educators Conference brings thousands to Peoria this week
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's literally the biggest conference to come to Peoria every year. The Illinois Music Educators Association brings with it this week over 12,000 people to the Peoria Civic Center, wit...
Jan 24, 2023 (File-Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD)
Pekin residents spared from required snow removal
PEKIN, Ill. -- Pekin homeowners are no longer required to remove snow from their property. In August, Pekin city council members passed an ordinance requiring property owners to clear snow from sidewa...
Jan 24, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
