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Peoria Police investigate armed robbery
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are continuing to investigate an armed robbery to a local business. Police do not identify the business, but maps show a hardware store on West Starr in South Peoria, betw...
Jan 05, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Russian patriarch calls for Orthodox Christmas truce in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, called on Thursday for both sides of the war in Ukraine to observe a Christmas truce, a step dismissed by Kyiv as...
Jan 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia conducts a service in a church in Moscow, Russia November 18, 2022. REUTERS/Yulia Morozova/File Photo
NFL-Bills' Hamlin showing "remarkable improvement", say doctors
(Reuters) - Damar Hamlin showed "remarkable improvement" over the past 24 hours but remains critically ill, the Buffalo Bills said on Thursday, after the 24-year-old safety suffered cardiac arrest on ...
Jan 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Jan 2, 2023; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Buffalo Bills linebacker Tremaine Edmunds (49) and cornerback Cam Lewis (39) and cornerback Siran Neal (33) react to the life threatening injury sustained by safety Damar Hamlin (not pictured) during the first quarter against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paycor Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Joseph Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports
Pope Francis leads Benedict's funeral as supporters seek sainthood
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis presided at the funeral of former Pope Benedict on Thursday, delivering a homily comparing his predecessor to Jesus before tens of thousands of mourners, including...
Jan 05, 2023 The coffin of former Pope Benedict is carried during his funeral, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Rivian misses goal for 2022, but just barely
NORMAL, Ill. -- Rivian Automotive fell just short of its production goal of 25,000 electric vehicles at its plant in Normal during 2022, but production and vehicle deliveries picked up in the fourth q...
Jan 05, 2023 (25 News)
After two days of failure, U.S. House Republicans to try again to pick a leader
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives will try for a third day on Thursday to select a leader after six failed votes have highlighted internal divisions and raised qu...
Jan 04, 2023 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives gather for a fourth round of voting for a new House Speaker on the second day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 4, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Pritzker, local sheriff talk about Pretrial Fairness Act
CHICAGO, Ill./PEKIN, Ill. - Governor JB Pritzker, in his first public comments since the Illinois Supreme Court put on hold the "Pretrial Fairness Act" portion of the state's "SAFE-T Act," says he's d...
Jan 04, 2023 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Bond set for man accused of severely beating child
PEORIA, Ill. - Two of the three charges a Hanna City man was arrested on for allegedly beating a two-month-old boy are no longer in play for now. Jail and court records indicate Alexander King, 21, no...
Jan 04, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Two men arrested on multiple weapon and drug charges
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police arrested two men after a traffic stop on Tuesday evening on multiple drug and weapons charges. Peoria Police said the department's Street Crimes Unit made an investigative...
Jan 04, 2023 Antoine Mack and Joseph Sharp (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Fire damages Bloomington Beer Nuts plant
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - A fire may be impacting operations at a Central Illinois facility known for making the snacks you may eat at your local bar. Firefighters in Bloomington were called to the Beer Nut...
Jan 04, 2023 (25 News)
