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East Peoria City Council approves cannabis dispensary
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Two ordinances approved by the East Peoria City Council Tuesday night cleared the way for a new cannabis dispensary in the city. Both measures were approved by 4-1 votes. The first...
Dec 21, 2022 (City of East Peoria via 25 News)
Salvation Army, others help local homeless stay warm during upcoming winter storm
PEORIA, Ill. - Not everyone is fortunate to have shelter during this week's winter storm, but a local group is working to try and get everyone inside. Major Heath Sells appeared on the Greg and Dan Sh...
Dec 21, 2022 (Salvation Army)
Winter Storm Warning now in effect
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A Winter Storm Warning is now in effect across a good portion of Illinois -- including Peoria -- Thursday morning through Saturday morning, for a weather event that will remind us ...
Dec 21, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
U.S. consumer confidence rebounds; existing home sales sink
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence rose to an eight-month high in December as inflation retreated and the labor market remained strong, but fears of a recession persisted, resulting in fe...
Dec 21, 2022 Got Credit / CC
FTX founder Bankman-Fried consents to extradition
NASSAU (Reuters) -Sam Bankman-Fried has consented to be extradited to the United States where he faces fraud charges, according to an affidavit his lawyer read on Wednesday at a court hearing in The B...
Dec 21, 2022 Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of crypto currency exchange FTX, is escorted into the Magistrate Court building in Nassau, Bahamas December 21, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Man goes to prison for federal drug, weapons offenses
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man will spend the next 12 years in a federal prison after being sentenced on Friday. 33-year-old Daryl McGhee was convicted in two separate trials on drug trafficking and weap...
Dec 21, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Ukraine's Zelenskiy arrives in Washington seeking 'weapons, weapons and more weapons'
UPDATED 12:10 P.M. WASHINGTON/KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived in Washington on Wednesday to meet President Joe Biden, address Congress and seek "weapons, weapons and m...
Dec 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during a joint news conference with Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala (not seen), as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine October 31, 2022. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi
PFD: Overnight fire caused by "misused smoking materials"
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighters say there are no injuries following a devastating house fire overnight, reportedly caused by misused smoking materials. The initial call came in just after 1:30 a.m...
Dec 21, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Water main break forces Peoria health office closure
PEORIA, Ill. -- A water main break has forced the Peoria City/County Health Department to close for at least Wednesday. The closure reportedly impacts programs and services at the facility at 2116 Nor...
Dec 21, 2022 Photo courtesy of 25 News
Musk to step down as Twitter CEO once he finds 'someone foolish' enough as successor
(Reuters) - Billionaire Elon Musk said on Tuesday he will step down as chief executive of Twitter Inc once he finds a replacement, but will still run some key divisions of the social media platform. "...
Dec 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk's Twitter profile is seen on a smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos in this picture illustration taken April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
