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Woman wanted for Attempted Murder in Woodford County arrested
EUREKA, Ill. - A woman who has been wanted on charges of Attempted Murder stemming from an incident earlier this month in Woodford County has been arrested. Woodford County Sheriffs Department officia...
Will Stevenson Dec 16, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Woodford County Sheriffs Department via Facebook)

Riggenbach: Darwin Homes tenants get 30 day extension of notices to vacate
PEORIA, Ill. - He says it's a development that doesn't just impact people renting properties in the East Bluff managed by a Texas-based firm, but anyone who rents in Peoria from the company. Third Dis...
Will Stevenson Dec 16, 2022 (City of Peoria)

State: New COVID-19 cases on the way up
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The number of new COVID-19 cases in Illinois is once again higher than the week before. The Illinois Department of Public Health says 23,334 cases were added to the rolls in the la...
Will Stevenson Dec 16, 2022 (Centers for Disease Control)

Reaction to arrest of businessman for Deceptive Practices
PEORIA, Ill. - At least one of the people allegedly swindled by the now former owner of Murray Custom Cabinetry says he's breathing a sigh of relief now that the man's been arrested on sixteen felony ...
Will Stevenson Dec 16, 2022 (File-25 News)

Man arrested, accused of shooting another man in the hand
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is in custody after he allegedly shot another man in the hand late Thursday morning. That's the latest in a shooting incident we first told you about then. Police say it st...
Will Stevenson Dec 16, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)

Man arrested for shooting and carjacking
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they have a man in custody for an alleged shooting and carjacking at a busy East Bluff area gas station. Peoria Police say Patrick Meyer, 24, was arrested Thursday and...
Will Stevenson Dec 16, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)

Durbin wants Twitter to address child sexual exploitation
WASHINGTON, D.C. - "I know you are a father so I trust you will take this issue seriously." That's how Illinois Senator and Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin starts a letter to Twitter CEO ...
Will Stevenson Dec 16, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)

Huge Berlin aquarium bursts, spilling 1,500 fish onto road
BERLIN (Reuters) -A huge aquarium in Berlin burst early on Friday, spilling 264,172 gallons of water, around 1,500 exotic fish and debris onto a major road in the busy Mitte district, emergency servic...
Julia Bradley Dec 16, 2022 A general view of a street outside a hotel after a leak of the AquaDom aquarium in central Berlin near Alexanderplatz, Germany, December 16, 2022. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi

Twitter suspends several journalists, Musk cites 'doxxing' of his jet
(Reuters) -Twitter on Thursday suspended the accounts of several prominent journalists who recently wrote about its new owner Elon Musk, with the billionaire tweeting that rules banning the publishing...
Julia Bradley Dec 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An image of Elon Musk is seen on a smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos in this picture illustration taken April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/File Photo

U.S. Senate passes stopgap funding bill to avert government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate passed by a 71-19 vote a weeklong stopgap funding bill on Thursday to avoid a partial government shutdown ahead of a midnight Friday deadline, sending the House-...
Julia Bradley Dec 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to reporters following the Senate Democrats weekly policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 1, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo


