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UPDATED: PPD investigates Nov. 2 fight between middle school girls
UPDATED: Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022 1:23 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- Police are confirming certain details related to a video taped fight between Peoria middle school girls outside a recent basketball game. It h...
Nov 05, 2022 Photo Courtesy WEEK-TV
Twitter lays off staff as Musk blames activists for 'massive' ad revenue drop
(Reuters) -Twitter Inc laid off half its workforce on Friday but said cuts were smaller in the team responsible for preventing the spread of misinformation, as advertisers pulled spending amid concern...
Nov 05, 2022 Owner and CEO of Twitter, Inc. Elon Musk arrives at the 29th Annual Baron Investment Conference in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., November 4, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Peoria Police arrest seven during latest Anti-Violence Initiative detail
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria says a number of arrests were made Thursday after the latest special enforcement patrol in his Anti-Violence Initiative. The chief says thirteen cars...
Nov 04, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
U.S. Supreme Court's Barrett again declines to block Biden student debt relief
(Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Friday again declined to block President Joe Biden's plan to cancel billions of dollars in student debt, this time in a challenge brought by ...
Nov 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies during the third day of her Senate confirmation hearing to the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S., October 14, 2020. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS
Seminar on kidney disease Saturday at ICC East Peoria campus
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A disease people may not know they have, but many people may suffer from, is the subject of a seminar open to the public starting Saturday morning at Illinois Central College. The ...
Nov 04, 2022 (National Kidney Foundation of Illinois)
Trump ally Barrack acquitted of acting as UAE foreign agent
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Tom Barrack, a onetime private equity executive and fundraiser for former President Donald Trump, was found not guilty by a jury on Friday of unlawfully acting as an agent of the U...
Nov 04, 2022 Thomas Barrack, a billionaire friend of Donald Trump who chaired the former president's inaugural fund exits following a not guilty verdict at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., November 4, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Now-former volunteer firefighter accused of setting corn fields on fire
LEWISTOWN, Ill. - A now-former volunteer firefighter in Fulton County is out of jail after being charged with Arson. Fulton County Circuit Court records indicate Dwight Sheets, 18, faces a felony coun...
Nov 04, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Fulton County Jail via 25 News)
Contextualizing cash bail's end
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - While a new law overhauling Illinois' system of pretrial detention continues to face scrutiny ahead of its Jan. 1 implementation date, new research suggests...
Nov 04, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Man, facing charges in multiple cases, charged with attacking woman
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man accused of having a role in an attempted homicide has been indicted by a Peoria County grand jury in another case. Court records indicate Ruben Bailey, Jr., 39, was charged...
Nov 04, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
IL Fire Marshal: Check smoke alarms as you 'fall back' this weekend
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- As you set the clocks back Sunday morning, it's a good time to also test and inspect your home's smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. The Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office says...
Nov 04, 2022 Mark Morgan / CC
