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Grand jury files new murder charges in West Peoria homicide case
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has handed down murder charges in connection with a West Peoria double-homicide late last month. The grand jury Tuesday filed six counts of First-Degree Murde...
Oct 11, 2022 (Photo courtesy of 25 News)
Grand jury charges teen with Taft Homes homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has indicted a Peoria teenager for a shooting last month at Taft Homes that claimed the life of a Georgia man. Peoria County Court records indicate the grand ...
Oct 11, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Last Honor Flight of 2022 returns to Peoria soon
PEORIA, Ill. -- The latest group of area military veterans to travel to Washington D.C. for memorial tours returns tonight and this will reportedly be the final Honor Flight of the year. More than 70 ...
Oct 11, 2022
U.S. Justice Dept. opposes Trump Supreme Court request over documents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to reject former President Donald Trump's bid to again empower an independent arbiter to vet classified records sei...
Oct 11, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a rally ahead of the midterm elections, in Mesa, Arizona, U.S., October 9, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Coroner identifies victim in fatal hit-and-run
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner says fingerprint databases helped identify the victim of the fatal hit-and-run accident early Sunday in Peoria. Coroner Jamie Harwood says a preliminary autops...
Oct 11, 2022 (Submitted by Peoria County Coroner)
'Murder, She Wrote' Actress Angela Lansbury dead at age 96
UPDATED 3:04 P.M. (Reuters) -Angela Lansbury, the British-born actress whose career spanned eight decades and produced indelible portraits of a wide range of characters from villainesses to sleuths an...
Oct 11, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Actor Angela Lansbury poses at the 70th Annual DGA Awards in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., February 3, 2018. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs fetal personhood appeal
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to decide whether fetuses are entitled to constitutional rights in light of its June ruling overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that had leg...
Oct 11, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, U.S. September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Pekin City Council debates ambulance service as contract with AMT nears end
PEKIN, Ill. - The clock is still ticking for the City of Pekin to figure out how to handle the future of city ambulance service. The city has sent out Request for Proposals as it nears an end to a ten...
Oct 11, 2022 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Extended fall break isn't for everyone in Peoria Public Schools
PEORIA, Ill. -- While most students in Peoria are enjoying an extended fall break, there are still hundreds who require services provided at local school facilities. Peoria Public Schools District 150...
Oct 11, 2022 Midwest Communications
Closing arguments begin in penalty phase of Parkland shooter
MIAMI (Reuters) - Closing arguments began on Tuesday in the penalty phase of the trial of a man who killed 17 people in mass shooting on Valentine's Day in 2018 at a Florida high school, one of the de...
Oct 11, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz speaks with paralegal Melissa Sly during a break in the penalty phase of Cruz's trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S., September 1, 2022. Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. Amy Beth Bennett/Pool via REUTERS
