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Out of control kitchen fire leaves $70K in damage to Peoria duplex
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria fire officials say no one has been injured, but an apartment home in Peoria has sustained thousands of dollars in damage in the wake of a fire late Thursday afternoon. Firefight...
Sep 29, 2022 Midwest Communications
John Mellencamp announces 2023 tour with stop in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- On Thursday, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened a new permanent exhibit honoring the music of John Mellencamp. Mellencamp confirms he's going back out on the road in 2023, kicking o...
Sep 29, 2022 Andrea Sartorati / CC
Queen Elizabeth died of 'old age', death certificate shows
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth died of old age, according to her death certificate, which was published by the National Records of Scotland on Thursday. Elizabeth, Britain's longest-reig...
Sep 29, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The coffin of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, is seen here entering St George VI Chapel at Windsor Castle, September 19, 2022. PO Phot Dave Jenkins/Pool via REUTERS
U.S. Senate passes stopgap funding bill as possible shutdown looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a bill to fund federal government activities through Dec. 16, as Congress moved to stave off a partial government shutdown at midnight on Frida...
Sep 29, 2022 Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) attends a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert
Peoria woman gets 25 years for hit-and-run that killed 10-year-old boy
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria woman has been sentenced to 25 years in state prison after pleading guilty in connection with a hit and run crash that left a 10-year-old child dead. 43-year-old Karrie Brunsw...
Sep 29, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
16-year-old facing First Degree Murder for shooting near Taft Homes
PEORIA, Ill -- Peoria Police say they've taken a juvenile suspect into custody in connection with a deadly shooting near Taft Homes earlier this month. The teen is reportedly now facing murder charges...
Sep 29, 2022 Photo courtesy of 25 News
UPDATED: Sheriff's Office charges husband in West Peoria double homicide
UPDATE: 9:42 p.m. WEST PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria county deputies are identifying a man now charged in the deaths of his wife and step-child found shot to death inside a West Peoria home early Thursday. D...
Sep 29, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Smith & Wesson marketed to 'would-be mass shooters,' Highland Park victims claim
(Reuters) - Survivors of a mass shooting in July that killed six people and injured dozens in a Chicago suburb sued gunmaker Smith & Wesson Brands Inc on Wednesday, accusing it of deliberately mar...
Sep 29, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Attendee inspect Smith and Wesson firearms at the National Rifle Association's (NRA) annual meeting, in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S., April 28, 2019. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo
Grammy-winning rapper Coolio dies in Los Angeles at 59
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Grammy-winning rapper Coolio died on Wednesday after being found unresponsive at a friend's Los Angeles home, the New York Times reported. He was 59. Coolio, born Artis Leon Ive...
Sep 29, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Singer Coolio performs before a panel discussion on his new Oxygen Network reality series "Coolio's Rules" at the NBC Universal summer 2008 press tour in Beverly Hills, California July 20, 2008. REUTERS/Fred Prouser
Trump objects to verifying list of property seized from Florida estate - court filing
(Reuters) - Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are resisting a federal judge's instruction to submit a sworn declaration on whether they believe the government's list of property taken from Tru...
Sep 29, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home after Trump said that FBI agents raided it, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. August 15, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
