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Social media photos show bystanders helping in arrest in South Pekin
SOUTH PEKIN, Ill. - Some bystanders are getting credited with an assist in the arrest of a man who allegedly led a Tazewell County sheriffs deputy on a chase Monday -- a man who ended up being wanted ...
Sep 27, 2022 (Courtesy Amanda Senecal)
Pekin City Council tables video gaming fee change -- again
PEKIN, Ill. - The almost year-long debate over how and if the Pekin City Council should change the city's fee structure for video gaming terminals still isn't decided. Council members Monday night vot...
Sep 27, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Public Library hosting "Good Neighbor Day" celebration
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Public Library is inviting residents to come celebrate "Good Neighbor Day" at Columbia Park. The Library's Jenni Davis says Wednesday evening's block party winds down their summ...
Sep 27, 2022 (Peoria Public Library)
Pritzker announces $450M UI Trust Fund payment, Republicans say 'not good enough'
CHICAGO - Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Employment Security will be making a payment of $450 million toward the remaining $1.8 billion borrowed under Title XII of the Social Security...
Sep 27, 2022 (State of Illinois)
Shooting Monday night sends one to the hospital
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called to the area of N. Orange and W. Russell Monday night on a pair of ShotSpotter alerts...indicating 30 rounds were fired. Peoria Public Information Officer Semo...
Sep 27, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
U.S. Congress scrambles to pass stopgap bill to keep government funded
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will take an initial vote on a stopgap spending measure on Tuesday to keep federal agencies running past the end of this week, while Congress continues to negoti...
Sep 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is lit at sunset in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Florida scrambles to prepare as Hurricane Ian churns toward coast
TAMPA (Reuters) - Residents across Florida scrambled to place sandbags around their homes and stockpile emergency supplies on Monday, emptying store shelves as Hurricane Ian spun toward the state carr...
Sep 27, 2022 Alicia Dhall, 18, looks down as her sister Ariana, 8, and local residents fill sandbags, as Hurricane Ian spun toward Florida carrying high winds, torrential rains and a powerful storm surge, at the Al Barnes Park in Tampa, Florida, U.S., September 26, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Landmark raises, retention bonuses in new 3-year Peoria union teacher contract
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Public Schools District 150 Board of Education members have now ratified an earlier announced collective bargaining agreement with union educators and staff in Peoria. On Septem...
Sep 27, 2022 Midwest Communications
Man found guilty of Aggravated DUI connected to fatal UTV crash
EUREKA, Ill. - A Woodford County jury took about an hour to find a Spring Bay man guilty Friday of several charges in a vehicle crash that claimed the life of an East Peoria man. Court records indicat...
Sep 26, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Woodford County Jail via 25 News)
Fire damages Morton garage
MORTON, Ill. - A garage was reported damaged in a fire Monday afternoon in Morton. Morton Fire Chief Joe Kelly says the blaze broke out near Delwood and Fourth Streets. The fire was contained to the g...
Sep 26, 2022 liz west / CC
