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Health Department: Social media claims about local McDonald's are false
PEORIA, Ill. - There's a saying often used in jest along the lines of "Never let facts get in the way of a good story." The Peoria City/County Health Department is refuting a recent Facebook post sugg...
Will Stevenson Sep 16, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)

Autopsy conducted on motorcycle crash victim
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner is identifying the victim of Wednesday evening's fatal accident involving a motorcycle. Coroner Jamie Harwood says preliminary autopsy results on William Garre...
Will Stevenson Sep 16, 2022 Midwest Communications

1 adult, 3 juveniles arrested for car theft
PEORIA, Ill. - Four people including three juveniles were arrested early Friday morning for allegedly stealing a car -- an early use of the city's new license plate reader cameras. Police say the vehi...
Will Stevenson Sep 16, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail May 2022 File)

Kankakee County S.A. files lawsuit regarding 'SAFE-T Act'
UPDATED 2:37 P.M. KANKAKEE, Ill. - The first lawsuit is being filed to try and get the so-called "cashless bail" provision of the "SAFE-T" Act thrown out. Kankakee County State's Attorney Jim Rowe is ...
Will Stevenson Sep 16, 2022 Midwest Communications

Chicago officers face felony charges for July shooting of unarmed suspect
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Two Chicago Police officers are being charged in connection with a shooting that left two people hurt in the Pilsen area over the summer. Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx made th...
Cooper Banks Sep 16, 2022 Midwest Communications

Peoria council members invited to tech-start up Distillery Labs showcase
PEORIA, Ill. -- A tech start up group, perhaps hopes to sway local elected leaders as they consider a major brokerage deal designed to streamline the inclusion of tech-start up business in Peoria. A g...
Cooper Banks Sep 16, 2022 (Distillery Labs)

Oktoberfest returns to the Peoria Riverfront this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's Oktoberfest gets underway Friday evening on the Riverfront with German and Austrian food and music, and of course...BEER! Throughout the weekend there'll be log-sawing contest...
Julia Bradley Sep 16, 2022

Queue to see queen's lying-in-state paused as capacity reached
LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - As tens of thousands of people poured into London ahead of Queen Elizabeth's state funeral on Monday, the miles-long queue of mourners waiting to see her lying in state was...
Julia Bradley Sep 16, 2022 Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence and Britain's Princess Anne stand solemnly as the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped with the Royal Standard of Scotland, completes its journey from Balmoral to the Palace of Holyroodhouse, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain September 11, 2022. Aaron Chown/Pool via REUTERS

Pedestrian hit overnight in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police say one person was hit by a car on the city's south side early Friday morning. Peoria Public Information Officer Semone Roth says the incident happened at the intersectio...
Julia Bradley Sep 16, 2022 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)

Judge rules for Trump, blocks review of seized classified records
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Thursday refused to let the Justice Department immediately resume reviewing classified records seized by the FBI from Donald Trump's Florida estate in an ongoing ...
Julia Bradley Sep 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An American flag waves outside the U.S. Department of Justice Building in Washington, U.S., December 2, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
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