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Moderna seeks FDA nod for booster shot aimed at Omicron BA.4, BA.5
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc on Tuesday sought U.S. authorization for its COVID-19 booster shot tailored against the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of Omicron and said if cleared it would be ready to deliver th...
Aug 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A vial and a syringe are seen in front of a displayed Moderna logo, in this illustration taken, November 27, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Peoria ratifies contract with union firefighters
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters will get a raise, after a vote from City Council Tuesday night. Members of Peoria Firefighters Local 50 will get 2% pay increases this year, plus a $4,000 signing b...
Aug 24, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
PPS teachers disappointed with Tuesday's contract talks
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bargainers for Peoria Public Schools and the teachers union met with a federal mediator Tuesday, but a statement from the union indicates the two sides are far from reaching an agreeme...
Aug 24, 2022 (Peoria Federation of Teachers)
Peoria Council seeking state lawmakers' approval for red light cameras
PEORIA, Ill. -- In order to bring red light cameras to Peoria's streets, all that city council members may have to do is ask. Ever since it became legal to use the traffic safety and control devices i...
Aug 24, 2022 Blondinrikard Fröberg / CC
Changes considered to PPS high school dress code
PEORIA, Ill - A Peoria Public School Board member is recommending some changes to the district dress code. This, after school board president Martha Ross previously denounced the survey by Anni Reinki...
Aug 23, 2022 (From a presentation to the Peoria Public School Board)
Justice Department opens investigation into violent arrest in Arkansas
(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the conduct of three Arkansas law enforcement officers caught in an online video over the weekend punching and ki...
Aug 23, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A view shows Kountry Xpress the site where three Arkansas law enforcement appeared in video circulated widely online over the weekend showing them punching and kicking a suspect while he was on the ground outside a convenience store, in Mulberry, Arkansas, U.S., August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Michael Noble Jr.
Police investigate Central Peoria shooting
UPDATED 4:27 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Three people are injured after a shooting Tuesday afternoon in an area of Peoria that's on the border of the West Bluff and Central Peoria areas. Police say a call cam...
Aug 23, 2022 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Six injured in two-vehicle crash near hospital
UPDATED 6:21 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - At least six people may be injured as the result of one of two accidents near UnityPoint Methodist Medical Center Tuesday afternoon. Peoria Police say the main acciden...
Aug 23, 2022 (25 News)
Former Louisville officer pleads guilty to Breonna Taylor cover-up - New York Times
(Reuters) -A former Louisville detective pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to helping falsify a search warrant that led to the killing of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman whose death fueled a wa...
Aug 23, 2022 FILE PHOTO - Tamika Palmer, the mother of Breonna Taylor, stands next to a painting of her daughter at a gathering to mark two years since police officers shot and killed Breonna Taylor when they entered her home, at Jefferson Square Park in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., March 13, 2022. REUTERS/Jon Cherry
Shots not fired at Peoria school
PEORIA, Ill. - No, gun shots were NOT fired in the area of a Peoria school Tuesday afternoon. Peoria Police say what people heard after 1:00 P.M. in the area of Annie Jo Gordon Community Learning Cent...
Aug 23, 2022 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
