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Police: Man shot, killed in alley
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police are investigating the city's 16th homicide, uncovered late Saturday night near downtown. Police say officers responded to a shots fired call in the 500 block of Spring St...
Aug 21, 2022 Midwest Communications
Peoria Police officer shoots, kills dog in late night encounter
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have reported details surrounding an incident where an officer shot a reportedly aggressive dog. Shortly after 11:30 p.m. Friday, police say officers responded to the 160...
Aug 20, 2022 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
IMA: Manufacturing demand growing, but still lacking proper workforce
PEORIA, Ill. -- While manufacturing remains a bedrock of the Illinois economy, challenges certainly remain especially in the labor force. "Before the pandemic started, we had 437,000 open manufacturin...
Aug 20, 2022 In this photo taken Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, smoke rises from a stack at the U.S. steel factory in the city of Smederevo, 45 kilometers east of Belgrade, Serbia. U.S. Steel announced its operating losses in Serbia spurred by Europe's debt crisis. The town is in a panic over a financial report released by Pittsburgh-based steel giant U.S. Steel that its plant in Smederevo, almost the sole source of income for its 100,000 people, is losing tens of millions of dollars. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Woman jailed after West Peoria stabbing
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - A woman is in jail after she allegedly stabbed two other people during an overnight dispute Saturday at a West Peoria bar. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says deputies were ca...
Aug 20, 2022 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
COVID numbers in Illinois continue declines
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The number of new cases of COVID-19 continues to be lower in Illinois, along with the number of counties most at risk of spreading the disease. The Illinois Department of Public He...
Aug 20, 2022 (Centers for Disease Control)
Russian missile wounds 12 in Ukrainian town not far from nuclear plant
KYIV (Reuters) -A Russian missile hit a residential area of a southern Ukrainian town not far from a nuclear power station on Saturday, wounding 12 civilians and heightening fears of a nuclear acciden...
Aug 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian service members observe an area at a position near a frontline, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine August 18, 2022. REUTERS/Dmytro Smolienko/File Photo
U.S. wants airlines to boost help for stranded, delayed passengers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has urged the 10 largest U.S. airlines to do more to help stranded and delayed passengers, calling the level of disruption travelers have...
Aug 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: People wait in long check-in lines after dozens of flights were listed as cancelled or delayed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) in Seattle, Washington, U.S. December 27, 2021. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson
Man out of jail after gun arrest
PEORIA, Ill. - A traffic stop led to a Peoria man being arrested on several felony weapons charges -- only one of which is actually being filed. Peoria Police say officers conducted the stop just afte...
Aug 20, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Police arrest man on gun charges after chase
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is back in jail after police say they found a gun on him after chasing him. Police say they were trying to get in contact with Chemare Irby, 29 -- who was wanted on at leas...
Aug 20, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
U.S. CDC probing E.coli outbreak in four states as some Wendy's customers fall ill
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is probing an E.coli bacteria outbreak in four states from an unknown food source, with many of the affected reported to have ha...
Aug 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell/
