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IDHS moves county jail inmates who need mental health treatment
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Some sheriffs and State's Attorneys in Illinois are declaring a victory, now that inmates with mental health issues will be transferred from county jails to Illinois Department of ...
Aug 05, 2022 (File-Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD)
Peoria man arrested on drug charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is jailed after he was caught allegedly trying to sell drugs. Peoria police say Mikeren Turner, 53, faces charges of both Possession and Distribution of a Controlled Substa...
Aug 05, 2022
Police: Masked suspects stick up pizza delivery driver in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. --We're learning about a reported robbery of a pizza delivery driver in Peoria this week. Police say it happened Thursday shortly after 11:40 a.m. The victim told officers he was deliveri...
Aug 05, 2022 Midwest Communications
Peoria prepares to welcome back the St. Jude runners
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's a big weekend for St. Jude. The Memphis to Peoria St. Jude runners are making their way back home, and some of the longer satellite runs, from Chicago and St. Louis, are already h...
Aug 05, 2022 (stjuderuns.org)
U.S. job growth beats expectations; unemployment rate falls to 3.5%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers hired far more workers than expected in July, with the unemployment rate falling to a pre-pandemic low of 3.5%, providing the strongest evidence yet that the econ...
Aug 05, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian passes a "Help Wanted" sign in the door of a hardware store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/
U.S. calls China's military action over Taiwan unjustified, Beijing sanctioning Pelosi
TAIPEI (Reuters) -China's firing of missiles during military drills around Taiwan was an unjustified escalation, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, as Beijing said it would impose sanctions ...
Aug 05, 2022 The Rocket Force under the Eastern Theatre Command of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) conducts conventional missile tests into the waters off the eastern coast of Taiwan, from an undisclosed location in this handout released on August 4, 2022. Eastern Theatre Command/Handout via REUTERS
Key U.S. Senator Sinema agrees to $430 billion drug, energy bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema said on Thursday she agreed to "move forward" on a $430 billion drug pricing, energy and tax bill, subject to a Senate arbiter's approval o...
Aug 05, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Senator Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat from Arizona, speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing for Shalanda Young, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) nominee for U.S. President Joe Biden, in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 1, 2022. Bonnie Cash/Pool via REUTERS
Peoria home catches fire a second time overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- A vacant home on W. Garden Street in Peoria went up in flames Thursday night for the second time in less than two weeks. Fire Battalion Chief Lore Baxter said crews were called to the ...
Aug 05, 2022 liz west / CC
Judge finds man unfit to stand trial on murder charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been found unfit to stand trial after he allegedly killed his grandmother. A judge has ruled Cody Krause, 28, will spend the next year in a Department of Human Service ...
Aug 04, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Jury finds Alex Jones must pay $4.1 million for Sandy Hook hoax claims
(Reuters) - U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay parents of a child killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre at least $4.1 million for falsely claiming the shooting was a hoax, a Texas jury sa...
Aug 04, 2022 Alex Jones steps outside of the Travis County Courthouse, to do interviews with media after he was questioned under oath about text messages and emails by lawyer Mark Bankston, in Austin, Texas, U.S. August 3, 2022. Briana Sanchez/Pool via REUTERS
