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Suspect in July 4 mass shooting near Chicago pleads not guilty
(Reuters) -An Illinois man accused of opening fire on spectators watching an Independence Day parade in a Chicago suburb last month pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to 117 counts connected to the attac...
Aug 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A mourner holds a sign advocating for gun control while visiting a memorial for victims of a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, U.S. July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
Why was there crime scene tape around gas stations?
PEORIA, Ill. - If you've seen a police presence and crime scene tape around some Peoria gas stations Wednesday, you're not alone. Problem is, we can't tell you much about what may be going on at local...
Aug 03, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
I-EMA: Be prepared for flash flooding and severe weather
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- With the threat of severe weather still lingering this week, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, or I-EMA, is reminding people to check the forecast before they go out, and ...
Aug 03, 2022
Kansas votes to preserve abortion rights in first post-Roe v. Wade election test
(Reuters) - Kansas voters on Tuesday rejected an effort to remove abortion protections from the state's constitution, a resounding win for the abortion rights movement in the first statewide electoral...
Aug 03, 2022 Abortion-rights supporters react as early polls showed that voters rejected a state constitutional amendment that would have declared there is no right to abortion, at a Kansans for Constitutional Freedom election watch party in Topeka, Kansas, U.S. August 2, 2022. Evert Nelson/USA Today Network via REUTERS.
Biden to sign another executive order seeking to protect abortion rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden plans to sign a second executive order on Wednesday meant to address the recent Supreme Court decision to end the nationwide constitutional right to abortion...
Aug 03, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the nation on the killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a U.S. drone strike, in Washington, U.S. August 1, 2022. Jim Watson/Pool via REUTERS
Baseball-Legendary Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully dies at 94
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Vin Scully, one of baseball's most revered broadcasters who called Dodgers' games for a record-breaking 67 years and narrated some of the sport's greatest moments, died on Tues...
Aug 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Los Angeles Dodgers announcer Vin Scully smiles in a broadcast booth during the National League MLB baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, April 25, 2007. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok (UNITED STATES)/File Photo
Peoria neighborhood evacuated after gas leak
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Fire crews were called just after 3:30 p.m. Tuesday to a home on NE Glendale Avenue, between Main and Hamilton on reports of a natural gas leak. Fire Battalion Chief Scott Strum...
Aug 03, 2022 (Midwest Communications/Flickr)
Officials address safety as students head back to school
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's a time of excitement for many families this week as thousands of school kids head back to class for the fall. Schools with the newly expanded annual calendar are starting this wee...
Aug 03, 2022 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
Grand jury indicts man for shooting of three-year-old
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been indicted by a grand jury for allegedly lying to police in connection to a shooting that left a three-year-old boy injured. Peoria County Court records indicate Ran...
Aug 02, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Police investigate carjacking, ask for public's help
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are releasing details of a carjacking incident that occurred late Monday night, and they say they need the public's help. Police say it happened at 11:17 p.m. in the 300 b...
Aug 02, 2022 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
