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Weekend "move over" crash hospitalizes Peoria police officer
PEORIA, Ill. --A weekend crash in Peoria injured a handful of people and left one Peoria Police officer in the hospital. Illinois State Police investigators say it happened shortly before 8:40 p.m. Sa...
Aug 01, 2022 Midwest Communications
Peoria Police announce details in weekend gun arrests
PEORIA, Ill. --Peoria Police have released details in a pair of recent gun arrests from over the weekend. Officers reportedly caught two men with illegal guns, one late Saturday night and the other in...
Aug 01, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Biden again tests positive for COVID-19, says he feels fine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again on Saturday in what the White House doctor described as a "rebound" case seen in a small percentage of patients who t...
Jul 31, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden walks after delivering remarks on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 28, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Democrats hope to dodge 'booby traps' to pass U.S. Senate climate, drugs bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Democrats aim to dodge "booby traps" including COVID and surprises from within their own ranks to pass a $430 billion drugs and climate change bill agreed to by Major...
Jul 31, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) speaks to journalists in the United States Capitol building in Washington, U.S., May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
More of state at "high" COVID-19 spread; Tri-Counties move down
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - New cases of COVID-19 are again ticking up in Illinois, as is the number of counties most likely to have spread of the disease. The Illinois Department of Public Health says anothe...
Jul 30, 2022 (Centers for Disease Control)
Federal prison sentence for Peoria gun crime
PEORIA, Ill. - A federal judge has given a Peoria man almost eight years in prison after a gun found almost two years ago during a traffic stop was his. The U.S. Attorney's Office says federal Judge J...
Jul 30, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Man gets 10 years for meth selling
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man will spend the minimum amount he could have received in federal prison after pleading guilty to a federal drug charge. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Russell Clemens, 42, ...
Jul 30, 2022 (Peoria County Jail 2021)
Wildlife Prairie Park's 'Big Mike' passes away
HANNA CITY, Ill. - "Everyone who visited Big Mike walked away with a feeling of peace." Those are some of the words on social media from Wildlife Prairie Park about "Big Mike" the bison. "Big Mike" di...
Jul 30, 2022 (Wildlife Prairie Park via Facebook)
Conspiracy website InfoWars parent files for bankruptcy
(Reuters) -The parent of far-right conspiracy website InfoWars filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection on Friday as the company and its founder Alex Jones face up to $150 million in damages in a trial ov...
Jul 30, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Alex Jones of Infowars talks to the media while visiting the U.S. Senate's Dirksen Senate office building as Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 5, 2018. Twitter permanently banned Jones and Infowars from its platforms September 6 over his actions seen on Twitter while visiting the building. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
At least 25 die in 'epic' Kentucky floods, including 6 children
UPDATED 10:11 a.m. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear told FOX News Saturday morning the death toll had gone up from 16, to 25. ------------------------ (Reuters) -The death toll in eastern Kentucky rose to a...
Jul 30, 2022 Tonya Smith, whose trailer was washed away by flooding, reaches for food from her mother Ollie Jean Johnson to give to Smith's father, Paul Johnson, as the trio used a rope to hang on over a swollen Grapevine Creek in Perry County, Kentucky, U.S. July 28, 2022. Matt Stone/USA Today Network via REUTERS
