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West Nile Virus detected in Peoria County sample
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department is reporting the first West Nile virus positive mosquito sample detected in Peoria County for 2022. The positive sample indicates that W...
Jul 20, 2022 pingnews.com
U.S. existing home sales slide again in June
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. existing home sales fell for a fifth straight month in June to the lowest level in two years as record-high prices and fast-rising interest rates make buying a home too expen...
Jul 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A house under construction is seen at Hawthorne Estates by D. R. Horton in Medford, New Jersey, U.S., May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
U.S. House panel seeks to advance bill to ban assault-style rifles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives panel on Wednesday was set to advance a bill banning assault-style rifles such as those used in recent mass shootings, and ...
Jul 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) leads the U.S. House of Representatives in passing the "Bipartisan Safer Communities Act" gun safety legislation in the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 24, 2022. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
Biden to announce executive actions on climate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will announce a set of executive actions aimed at addressing climate change on Wednesday in a visit to the site of a former coal-fired plant in Massachusetts...
Jul 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks before signing an executive order to help safeguard women's access to abortion and contraception after the Supreme Court last month overturned Roe v Wade decision that legalized abortion, at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Public demands action on Peoria's violence reduction funding
PEORIA, Ill. -- There's been discussion for weeks on what Peoria will spend violence reduction funds on. Tuesday night, council spent several more hours discussing the process. Peoria City Council wor...
Jul 20, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Shooting Tuesday night leaves two injured
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two women are in the hospital after a shooting in Peoria Tuesday night. According to Peoria Public Information Officer Semone Roth, PPD responded to three ShotSpotter alerts in the are...
Jul 20, 2022 Scott Davidson / CC
Motor racing-NASCAR to hold race on the streets of Chicago next year
(Reuters) - NASCAR will hold its first-ever Cup Series street race in downtown Chicago in July 2023, the stock car racing circuit said on Tuesday, as it continues to make inroads into major U.S. metro...
Jul 19, 2022 An illustration shows a proposed course layout for NASCAR's first-ever Cup Series Street Race, in this undated handout image. NASCAR/Handout via REUTERS
More details released about death of man found in Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. - The death of a man whose body was found in Pekin Monday morning apparently remains a mystery. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley says he is so far only identifying the victim as a 38...
Jul 19, 2022 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pekin woman arrested in Henderson County on drug charges
BIGGSVILLE, Ill. - A Pekin woman is in trouble with the law in a county not far from the Illinois/Iowa Border. The Henderson County Sheriffs Department says deputies pulled over Chelsea Forrester, 28,...
Jul 19, 2022 (Henderson County Sheriffs Department)
Warehouse building near Dozer Park catches fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Firefighters say a spark from a welder caused a fire at a facility not far from Dozer Park. Crews responded to GRM Industries and Natural Fiber Welding in the 800 block of SW Jef...
Jul 19, 2022 (25 News)
