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Arson appears to be the cause of a fire Sunday morning in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria crews responded to an early morning fire at a vacant home on Sunday which appears to have been intentionally set. Fire Battalion Chief Mike Ralston said just before 1:30 a.m., th...
Mar 23, 2026 Midwest Communications
Passenger jet collides with fire truck in New York's LaGuardia, killing both pilots
By Gursimran Mehar, Bing Guan and Shubham Kalia NEW YORK, March 23 (Reuters) - An Air Canada Express jet collided with a fire truck while landing at New York's LaGuardia airport late on Sunday, killin...
Mar 23, 2026 Damage to an Air Canada Express jet that had collided with a ground vehicle at New York's La Guardia Airport in Queens, New York, U.S. March 23, 2026. REUTERS/Bing Guan
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices up more than 34 cents in the last week alone
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have increased by 34.4 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.02 on Monday, according to GasBuddy and AAA Illinois. Peoria's prices are 115.7 cents...
Mar 23, 2026 Orin Zebest / CC
Trump threatens to put ICE agents in airports over funding impasse
WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to U.S. airports if congressional Democrats do not immediately ...
Mar 21, 2026 Passengers wait in long TSA lines as a partial government shutdown continues, at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., March 20, 2026. REUTERS/Megan Varner
'Operation Last Watch' honors local veterans at the end of life
PEORIA, Ill. - Operation Last Watch, started by local Navy vet Rick Otey, aims to honor Central Illinois veterans receiving hospice or end of life care. "This is a last effort to say,'Hey, we really a...
Mar 21, 2026 Ken Jones / CC
Trump says US considering 'winding down' Iran war
By Jana Choukeir, Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart DUBAI/WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said the U.S. was considering "winding down" its military operation against Iran, as Iran an...
Mar 21, 2026 An armoured personnel carrier (APC) and a self-propelled artillery unit at the Israeli side of the border with Lebanon, amid escalation between Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel, and amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in northern Israel, March 20, 2026. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Trump's peace board hands Hamas disarmament proposal, sources say
By Pesha Magid and Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM, March 21 (Reuters) - Donald Trump's Board of Peace has presented Hamas with a written proposal on how it could lay down its weapons, two sources said, a step t...
Mar 21, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff attend the inaugural Board of Peace meeting at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 19, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Airports rush to feed unpaid TSA workers as belts tighten
WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - As government funding for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security remains frozen in Congress, airports are running food drives and accepting donations for security sc...
Mar 21, 2026 TSA agents perform security checks as passengers wait in long lines during a partial government shutdown at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., March 20, 2026. REUTERS/Megan Varner
PPD makes third arrest in November armed robbery case
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police have arrested a third suspect in connection with an armed robbery and aggravated battery that occurred last November. PPD Spokesperson Semone Roth says around 6 p.m. on Th...
Mar 21, 2026 Peoria Police Department
Fire temporarily closes Rhythm Kitchen on Peoria's riverfront
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire at Rhythm Kitchen restaurant on Peoria's riverfront Friday afternoon caused an estimated $10,000 damage, but quick action by employees and the kitchen's sprinkler system kept the...
Mar 21, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
