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Update: Victim of Peoria vehicle vs. pedestrian crash identified
UPDATE: (4:43 a.m. Monday) Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the man hit by a truck the intersection of Allen Road and Willow Knolls Friday night as 58-year-old Gary Duncan, of S. Lyd...
Jun 05, 2022 Midwest Communications
PPD: Two wounded in car chase and shooting off W. McClure Ave.
PEORIA, Ill. -- A car chase and shooting in broad daylight has Peoria Police officers busy looking for suspects this weekend. According to an updated release from the Peoria Police Department, officer...
Jun 05, 2022 Midwest Communications
Update: Five-vehicle crash on I-55 leaves two dead
(UPDATE-- 8:12 a.m. ) McLEAN COUNTY, Ill. -- Southbound traffic on Interstate 55 south of Bloomington-Normal was diverted at exit 154 Friday afternoon as Illinois State Police responded to a five-vehi...
Jun 04, 2022 Midwest Communications
Crews use 'Jaws of Life' in Friday night crash
PEORIA, Ill. -- Just before midnight Friday, emergency crews responded to the intersection of Sterling and War Memorial Drive to a three-vehicle crash. The driver of one of the cars was trapped inside...
Jun 04, 2022 (25 News)
Firefighters called to Peoria hotel overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called early Saturday morning to the Pere Marquette Hotel on W. Main Street on reports of a fire. Crews arrived just before 2:30 a.m., finding smoke in the hot...
Jun 04, 2022 liz west / CC
McCormick concedes to Mehmet Oz in U.S. Senate Republican primary
(Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican primary candidate David McCormick on Friday conceded to his rival wellness celebrity Dr. Mehmet Oz in the deadlocked race for the party's nomination. Oz, who was bac...
Jun 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Republican Party U.S. Senate candidate David McCormick greets supporters at an election night event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. May 17, 2022. REUTERS/Quinn Glabicki/File Photo
Police arrest man with body armor, ammunition outside U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Michigan man was arrested outside the U.S. Capitol on Friday morning after he presented a fake badge to police who then discovered a BB gun, body armor and high capacity magazi...
Jun 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol is seen at sunset on the eve of the first anniversary of the January 6, 2021 attack on the building, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 5, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Former Trump adviser Navarro indicted for contempt of Congress in Jan 6 probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Peter Navarro, a former top adviser to ex-President Donald Trump, has been charged with contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with a House of Representatives investigati...
Jun 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former White House advisor Peter Navarro leaves the West Wing carrying a poster board displaying claims of voting irregularity at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Erin Scott//File Photo
Peoria Head Start initiatives receive $3.6M federal grant funding boost
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's local Head Start programs are getting a major boost in the form of federal grants through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. District 17 Congresswoman Cheri Bus...
Jun 03, 2022 Midwest Communications
Workers United announces new "Strike and Defense Fund" for Starbucks employees
PEORIA, Ill. -- Workers United, a group backing Starbucks employees who are seeking support from organized laber, have announced a new Strike and Defense Fund for those employees. On Thursday, the uni...
Jun 03, 2022 Paul Bischoff / CC
