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Bill Burr to perform at Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. - A popular and not always clean comedian will include Peoria in the second half of his current tour. Bill Burr will bring his "Bill Burr (Slight Return)" tour to the Peoria Civic Center ...
May 16, 2022 Photo by Koury Angelo
PCCHD to begin vector surveillance for West Nile virus
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department will begin vector surveillance of mosquitoes and birds for West Nile virus beginning May 31 through October 15. Testing for West Nile will be d...
May 16, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Tractor hits power line, catches fire in El Paso
EL PASO, Ill. -- Firefighters say a tractor caught on fire after hitting a power line Sunday morning, leading to hundreds of thousands in damages. El Paso Fire Chief Neil Gauger told 25 News it happen...
May 16, 2022 (25 News)
U.S. could ratify Finnish NATO membership before August, Senate Republican leader says
HELSINKI (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress will seek to ratify Finland's application to join the Western military alliance NATO before going on holiday in August, U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConn...
May 16, 2022 Finland's President Sauli Niinisto and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell answer questions from the media after a meeting at the President's official residence Mantyniemi, in Helsinki, Finland, May 16, 2022. Lehtikuva/Roni Rekomaa via REUTERS
Churchgoers hog-tie gunman after shooting in California church kills one
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A gunman opened fire in a Southern California church during a lunch banquet on Sunday, killing one person and wounding five, before churchgoers detained the suspect and hog-tied...
May 16, 2022 Law enforcement officers are seen after a deadly shooting at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, California, U.S. May 15, 2022. REUTERS/David Swanson
Pekin woman dead after motorcycles collide with truck in Mason County
EASTON, Ill. - A three-vehicle accident - two of which were motorcycles - claimed the life of a woman from Pekin. Illinois State Police say the accident happened at 3:16 p.m. Saturday on Illinois 10 i...
May 15, 2022 Midwest Communications
NY suspect in racist shooting was detained for mental health check last year
BUFFALO, N.Y. (Reuters) - A white teenager who fatally shot 10 people in a racist attack at a New York grocery store in a Black neighborhood had been taken into custody and given a mental health evalu...
May 15, 2022 Law enforcement personnel stand outside the home of Buffalo supermarket shooting suspect Payton Gendron in Conklin, New York, U.S. May 15, 2022. REUTERS/Angus Mordant
Draw in first-ever Peoria City soccer match
PEORIA, Ill. - It wasn't the outcome the 1,100 in attendance wanted to see, but it still described as an electric atmosphere, as an era of soccer play in Peoria has begun. Two years after the announce...
May 15, 2022 Peoria City Soccer (file)
Peoria native helps families impacted by gun violence
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria native is working nationally to try and combat gun violence impacting children, among other areas. Doctor David Nayak now practices in the Chicago area, but founded "Strength t...
May 15, 2022 Dr. David Nayak (at podium). (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Gunman kills 10 in live-streamed racial attack at supermarket in Buffalo
BUFFALO, N.Y. (Reuters) - An 18-year-old white gunman shot 10 people to death and wounded three on Saturday at a grocery store in a Black neighborhood of upstate New York, before surrendering after wh...
May 15, 2022 A man is detained following a mass shooting in the parking lot of TOPS supermarket, in a still image from a social media video in Buffalo, New York, U.S. May 14, 2022. Courtesy of BigDawg/ via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT
