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UPDATE: Man arrested for overnight homicide in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- One man was killed and another man wounded in an overnight shooting in Peoria -- and police now say an arrest has been made. Peoria Public Information Officer Semone Roth said officers...
Apr 27, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Report: Police & Fire pension funding solutions remain risky and costly for taxpayers
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City leaders are on the hunt for different solutions to a long standing problem, how to fund a growing mountain of police and fire pension obligations on time. Under current sta...
Apr 27, 2022 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
U.S. judge blocks plan to lift COVID border restrictions for migrants
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge in Louisiana has ruled that U.S. authorities cannot immediately proceed with plans to lift pandemic restrictions that empowered U.S. agents at the Mexico border t...
Apr 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A man, part of a migrant caravan that arrived in the night in Mexico City, gets tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Basilica of Guadalupe's Pilgrims House in Mexico City, Mexico December 13, 2021. REUTERS/Luis Cortes/File Photo
Campustown Starbucks workers vote to unionize
PEORIA, Ill. - Workers at one Peoria Starbucks location have officially joined the wave of others across the country voting to unionize. Workers at the Campustown Starbucks voted Tuesday 9-2 to become...
Apr 26, 2022 25 News
Peoria County property tax bills go out, with one less payment option
PEORIA, Ill. - You've been warned. The Peoria County Treasurer's Office says annual real estate tax bills are going out this week, so you should receive yours any time now. But, the office says with t...
Apr 26, 2022 Alan Harder / CC
U.S. issues hazard alert letter to Amazon after fatal warehouse collapse
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a hazard alert letter to Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday after six contractors were fatally injured and another was severe...
Apr 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Amazon crew on lifts document the damage from the tornado that hit an Amazon distribution centre where the roof collapsed in Edwardsville, Illinois, U.S. December 13, 2021. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant/File Photo
Attorney: Support grows for media request to unseal documents in Rossi lawsuits
UPDATED 4:25 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - At least one of the groups of attorneys representing interests in the ongoing civil lawsuits against Reditus Labs CEO Aaron Rossi likes the idea of unsealing the docum...
Apr 26, 2022 Attorney Don Craven - 1470-100.3 WMBD via Zoom
Peoria Deputies arrest one, seize 100g of illicit marijuana after traffic stop
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria County Sheriff's Office says it seized more than 100 grams of black market marijuana following a traffic stop this week. Deputies say they spotted a suspect vehicle making a...
Apr 26, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Grand jury indicts man in death of grandmother
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has indicted a West Peoria man on charges he murdered his grandmother earlier this month. Records indicate the grand jury handed Cody Krause, 28, six counts o...
Apr 26, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
PIA celebrates 11th birthday of new terminal building
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria International Airport celebrates an important birthday Tuesday: it was 11 years ago that its brand new terminal opened to the public. There was some doubt back then when the ...
Apr 26, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
