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Peoria Police arrest juveniles for suspected carjacking
PEORIA, Ill. - Two juveniles been arrested by Peoria Police for allegedly trying to steal a vehicle not far from Bradley University's Campustown. Peoria Police say a man was sitting in his car around ...
Apr 07, 2022 MWC-Peoria Police Media Release
Jaws of Life used in North Valley accident
PEORIA, Ill. - The Jaws of Life once again had to be used in a mid-afternoon accident in Peoria's North Valley Thursday afternoon. Peoria Fire says the accident happened near Wayne and Perry Streets a...
Apr 07, 2022 Midwest Communications
IL Senators react to Brown-Jackson Supreme Court vote
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Illinois' top lawmakers are among those reacting to the approval Thursday by the Senate of Ketanji Brown-Jackson to be a Supreme Court Justice. "She turned out to be a pillar of str...
Apr 07, 2022 The White House
Senate confirms Jackson as first Black woman on U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court in a milestone for the United States and a victory for Presid...
Apr 07, 2022 U.S. Supreme Court nominee and federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson smiles during a meeting with U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 4, 2022. REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy
Peoria likely to see 5th straight April snow late this week
PEORIA, Ill. -- April snow has traditionally been a fairly rare occurrence in Peoria, but not in the last five years. With snow in the forecast for late Thursday and early Friday, forecasters are pred...
Apr 07, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond, File
IL House Republicans want DCFS audit in wake of Jones death
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Some Republican lawmakers in Illinois want the Department of Children and Family Services to be audited, in the wake of three child abuse-related deaths since January, including ei...
Apr 07, 2022 Illinois House Republican Party
United Nations suspends Russia from human rights body over Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday suspended Russia from the U.N. Human Rights Council over reports of "gross and systematic violations and abuses of human right...
Apr 07, 2022 Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations delivers remarks during an emergency special session of the U.N. General Assembly on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S. April 7, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall as labor market tightens, seasonal factors revised
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, indicating a further tightening of labor market conditions heading into the second quarter, wh...
Apr 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud/File Photo
IL House Democrats introduce $45.6 billion budget
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois House is preparing to debate a proposed $45.6 billion budget and relief plan in the final week of the spring session. The budget, crafted by House Democrats, funds pu...
Apr 07, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
U.S. House holds former Trump aides in contempt over Capitol attack probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives recommended contempt of Congress charges on Wednesday for Peter Navarro and Daniel Scavino, former aides to Donald Trump, for failing to coopera...
Apr 07, 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
