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Man pleads not guilty to arson, home invasion, battery charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has entered not guilty pleas to charges accusing him of assaulting a woman, and causing a fire. Peoria County Court records indicate William Drummond, 51, entered the pleas...
Mar 25, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Emiquon Preserve open to public again following bird flu concern
LEWISTOWN, Ill. - A Fulton County nature preserve closed when a dead bird was found to have a form of avian influenza is now back open again. The Nature Conservancy operates the Emiquon Preserve in Fu...
Mar 25, 2022 (Illinois Office of Tourism)
Man goes to federal prison for sawed-off shotgun possession
PEORIA, Ill. - A former Peoria man will spend a couple years in prison after pleading guilty to having a gun when he shouldn't have. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Roy Rolfe, 40, of Metropolis, was s...
Mar 25, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thomas is discharged from hospital -Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who was hospitalized with flu-like symptoms last week, was discharged from the hospital on Friday morning, the Supreme Court said. Th...
Mar 25, 2022 U.S. Department of Agriculture
Fifth man sentenced to prison in federal firearms case
PEORIA, Ill. - The U.S. Attorney's Office says the fifth of five people convicted of stealing guns from a Peoria-area retailer almost two years ago has learned his fate. Prosecutors say Jaquon Timothy...
Mar 25, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Man gets 12 years in federal prison on drug charges
PEORIA, Ill. -- A high level drug pusher who operated around Peoria and Bloomington will now spend more than a decade in federal prison. It's the announcement from U.S. Attorneys for the Central Distr...
Mar 25, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
East Peoria Man sentenced to over 12 years in prison on child porn charges
PEORIA, Ill. -- An East Peoria man was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years and seven months in prison for possession of child pornography, followed by a life term of supervised release. The United States ...
Mar 25, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Supreme Court justice Thomas's wife urged Trump White House to overturn 2020 election -report
(Reuters) -Virginia Thomas, the wife of conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, urged former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to work to overturn the results of the 2020 elect...
Mar 25, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Associate Justice Clarence Thomas poses during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., April 23, 2021. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Donald Trump sues Hillary Clinton over 2016 Russian collusion allegations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump on Thursday sued his rival in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Hillary Clinton, and several other Democrats, alleging that they tried to rig that election by tyi...
Mar 25, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, U.S. February 26, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo
Biden seals LNG deal to help EU face energy crunch amid 'Russia's brutal war'
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The United States will supply the European Union with more liquefied natural gas (LNG) to help curb its reliance on Russian fossil fuels, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday, a...
Mar 25, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden and European Council President Charles Michel shake hands, during a European Union leaders summit, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
