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Peoria shooting leaves one injured
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just after 6 p.m. Sunday to the area of Grinnell and Griswold after two ShotSpotter alerts indicated six rounds were fired. When officers arrived, they found ...
Mar 21, 2022 (25 News)
Ukraine defies Russian demand to lay down arms in Mariupol
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine defied a Russian demand that its forces lay down arms before dawn on Monday in Mariupol, where hundreds of thousands of civilians have been trapped in a city under si...
Mar 21, 2022 A man carries his belongings while walking along a road past tanks of pro-Russian troops during Ukraine-Russia conflict on the outskirts of the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine March 20, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Jackson vows independence amid Republican attacks
UPDATED 2:53 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden's nominee to become the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, pledged independence if confirmed and embraced a...
Mar 21, 2022 Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson listens during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 21, 2022. J. Scott Applewhite/Pool via REUTERS
Supreme Court Justice Thomas in hospital for infection
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was admitted to a hospital in Washington on Friday after experiencing flu-like symptoms and was diagnosed with an infection, the high ...
Mar 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas participates in taking a new "family photo" with his fellow justices at the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Twin Towers building evacuated after fire Sunday
PEORIA, Ill. -- One person was hospitalized after a fire broke out in downtown Peoria's Twin Towers Sunday evening. Fire Battalion Chief Michael Hughes said the fire started just after 5:00 p.m. on th...
Mar 21, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Biden administration plans to resume plans for federal oil and gas development
(Reuters) -The Biden administration on Friday said it would resume plans for oil and gas development on federal lands following a court ruling this week that temporarily restored a measure meant to fa...
Mar 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A drilling rig operates in the Permian Basin oil and natural gas production area in Lea County, New Mexico, U.S., February 10, 2019. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo
Pope says 'slaughters and atrocities' committed daily in Ukraine
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, continuing his implicit criticism of Russia, called the conflict in Ukraine an unjustified "senseless massacre" and urged leaders to stop "this repugnant war". "...
Mar 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis holds the weekly general audience at the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, March 2, 2022. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo
ICC Women's Basketball takes 7th in NJCAA Tournament
PORT HURON, Mich. - After losing their first game in the NJCAA Women's Basketball Tournament, the Illinois Central College women finished strong. The fourth-seeded Cougars won their remaining games in...
Mar 20, 2022 (Alex Staab via Twitter)
Pekin officers to be honored for saving life of drowning boy
PEKIN, Ill. - Some first responders who helped save the life of a four year old boy last month in Pekin will be honored Monday. Pekin Police say the police officers and firefighters who responded Febr...
Mar 20, 2022 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Two dead, five injured, in Tazewell County crash
TREMONT, Ill. - Two people are dead and five others are injured after a crash late Saturday afternoon in Tazewell County. The Tazewell County Sheriffs Department says it happened south of Tremont near...
Mar 20, 2022 Midwest Communications
