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Man wanted for recent Peoria shooting arrested
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man wanted in connection with a recent shooting was arrested Tuesday night in Peoria. Peoria Police said Tre-Sean Dillard, 24, was seen leaving a home on W. Carmel as police were con...
Mar 10, 2022 (Peoria Co. Jail)
Man shot and killed Tuesday night identified by Peoria County Coroner
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert just after 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, indicating 8 rounds were fired in the area of W. Beverly and Knoxville Avenue. Peoria Public Information O...
Mar 09, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD
More than a dozen detained at possible Peoria drug den
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have announced a major drug and suspect bust from earlier in the week. PPD says on Tuesday, investigators were staking out a reported nuisance property along Northeast Mo...
Mar 09, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Caterpillar Foundation pledges $1M in humanitarian aide for Ukraine
PEORIA, Ill. -- Caterpillar has now pledged to help ease the suffering of those innocent civilians living through the horrors of war in Ukraine. CAT's philanthropic arm, The Caterpillar Foundation, is...
Mar 09, 2022 Caterpillar
Two fires, same Peoria house, both reportedly ruled arson
PEORIA, Ill. -- A house fire that kept Peoria crews busy both over last weekend and on Monday -- is now reported to have been arson -- both times. Flames originally sparked at the home Saturday. The h...
Mar 09, 2022 (25 News)
U.S. rejects Poland's offer to give it Russian-made fighter jets for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States rejected a surprise offer by NATO ally Poland on Tuesday to transfer its Russian-made MiG-29 fighter jets to a U.S. base in Germany as a way to replenish Ukrain...
Mar 09, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Polish Air Force MiG-29 pilot Adrian Rojek performs during the Radom Air Show at an airport in Radom, Poland August 23, 2015. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File photo
Peoria will cover damages for officer's crash at McDonalds
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City Council approved a settlement Tuesday to avoid a lawsuit after a police squad car crashed into a McDonald's restaurant just over a year ago. According to 25 News, Peoria wi...
Mar 09, 2022
U.S. Congress reaches agreement for Ukraine aid, government funding bill
(Reuters) - U.S. congressional leaders reached a bipartisan agreement early on Wednesday to allocate $13.6 billion in emergency aid for Ukraine and provide $15.6 billion to fight the COVID-19 pandemic...
Mar 09, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Capitol building as the sunrises in Washington, U.S., February 10, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Peoria settles lawsuit over police-involved shooting death
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City Council has approved a $415,000 out-of-court settlement of a lawsuit filed by the mother of a man shot-to-death by police in 2017. 25-year-old Eddie Russell Jr. suffere...
Mar 09, 2022 (25 News)
Action on 'Spirit of Peoria' deferred by council
PEORIA, Ill. -- City leaders in Peoria won't allow the sale of the Spirit of Peoria riverboat just yet. "Cast your ballots please on the deferral. Motion passes unanimously," said Mayor Rita Ali. The ...
Mar 09, 2022 (25 News)
