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PPD: Peoria murder case closure rate in 2021 just over 26 percent
UPDATE: 1:12 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- While violent gun crimes saw a major drop in the first two months of this year in Peoria, police still have a lot of open murder cases left over from last year to sol...
Mar 04, 2022
City Council to be asked to support sale of Spirit of Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City Council is being asked to essentially let the sale of the Spirit of Peoria riverboat go through. On the agenda for Tuesday night's City Council meeting is a vote by the ...
Mar 04, 2022 (25 News)
Peoria man pleads guilty to federal charges in 2021 gun store burglary
PEORIA, Ill. -- Federal prosecutors say a Peoria has pleaded guilty to charges he stole more than 20 firearms from a local gun shop. 29-year-old Corey Brooks broke in through a window at Pinnacle Gun ...
Mar 04, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Deceased female found in Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. -- Pekin Police were called to the area of Main and Sabella Thursday afternoon for an unresponsive female. When officers arrived just after 2 p.m., they found a woman not breathing. Medica...
Mar 04, 2022 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
U.S. job growth far exceeds expectations in February; unemployment rate falls to 3.8%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth surged in February, pushing the unemployment rate to a two-year low of 3.8%, raising optimism that the economy could withstand mounting headwinds from geopolitic...
Mar 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A restaurant advertising jobs looks to attract workers in Oceanside, California, U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo/File Photo
We don't seek conflict with Russia but we are ready for it, U.S. says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO will defend all its allies and territory against a Russian attack, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday, as he arrived for a meeting of the alliance's foreig...
Mar 04, 2022 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, before a NATO foreign ministers meeting amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium March 4, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman/Pool
IL legislation aims to remove age limit on leaving kids home alone
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Legislation passed by the Illinois House this week leaves it up to parents to decide when a child is old enough to stay home alone. Many parents may not even know state law sets a...
Mar 04, 2022 US Department of Education / CC
Trump to turn over documents in New York civil probe, need not testify during appeal
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump will turn over some documents to New York's attorney general for her civil probe into his business practices, but need not answer questions under oath while he appeal...
Mar 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, U.S. February 28, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo
Ukraine says Russian forces seize Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
KYIV (Reuters) -Russian military forces have seized the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant - Europe's largest - in Ukraine's southeast, the regional state administration said on Friday. "Operational per...
Mar 04, 2022 A general view of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in Ukraine in this June 12, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Stringer
Pritzker: I met with federal prosecutors investigating Madigan
DeKALB, Ill. - Governor JB Pritzker continuing to answer questions now that former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has been charged with racketeering and bribery. During an event Thursday to to...
Mar 03, 2022 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy (file)
