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Riverton officer charged with head-butting suspect
RIVERTON, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois police department has been charged with felony aggravated battery and official misconduct after he allegedly head-butted a drunken driving suspect earlier this...
Feb 22, 2020
Inmate dubbed the 'Starved Rock Killer' freed after 59 years
PINCKNEYVILLE, Ill. (AP) - An 80-year-old man has been freed after spending nearly 60 years in prison following his 1961 conviction in the killing of one of three suburban Chicago women who were bludg...
Feb 21, 2020 MWC-Weger - Photo Credit - IL -DOC
Multiple companies battle Peoria Heights fire
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Companies from Peoria and metro Peoria assisted Friday with an apartment fire. A call came in just after 3:00 of a structure fire at 5533 N Galena Rd. Crews from Limestone, Chi...
Feb 21, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
US and Taliban agree to terms for peace deal
ISLAMABAD (AP) - The United States and the Taliban have agreed to sign a peace deal next week aimed at ending 18 years of war in Afghanistan and bringing U.S. troops home, wrapping up America's longes...
Feb 21, 2020 (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)
CityLink receives funds for electric bus
PEORIA, Ill. -- CityLink in Peoria has received $1.23 million from the Edwards Settlement Fund Distribution. The settlement was the result of a 2013 lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club, Natural Resources...
Feb 21, 2020 Courtesy of Kevin Bessler/WMBD
Intel officials say Russia boosting Trump candidacy
WASHINGTON (AP) - A new warning about Russian interference in the 2020 election is raising questions about whether the U.S. is doing enough to prevent the kind of meddling the country saw in the 2016 ...
Feb 21, 2020 FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 file photo, President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia. An Associated Press review shows the idea of Ukrainian interference took root during Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, was spread online and then amplified by Putin before some of America’s elected officials made it their truth. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Peoria crews battle garage fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighters responded to a call just after 7 p.m. Thursday in the 1300 block of W. Martin. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Nate Rice said a two stall garage was on fire. "It was pr...
Feb 21, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Ex-Gov. Blagojevich on the job hunt
CHICAGO (AP) - An ex-governor and ex-con, with strong speaking skills and good hair is seeking employment. Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is in the hunt for a post-prison career. His options cou...
Feb 21, 2020 Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich acknowledges Chicago Cubs' fan Ronnie Woo Woo after a news conference outside his home Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, in Chicago. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump commuted Blagojevich's 14-year prison sentence for political corruption. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Peoria and East Peoria Gordmans closing
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two local Gordmans stores are closing. A spokesperson for Gordmans says the Peoria location at the Shoppes at Grand Prairie and the East Peoria location in the Levee District are going...
Feb 21, 2020
One person injured in a shooting in central Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert around 8 p.m. Thursday in the 500 block of N. Lynn. Five shots were fired. Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said a short time later,...
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