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New virus from China confirmed in the US
SEATTLE (AP) - The U.S. has its first case of a new virus that was found only last month in China, but health officials say they believe the virus' overall risk to the American public remains low. A W...
Jan 21, 2020 (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
If you rent in Peoria, know your rights
PEORIA, Ill. -- Renters in Illinois are entitled to a safe, sanitary living environment. It's the law. According to Peoria's Assistant Community Development Director Joe Dulin, that includes a maintai...
Jan 21, 2020 1470/100.3 WMBD-Julia Bradley
Trump on mission to sell US overseas as Senate trial resumes
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) - President Donald Trump is on a mission to sell the United States to the global business community just as his historic impeachment trial gets underway in the Senate. When the...
Jan 21, 2020 US President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives in Davos, Switzerland on Marine One, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. President Trump arrived in Switzerland on Tuesday to start a two-day visit to the World Economic Forum. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Overnight shooting leaves one injured
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded just before 11:30 p.m. Monday to the 2400 block of Sheridan Road on reports of a shooting in the area. Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said officers found...
Jan 21, 2020
New Illinois law eliminates license suspension for non-moving violations
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a law that eliminates driver's license suspensions for most non-moving violations. The Democrat signed the measure last week. Pritzker says it wi...
Jan 20, 2020
Andrew Gillum speaks at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Luncheon event
PEORIA, Ill. -- Florida's first African-American nominee for governor was they keynote speaker for the Martin Luther King Jr. Luncheon at the Peoria Civic Center. During his first ever visit to Peoria...
Jan 20, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
ATV crash claims Chillicothe man's life
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. -- A Chillicothe man has been identified as the victim of a fatal Friday night ATV accident. The Peoria County Coroner's Office said 20-year-old Brandon Buckley suffered multiple blu...
Jan 20, 2020 Midwest Communications
U.S. marks King holiday amid fears of deep racial divisions
DETROIT (AP) - As the nation celebrates the holiday honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King, some worry that the country is not fulfilling the dream of the African American leader who strove against hate...
Jan 20, 2020 The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is visible through cherry blossom trees along the Tidal Basin, Saturday, March 30, 2019, in Washington. Peak bloom is expected April 1, according to the National Park Service. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Police: 2 dead, 15 reportedly injured in Missouri shooting
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Police in Kansas City, Missouri, say at least two people are dead and upwards of a dozen people may have been injured in a shooting outside a bar. Police say the shooting took ...
Jan 20, 2020
Dems elect Harmon to serve as president of Illinois Senate
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Don Harmon has been elected as the next Illinois Senate president, becoming the first new leader of the Illinois General Assembly's upper chamber in more than a decade. Harmon...
Jan 20, 2020 Illinois Sen. Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, speaks to reporters during a news conference at the Illinois State Capitol Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Springfield, Ill. On the eve of Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn’s budget address, Harmon announces rates that would be involved in a graduated income tax proposal. He insists that the issue is not being blotted out by House Speaker Michael Madigan’s proposal last week to impose a higher tax on millionaires, but that the proposals can work well together. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
