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Congress demands answers from Trump about Soleimani killing
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two top Senate Democrats are calling on President Donald Trump to immediately declassify the administration's reasoning for the deadly strike on an Iranian official. Senate Minority ...
Julia Bradley Jan 06, 2020 Mourners walk back from a funeral ceremony for Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in front of the former U.S. Embassy, who was killed with others in Iraq by a Friday U.S. drone attack, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. Funeral ceremonies for Soleimani drew a crowd said by police to be in the millions, on Monday in Tehran, where his replacement vowed to take revenge. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
PPD cruiser involved in weekend crash
PEORIA, Ill. -- Public Information Officer Amy Dotson confirms a Peoria Police officer was involved in a two-vehicle accident Saturday night in downtown Peoria. The crash happened about 11:45 p.m. nea...
Julia Bradley Jan 06, 2020
More Illinois seniors qualifying for state benefits
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - More Illinois seniors will qualify for state benefits such as discounted license plates in 2020. The Illinois Department of Aging says it's using new, higher income limits to ...
Julia Bradley Jan 06, 2020
Former Washington Girls Basketball coach sentenced
WASHINGTON, Ill. (25 News) -- A former Washington Community High School basketball coach is in jail for sexual misconduct. 23-year-old Hayley Reneau pleaded guilty to to sexual contact with someone be...
Julia Bradley Jan 06, 2020 (Tazewell County Jail)
Accident in Pennsylvania kills 5 and injures 60
GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) - Officials in Pennsylvania say five people have been killed and dozens more hospitalized in a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. A turnpike spokesman tells The Associated Press ...
Dalton Kemper Jan 05, 2020 Midwest Communications
Thousands mourn Iranian general as region braces for revenge
BAGHDAD (AP) - Thousands of militiamen and other supporters chanting "America is the Great Satan" marched in a funeral procession in Baghdad for Iran's top general, who was killed in a U.S. airstrike....
Dalton Kemper Jan 04, 2020 AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi
Police identify suspect in Rockford hostage situation
ROCKFORD, Ill. -- Authorities have released the name and charges against the suspect in the hostage situation at Heritage Credit Union in Rockford, Illinois. Police have identified the suspect as Nich...
Julia Bradley Jan 04, 2020 Winnebago Co. Jail
Peoria sees a little over an inch of snow overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Light snow fell across Central Illinois Friday night, with accumulations in Peoria around 1.1 inches according to the National Weather Service. Sie Maroon, with Peoria Public Works, sa...
Julia Bradley Jan 04, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Iran vows revenge for attack that killed powerful general
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iran has vowed to retaliate after a U.S. airstrike in Iraq killed the mastermind of its interventions across the Middle East. Tensions between the two countries have soared. Reflecting ...
Mike Sabol Jan 03, 2020 mwc-AP News Photo Credit
PSA to workers: do the math
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Double check your pay stub. 2020 has dawned, and so, too, has Illinois's new minimum wage rate of $9.25 an hour. The Illinois Department of Labor said it expects employees to reme...
Rick Hirschmann Jan 03, 2020 AP Photo/LM Otero, File