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Washington PD has new Sergeant
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- There's been a promotion for a Washington Police officer. Brian Simpson has been moved up to the rank of sergeant. Simpson started in 2013 with the Washington P.D. He has been assi...
Dec 02, 2019 MWC- Photo Credit - Washington Police Department.
Pekin Corps seeks record amount with Christmas campaign
PEKIN, Ill. -- Pekin's Salvation Army needs your help this holiday season. The Corps' goal for the annual Christmas campaign has been set at $245,000. Honorary Campaign Chair Jeff Lange told WMBD's Gr...
Dec 02, 2019
Parking tax would support statewide construction
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A tax on parking places to help finance Illinois' $45 billion statewide construction plan has lawmakers taking a second look. The State Journal-Register reports that the tax t...
Dec 02, 2019 Midwest Communications
House impeachment report coming ahead of landmark hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House impeachment report on President Donald Trump will be unveiled Monday behind closed doors for key lawmakers, as Democrats push ahead despite the White House's declaration it...
Dec 02, 2019 House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., with committee staffer Daniel Noble at left, makes impassioned remarks at the conclusion of a week of public impeachment hearings on President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. Former White House national security aide Fiona Hill, and David Holmes, a U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, were the final witnesses today. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Peoria yard waste season ends soon
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's last weekly pickup of yard waste will be from December 9-13th. City officials said in a news release that pickups of grass clippings, leaves, tree limbs, and brush will resume...
Dec 02, 2019
Van stolen with infant inside, police search for suspect
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police are searching for a suspect who stole a vehicle Sunday morning with an infant inside. At about 9:45 a.m. Sunday, police responded to a report of a stolen vehicle with an ...
Dec 01, 2019 Peoria Police
Brimfield man dies in single-vehicle crash
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- A 38-year-old Brimfield man died in a single-vehicle crash late Saturday night. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said Joseph Hersemann, the driver of the vehicle, was pronoun...
Dec 01, 2019 Midwest Communications
Authorities: nine killed, three injured in South Dakota plane crash
CHAMBERLAIN, S.D. (AP) - Authorities say nine people have been killed after a plane crashed in South Dakota. Peter Knudson with the National Transportation Safety Board tells The Associated Press 12 p...
Dec 01, 2019 MWC-Jets-PhotoCredit - Flicker
Flights cancelled in Denver causing delays at Chicago airports
CHICAGO - Airlines at Chicago's two major international airports reported average delays of 15 minutes as a winter storm heads toward the Midwest with heavy snow and ice and gusty winds. The companies...
Nov 30, 2019 MWC-PhotoCredit - AP News Photo
Counterterror police see clues in deadly London stabbings
LONDON (AP) - UK counterterrorism police are searching for clues into an attack that left two people dead and three injured near London Bridge. Police said Saturday a man imprisoned six years for terr...
Nov 30, 2019 Forensic officers attend the scene in central London, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019, after an attack on London Bridge on Friday. UK counterterrorism police on Saturday searched for clues into how a man imprisoned for terrorism offenses before his release last year managed to stab several people before being tackled by bystanders and shot dead by officers on London Bridge. Two people were killed and three wounded. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)in London, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
