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Juvenile shot near Harrison Homes
PEORIA, Ill. -- A shooting near Harrison Homes left a juvenile wounded Thursday night, but Peoria Police said their injuries were non-life threatening. Police responded to the 2600 block of W. Montana...
Dec 03, 2021 (25 News)
Accused father pleads not guilty to killing infant son
Peoria, Ill -- A Peoria man accused in the death of his infant son has reportedly issued a plea of not guilty. Our news partner 25 News reports 23-year-old Zachary Yeo issued the plea in court on Thur...
Dec 02, 2021 Zachary Yeo (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Peoria County Board approves new district map
PEORIA, Ill. - Lost in the news of Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell telling the County Board he would not seek another term in next year's election, the board Tuesday took care of some mandated busi...
Dec 02, 2021 Peoria County Government via YouTube
U.S. Omicron plan: boosters, free at-home tests, tighter travel rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Thursday sought to ramp up its pandemic response following U.S. detection of the Omicron coronavirus variant this week, making at-home COVID-19 tests ...
Dec 02, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A patient receives their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster during a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination clinic in Southfield, Michigan, U.S., September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Emily Elconin
Omicron variant case blamed on community transmission reported in Minnesota
(Reuters) - The first known case of community transmission of the Omicron coronavirus variant in the United States was found in Minnesota, the state's health department said on Thursday. The United St...
Dec 02, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A syringe is filled with a dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up community vaccination center at the Gateway World Christian Center in Valley Stream, New York, U.S., February 23, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Federal prison time for Pekin man on meth charge
PEORIA, Ill. - A Pekin man is going to federal prison for more than a decade for having methamphetamine in his possession two years ago, and admitting he had just been released from prison when he had...
Dec 02, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. to restart Trump-era border program forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico
(Reuters) - The Biden administration will restart a controversial Trump-era border program that forces asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for U.S. immigration hearings, in keeping with a federal court o...
Dec 02, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A member of the Border Patrol's Search, Trauma, and Rescue Unit (BORSTAR) observes the border wall in Sunland Park, New Mexico, U.S., July 15, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
UPDATED: One arrested after earlier fire death now declared a homicide investigation in Peoria's East Bluff
UPDATE: 12:10 P.M. Peoria Police confirm Tahir Goodman, 28, has been arrested in connection with the case, and is being charged with one count of First-Degree Murder, and two counts of Aggravated Arso...
Dec 02, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail
U.S. to require private health insurance companies cover at-home COVID-19 tests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will require private health insurance companies to reimburse customers for the cost of over-the-counter at-home COVID-19 tests under new measures to combat t...
Dec 02, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at-home test kit made by Lucira Health, newly approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization, sits on a table at a Sutter Health lab in San Carlos, California, U.S. November 18, 2020. REUTERS/Nathan Frandino
As shutdown looms, U.S. lawmakers agree on funding government through Feb. 18
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers in the U.S. Congress have reached agreement to fund federal agencies until Feb. 18, House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro said on Thursday, as they sc...
Dec 02, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The sun sets behind the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington, U.S., on midterm election day, November 6, 2018. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan/File Photo
