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Bond set in July homicide case
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man arrested last week for a July murder has had bond set in the case at $1 million. Court records indicate Marvin Alexander, 20, will be back in court January 20th. He was in ...
Dec 28, 2021 (Peoria County Jail)
Christmas Day fatal accident in rural Deer Creek
DEER CREEK, Ill. - A rural Havana woman died Christmas morning following a crash in rural Tazewell County. The Tazewell County Coroner says Ella McGlothlin, 37, died because of "multiple blunt force" ...
Dec 28, 2021 Midwest Communications
Pedestrian dead after being struck by car in Pekin
UPDATED 3:18 P.M. PEKIN, Ill. - A Pekin woman is dead following an accident there Sunday evening. Pekin Police say the accident happened in the 2000 block of Broadway Road just before 9:00 p.m. Police...
Dec 28, 2021 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Illinois expert advises COVID-19 caution for some this holiday season
Peoria, Ill -- One Illinois infectious disease expert says people at high-risk for serious illness from COVID-19 should be careful about holiday get togethers. However, the University of Illinois Scho...
Dec 28, 2021 Midwest Communications
CDC: Omicron estimated to be 58.6% of coronavirus variants
(Reuters) - The Omicron variant was estimated to be 58.6% of the coronavirus variants circulating in the United States for the week ending Dec. 25, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease ...
Dec 28, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. helps Ukraine to strengthen its border with Russia, Belarus
KYIV (Reuters) - The United States will finance projects including surveillance and monitoring equipment to strengthen Ukraine's borders with Russia and Belarus, amid continuing escalation with Moscow...
Dec 28, 2021 Members of the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service patrol along the Ukraine-Belarus border, near the border with Poland, in Volyn region, Ukraine November 16, 2021. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Gunman kills four in Denver-area shooting spree before he is killed by police
DENVER (Reuters) -A lone gunman shot four people to death and wounded three, including a police officer, on Monday in a Denver-area shooting spree that unfolded at several locations and ended with pol...
Dec 28, 2021
Adult, 3 juveniles arrested during carjacking, weapons investigation
UPDATED 6:11 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Four people were arrested today (Monday) as Peoria Police and federal authorities continue to investigate a series of carjackings, business burglaries, and other arres...
Dec 27, 2021 Midwest Communications
CDC cuts quarantine time for COVID-affected Americans to 5 days
(Reuters) -U.S. health authorities on Monday shortened the recommended time for isolation for asymptomatic Americans with COVID-19 to five days from the previous guidance of 10 days. The Centers for D...
Dec 27, 2021 People queue for a COVID-19 test on Broadway in SoHo as the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., December 27, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Fauci suggests air travel vaccine mandate as Omicron grounds U.S. flights
SEATTLE (Reuters) -Skyrocketing COVID-19 cases hobbled U.S. airline staff on Monday, causing hundreds of flight cancellations, and prompted the country's top infectious disease expert to suggest the g...
Dec 27, 2021 A family works through check-in at Alaska Airlines ticketing after dozens of flights were listed as cancelled or delayed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) in Seattle, Washington, U.S. December 27, 2021. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson
