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One person treated after Christmas morning fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Fire in an apartment sent one person to a local hospital Christmas morning. Firefighters found smoke coming from the first and second floors of an apartment house at 2730 W. Trewyn Ave....
Dec 26, 2021 Midwest Communications
Police: No injuries after more than 20 shots are fired in Peoria's West Bluff
UPDATE: 4:24 p.m. Peoria, Ill -- There are no injuries reported after police received multiple shots fired calls on Christmas Eve in Peoria. ShotSpotter alerts went up for multiple locations in the We...
Dec 24, 2021 Midwest Communications
Dream Center Peoria gives update following water damage
"We are a long way from opening all of the floors of the Dream Center." Those are some of the words of Dream Center Peoria, posted to social media Friday, following the Wednesday accident where sprink...
Dec 24, 2021 Dream Center Peoria via Facebook
Late snowfall record could be broken
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The record has already been broken in Chicago, but Peoria is not quite there yet. We're talking about the latest first snowfall date of the Winter season. The National Weather Serv...
Dec 24, 2021 National Weather Service
Unfazed by pandemic, supply chain woes, Santa Claus readies for annual flight
UPDATED 1:24 P.M. DENVER, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Undaunted by pandemics, supply-chain woes and labor shortages plaguing Earth-bound commerce, Santa Claus was set to launch his reindeer-powered sleigh on F...
Dec 24, 2021 The Royal Canadian Air Force's 22 Wing holds it’s annual NORAD Tracks Santa promotion at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) North Bay in North Bay, Ontario, Canada December 9, 2021. Picture taken December 9, 2021. Corporal Rob Ouellette/Canadian Forces/Handout via REUTERS
U.S. to lift travel curbs on eight African countries - White House
(Reuters) -The Biden administration will lift travel restrictions on eight southern African countries imposed last month over concerns about the fast-spreading COVID-19 Omicron variant, the White Hous...
Dec 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Passengers wait to board international flights, amidst the spread of the new SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron, at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 28, 2021. REUTERS/ Sumaya Hisham/File Photo
Law enforcement out looking for bad drivers through New Year's
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Santa Claus isn't the only one who might know when you're bad or good right about now. As has been the case with other holidays, local and state law enforcement are out through Jan...
Dec 24, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Mall shooting leaves four injured near Chicago
OAK BROOK, Ill. -- Shots rang out in a Chicago-area mall full of Christmas shoppers Thursday night, injuring four people. The incident at Oakbrook Center in Oak Brook, Illinois, began just before 6 p....
Dec 24, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
United, Delta cancel hundreds of U.S. Christmas Eve flights amid COVID surge
(Reuters) -United Airlines and Delta Air Lines have canceled hundreds of Christmas Eve flights, as the spreading COVID-19 Omicron variant takes a toll on its flight crews and other workers. Chicago-ba...
Dec 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Travelers pull rolling luggage behind them inside Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) during the holiday season as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Omicron variant threatens to increase case numbers in Los Angeles, California, U.S., December 22, 2021. REUTERS/Bing Guan
Central Illinois airports receiving extra funding
PEORIA, Ill. -- Airports statewide will receive extra funding thanks to the Infrastructure Law passed by lawmakers in November. Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (D-IL) has announced that more than $9.6 mill...
Dec 24, 2021 (flypia.com)
