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Police cruiser involved in Sheridan and War Memorial Dr. crash
UPDATE: 3:36 p.m. Peoria, Ill -- Police say there were minor injuries in the wake of a crash involving a Peoria Police vehicle this afternoon. A tipster originally notified Traffic One about the crash...
Dec 22, 2021 Illinois Department of Transportation
Santa Claus makes special delivery to OSF Children's Hospital for 25th year
PEORIA, Ill. - Santa! The kids at OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois know him! For the 25th year, Santa -- who, in this case is really Bill Turney -- has delivered toys to the kids in the hospital. A...
Dec 22, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Sheriff: Peoria County jail staffing shortage "beyond critical"
Peoria, Ill -- COVID-19 is compounding already critical staffing shortages at the Peoria County jail. In an email, Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell says staffing levels at the Peoria County jail are...
Dec 22, 2021 Adobe Stock
Biden extends pause on student loan repayment
UPDATED 12:11 P.M. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that his administration was extending the pause on student loan repayment for an additional 90 days, citing impacts of the COVI...
Dec 22, 2021 FILE PHOTO: First lady Jill Biden watches as U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks to the National Education Association's Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly in Washington, U.S., July 2, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
State Rep. Keith Sommer announces retirement
MORTON, Ill. - A local lawmaker based in Morton is calling it a career. 88th District State Representative Keith Sommer says he is retiring and not seeking another term next year. Sommer's first term ...
Dec 22, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Illinois General Assembly
Local teachers sue over Illinois' COVID mandates
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. -- Teachers in two Woodford County school districts are part of a lawsuit challenging Illinois' COVID-19 mitigation efforts as an employment requirement. According to the Peoria ...
Dec 22, 2021 Midwest Communications
Ex-Trump adviser Flynn sues Jan 6 House committee to block release of phone records
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Michael Flynn, a longtime adviser to former President Donald Trump, on Tuesday sued the congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in hope...
Dec 22, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. national security adviser Michael Flynn passes by members of the media as he departs after his sentencing was delayed at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., December 18, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Peoria apartments heavily damaged by fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria apartment building went up in flames Tuesday afternoon. Firefighters were called to the 700 block of Spring Street just before 4 p.m., finding heavy fire coming from a first-f...
Dec 22, 2021 (25 News)
BU will start the spring semester in-person
PEORIA, Ill. -- With concerns about the spread of the Omicron variant, some Illinois colleges and universities are switching back to remote learning temporarily after the holidays. Bradley University ...
Dec 22, 2021 MWC-Bradley Campus 2020
Jury suggests possible deadlock in trial of ex-Minnesota officer who killed Wright
(Reuters) -The jury asked a question on Tuesday that suggested a possible deadlock in the trial of Kimberly Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who mistook her handgun for her Taser and fatall...
Dec 22, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A poster of Daunte Wright is seen during a demonstration about the manslaughter trial of Kimberly Potter, a white former Minnesota police officer charged in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, a Black man, whose April death sparked protests, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. December 8, 2021. REUTERS/Nicole Neri
