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Peoria Bio-Made receives launch grant and hires executive director
UPDATED 11:49 a.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Bio-Made, launched by biotech entrepreneur and Peoria native Jake Becraft in 2020, has selected Vivian Standifird, a senior financial executive, and wife of B...
Nov 10, 2021 Courtesy: PeoriaBioMade.org
COVID outbreak prompts remote learning for some grade schoolers
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria school administrator has announced a return to remote learning for students at Pleasant Hill Elementary School due to a COVID-19 outbreak. Superintendent and Principal Lisa We...
Nov 10, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria eliminates Public Safety Pension fee
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City Council on Tuesday night voted 9-2 to eliminate the Public Safety Pension fee. The fee was originally voted on in 2018 and was intended to last from 2019-2021. The fee ...
Nov 10, 2021 Jeremy Scott/WMBD
Trump cannot block congressional probe of attack on U.S. Capitol, judge rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol can access former President Donald Trump's White House records, a federal judge ru...
Nov 10, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Iowa States Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., October 9, 2021. REUTERS/Rachel Mummey
Update: Driver involved in Peoria hit-and-run in custody
UPDATE: 2:13 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police say they've found the vehicle and the driver involved in Tuesday night's hit-and-run crash that left a child seriously injured. According to a news rele...
Nov 10, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail
East Peoria Harbormaster accused of theft, forgery
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Police in East Peoria say they've arrested the harbormaster of the East Port Marina. Police aren't releasing many details but they do say a search warrant being executed at the mar...
Nov 09, 2021 (File/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
NFL-Rodgers admits he 'misled' people about his COVID-19 vaccine status
(Reuters) - Three-time National Football League (NFL) MVP Aaron Rodgers admitted on Tuesday that he had misled people about his COVID-19 vaccination status, having previously insisted that he had not ...
Nov 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Jan 22, 2017; Atlanta, GA, USA; Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) warms up prior to the 2017 NFC Championship Game against the Atlanta Falcons at the Georgia Dome. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports
Prosecution rests case in self-defense trial of U.S. teen Kyle Rittenhouse
KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) -Prosecutors in the murder trial of U.S. teenager Kyle Rittenhouse told the court on Tuesday they had finished calling witnesses after five days of testimony in the high-profil...
Nov 09, 2021 Kyle Rittenhouse enters the courtroom during the Kyle Rittenhouse trial in Kenosha (Wisconsin) Circuit Court in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S., November 9, 2021. Mark Hertzberg/Pool via REUTERS
Police Chief: Social media may be contributing to violence
PEORIA, Ill. - The refrain from Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria during a news conference Tuesday started out familiar following three reported homicides in 24 hours: enough is enough. But, the chi...
Nov 09, 2021 Chief Eric Echevarria (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
China builds mockups of U.S. Navy ships possibly for target practice
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's military has built mockups in the shape of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and other U.S. warships, possibly as training targets, in the desert of Xinjiang, satellite images b...
Nov 09, 2021 A satellite picture shows a mobile target in Ruoqiang, Xinjiang, China, October 20, 2021. Satellite Image ©2021 Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS
