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Dozens killed as tornadoes rip through Kentucky, other U.S. states
UPDATED 9:52 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A devastating swarm of tornadoes ripped through Kentucky and five other U.S. states, killing dozens of people and leaving a trail of destroyed homes, factories ...
Dec 12, 2021 A mailbox stands in front of where a home once stood after a devastating outbreak of tornadoes ripped through several U.S. states in Earlington, Kentucky, U.S. December 11, 2021. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
High wind gusts, some damage reported in Tazewell County following Friday storms
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - The severe weather system claiming lives in Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee, and in Edwardsville, Illinois didn't cause issues that severe in this area, but they left their mark....
Dec 11, 2021 Midwest Communications
Pritzker signs legislation providing funding to statewide anti-gun violence initiatives
CHICAGO, Ill. - Governor JB Pritzker has signed lesiglation that would help local communities statewide possibly get to the root of the gun violence plaguing them. The governor signed what was describ...
Dec 11, 2021 Tony Webster / CC
Biden jokes about poor cooking skills in late-night TV debut on 'Tonight Show'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden urged Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19, vowed to combat inflation and joked about his lack of cooking skills during his first late-night TV ...
Dec 11, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris meet with members of the White House COVID-19 Response Team on developments related to the Omicron COVID-19 variant from the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 9, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Visitation for Peoria County Jail employee who died from COVID-19 complications
ELMWOOD, Ill. - The law enforcement community showed up in force last (Friday) night for a Peoria County Jail employee who lost his life due to COVID-19. Cameron Passie -- a native of Elmwood -- died ...
Dec 11, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Sheriffs Department
Man pleads guilty to causing fatal crash, gets prison time
PEKIN, Ill. - A Tazewell County man is going to prison for four years after pleading guilty to an accident that claimed the life of a Pekin Woman. Court records indicate Jesse St. Clair, 45, pleaded g...
Dec 11, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Tazewell County Jail
Many people trapped after roof collapse at Amazon warehouse near St. Louis
UPDATED 6:12 A.M. 12/11/21 (Reuters) -Many people were trapped after a roof partially collapsed at an Amazon.com Inc warehouse near the U.S. city of St. Louis late on Friday, after tornadoes and stron...
Dec 10, 2021 Emergency vehicles surround the site of an Amazon distribution warehouse with a collapsed roof, after storms hit the area of Edwardsville, Illinois, U.S. December 10, 2021. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant
10 years since 'transformation' of Peoria's Lincoln Branch library
PEORIA, Ill. - The Lincoln Branch of the Peoria Public Library is celebrating ten years since renovations and an addition that changed the facility for the better. "We're here to commemorate the trans...
Dec 10, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Canton school on alert Friday for threatening bathroom note
Peoria, Ill -- Authorities say a violent note scrawled in a middle school bathroom in Canton -- is not a credible threat. It's the latest since the discovery was made earlier this afternoon. According...
Dec 10, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Michael Nesmith of American rock band The Monkees dead at 78
(Reuters) -Michael Nesmith, one of the stars of "The Monkees," a 1960s TV comedy series about a rock quartet modeled after the Beatles, died on Friday of natural causes at the age of 78, his family sa...
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