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Caterpillar sees drop in third quarter sales and revenue
DEERFIELD, Ill. - In its third quarter financial report, Caterpillar said early Wednesday morning that sales and revenue dropped six-percent, from $13.5 billion a year ago to $12.8 billion. Third-quar...
Oct 23, 2019 (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Truck with 39 dead came to England from Belgium
LONDON (AP) - U.K. police are revising their theories about a truck found in southeast England with 39 bodies inside, saying it traveled from Belgium to England, not from Ireland as they thought earli...
Oct 23, 2019 Police forensic officers attend the scene after a truck, in rear, was found to contain a large number of dead bodies, in Thurrock, South England, early Wednesday Oct. 23, 2019. Police in southeastern England said that 39 people were found dead Wednesday inside a truck container believed to have come from Bulgaria. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Woodford County board bans recreational pot sales
EUREKA, Ill. -- A Woodford County board has banned the sale of recreational marijuana. The Woodford County Zoning Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to ban sales of recreational pot in unincorporat...
Oct 23, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Budget talks continue with the Peoria City Council
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City Council meeting on Tuesday was week two discussing the 2020-2021 budget. The meeting did not come to any definite decisions, but just questions the council had for City ...
Oct 22, 2019
Medicare enrollment and assistance opened through early December
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department on Aging issued a reminder that assistance is available to Medicare-eligible individuals and their caregivers, during the annual Medicare Open Enrollment. T...
Oct 22, 2019 MWC-IDOA LOGO
Project proposals wanted for economic plan
PEORIA, Ill. -- As the Greater Peoria Economic Development Council has begun to put together its bi-annual Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy, it has asked to hear about projects with long-te...
Oct 22, 2019 WMBD/Jeremy Scott
New tax would increase the price for parking at the Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Civic Center Authority Finance and Facility Committee met on Tuesday and discussed raising the price to park at the event center. General Manager Rik Edgar said the state of ...
Oct 22, 2019 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
PPD looking for witness, cameras
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Police Department has asked for the public's help in a Sunday night hit-and-run case. Investigators determined there was a witness to the incident that occurred around 9:43 ...
Oct 22, 2019 MWC-Peoria Police Media Release
Expo teaches high school students about manufacturing
PEORIA, Ill. --Local high school students have been given an opportunity to learn about careers in manufacturing. Illinois Central College on Tuesday hosted the Discover Manufacturing Career Expo. Mor...
Oct 22, 2019 1470/100.3 WMBD-Julia Bradley
Jimmy Carter hospitalized after fall at Georgia home
PLAINS, Ga. (AP) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has been hospitalized after a fall at his home in Plains, Georgia. A statement from The Carter Center says Jimmy suffered "a minor pelvic fracture...
Oct 22, 2019 FILE- In this Sept. 18, 2018 file photo, former President Jimmy Carter speaks during a news conference, in Plains, Ga. A spokeswoman says former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says he has broken his hip. She said that Carter underwent surgery at a medical center in Americus, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
