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Parental Notification of Abortion repeal garners bi-partisan opposition
Peoria, Ill -- It's clear now there is bi-partisan opposition to a proposed repeal of Illinois' Parental Notification of Abortion Act of 1995. The repeal measure passed the Illinois State Senate durin...
Oct 27, 2021 Illinois Capitol - Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Flood Warning for Illinois River at Peoria changed
LINCOLN, Ill. - The National Weather Service is changing the timing of a Flood Warning that will be in effect for the Illinois River at Peoria. It was to start Wednesday night; now, it doesn't start u...
Oct 27, 2021 mwc
Peoria City Council votes to restore Fire Department engine company cut during COVID-19
PEORIA, Ill. - There was controversy surrounding it, but the Peoria City Council is okaying the restoration of a fire department engine company cut during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Counc...
Oct 27, 2021 City of Peoria via YouTube
Sheriff says Alec Baldwin's gun fired live lead projectile
SANTA FE, N.M. (Reuters) -Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said on Wednesday authorities have recovered a live lead projectile that was fired from the firearm used by actor Alec Baldwin in the acc...
Oct 27, 2021 People attend a vigil for late cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was fatally shot on the film set of "Rust", in Burbank, California, U.S. October 24, 2021. Picture taken October 24, 2021. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Reckless homicide charge filed for fatal street racing crash
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria man has been charged with reckless homicide for a woman's death following a street racing crash in early September. According to court records, Darien Davis was driving at a h...
Oct 27, 2021 (Peoria County Jail)
U.S. Senate Democrat unveils 'billionaires tax' for Biden agenda
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. billionaires would pay tax on unrealized gains from their assets to help finance President Joe Biden's emerging social-policy and climate-change legislation, according to a...
Oct 27, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden departs after delivering an update on his administration's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building's South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 2, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Influential U.S. comedian Mort Sahl dies at age 94
(Reuters) -Mort Sahl, who strolled onstage with a newspaper and shook up the comedy world in the 1950s and '60s with a groundbreaking critical look at American life and politics, died on Tuesday at th...
Oct 26, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Josh Edelson
Peoria Public Schools, Peoria Public Library partner for media literacy instruction
PEORIA, Ill. - If you think something you're reading is "fake news," the Peoria Public Library might be able to help you determine that. The library, and Peoria Public Schools, are partnering together...
Oct 26, 2021 (File photo) Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat, PPS Superintendent, and Randall Yelverton, Peoria Public Library Executive Director (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Teen charged as adult in connection with rural Mackinaw murder
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - A 17-year-old will be tried as an adult for Friday night's shooting death in rural Mackinaw. News partner 25 News reports Andre Street is being charged with First-Degree Murder...
Oct 26, 2021 Photo courtesy of 25 News WEEK
Illinois police officer gunned down in St. Louis suburb
Peoria, Ill -- An Illinois police officer is shot and killed this week. State Police say it happened at a gas station in the St. Louis suburb of Pontoon Beach this (Tuesday) morning. According to the ...
Oct 26, 2021 MWC-CRIMESCENE-ICCGA
