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One man shot, another stabbed, in Farmington incident
FARMINGTON, Ill. - Two men have been hospitalized after a stabbing and shooting in rural Farmington early Saturday morning. The Fulton County Sheriff's Department says deputies found one male with gun...
Nov 28, 2021 Midwest Communications
Thanksgiving night fire victim suffered severe burns: coroner
UPDATE - Saturday 8:33 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - A man who was killed in a Peoria house fire Thanksgiving night suffered smoke inhalation and burns, according to the Peoria County coroner. An autopsy was co...
Nov 27, 2021 Midwest Communications
Autopsy results on Arizona jogger struck and killed in Chillicothe
UPDATE PEORIA, Ill. - Autopsy results have been released after a jogger was struck and killed in Chillicothe Friday. The Peoria County coroner says Jonah Koponen, 23, of Phoenix, Arizona suffered seve...
Nov 27, 2021 Midwest Communications
Homicide suspect arrested, victim's autopsy results released
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria police have arrested a suspect in connection with a Thanksgiving Day homicide. Police spokesperson Simone Roth says Martarius McGee, 24, turned himself in at the Peoria Police De...
Nov 27, 2021
South Side Mission asking for support on "Giving Tuesday"
PEORIA, Ill. -- We all know about Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but what about Giving Tuesday? Rich Draeger, Development Manager with Peoria's Southside Mission, says for non-profit organizations, Gi...
Nov 27, 2021 (South Side Mission)
Crash overnight sends juvenile to the hospital
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just after 10:30 p.m. Friday to a single-vehicle crash at the intersection of W. Third and Sand Street. PPD said the vehicle hit a parked car and ended up in ...
Nov 27, 2021 (25 News)
Peoria high-rise evacuated after fire Friday
PEORIA, Ill. -- Residents of a high-rise senior living facility in Peoria had to be evacuated Friday after fire broke out in their building. Emergency crews responded just before 4 p.m. Friday to the ...
Nov 27, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim, whose work transformed musical theater, dead at 91
(Reuters) -Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who helped American musical theater evolve beyond pure entertainment and reach new artistic heights with such works as "West Side Story," "I...
Nov 27, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Stephen Sondheim poses as he arrives at a special screening of the DreamWorks Pictures film "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California December 5, 2007. REUTERS/Fred Prouser
Holidays kick off in Peoria with Santa Claus Parade
PEORIA, Ill. - A special group of people were named the grand marshals of the 134th Santa Claus Parade in downtown Peoria -- and for good reason. First responders have seen and dealt with a lot in the...
Nov 26, 2021 Rick Hirschmann/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
New south African COVID-19 variant may be more resistant to vaccines
LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) - Global authorities reacted with alarm on Friday to a new coronavirus variant detected in South Africa, with the EU and Britain among those tightening border controls as resea...
Nov 26, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication together with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to COVID-19, shared with Reuters on February 18, 2020. NEXU Science Communication/via REUTERS
