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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
PPS hears "concerns" about Glen Oak Community Learning Center
PEORIA, Ill. - Teachers and parents are mounting their concerns about conditions for them and students alike at Glen Oak Community Learning Center. The teachers told the Peoria Public School Board Mon...
Nov 09, 2021 Peoria Public Schools via YouTube
