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Two hospitalized after Saturday night fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two Peoria residents have been hospitalized following a fire in the 300 block of S Webster Saturday night just after 11:45 p.m. Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics were called to the home fo...
Jul 04, 2021 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Two arrested as armed militia group stands off with police, closes highway near Boston
(Reuters) - Residents in a suburban Boston neighborhood were asked to "shelter in place" early Saturday as an armed standoff between 8 to 10 militia members and police forced the closure of a U.S. int...
Jul 03, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Illinois DNR: Boat sober this holiday weekend
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Conservation Police want it to be a safe 4th of July weekend for boaters. State Department of Naturual Resources Spokesperson Tim Schweizer said Conservation officers wil...
Jul 03, 2021
Mayor: Two more bodies recovered from tower collapse
SURFSIDE, Fla. (Reuters) -The death toll rose to 24 on Saturday from the collapse of a Florida condominium tower after the remains of two victims were found in the rubble, and local officials ordered ...
Jul 03, 2021 Rescue personnel continue the search and rescue operation for survivors at the site of a partially collapsed residential building in Surfside, Florida, U.S. July 2, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello
U.S. sprinter Richardson banned from Olympic 100m after cannabis test
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) - American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson, expected to be one of the biggest draws at the Tokyo Olympics, will miss the 100 metres at the Games after accepting a one-month b...
Jul 02, 2021 REUTERS/Lee Smith
U.S. job growth picks up in June; unemployment rate rises to 5.9%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth accelerated in June as companies, desperate to boost production and services amid booming demand, raised wages and offered incentives to draw millions of relucta...
Jul 02, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An In-N-Out Burger advertises for workers at their restaurants location in Encinitas, California, U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
PPD stepping up enforcement over 4th of July weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- This Fourth of July weekend, there will be more get family togethers, BBQs and fireworks displays. But, Peoria Police Captain Scott Cook said in the absence of the City's Red, White &a...
Jul 02, 2021 MWC-PPD
U.S. forces leave Bagram base in Afghanistan - official
KABUL (Reuters) -American troops pulled out of their main military base in Afghanistan on Friday, a U.S. defense official said, under an agreement with the Taliban allowing for the withdrawal of all U...
Jul 02, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft takes off for a nighttime mission at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, August 22, 2017. Picture taken August 22, 2017. REUTERS/Josh Smith/File Photo
Search resumes for 145 missing in rubble of Florida condo
SURFSIDE, Fla. (Reuters) - The grim, painstaking search for victims in the rubble of a partially collapsed Miami-area condominium complex, briefly suspended over safety concerns, has resumed with grea...
Jul 02, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Rescue personnel continue the search and rescue operation for survivors at the site of a partially collapsed residential building in Surfside, near Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. June 30, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
PPS waves goodbye to board member
PEORIA, Ill. -- District Three Peoria Public School Board Member Dan Walther attended his final meeting Thursday as a member of the board. Walther was elected to his post in March of 2016 when he defe...
Jul 02, 2021 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
