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Overnight shooting leaves two injured in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just before 1:30 a.m. Thursday to the Marathon Gas Station in the 1900 block of W. Forrest Hill on reports of a shooting. Responding officers found a male vic...
Aug 12, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. to release census data used for legislative redistricting
(Reuters) - The U.S. Census Bureau will release data on Thursday from the 2020 census that states will use to draw congressional and state legislative districts for the next decade, marking the start ...
Aug 12, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Census signage is seen at an event in Queens, New York City, U.S., February 22, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Vacant home fire sees $10,000 in damage Wednesday
PEORIA, Ill. -- A vacant, boarded up house caught fire Wednesday at 818 S. Shelley. Peoria Fire responded to the scene at 12:30 p.m. and found no one inside after searching the home. Heavy smoke and f...
Aug 11, 2021 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Comcast launches WiFi 'Lift Zones' in Peoria area
PEORIA, Ill. -- Comcast Wednesday announced the launch of new WiFi-connected "Lift Zones" at community centers in the Peoria area. According to Comcast, Lift Zones are safe spaces where students and f...
Aug 11, 2021 The Comcast Lift Zone at the Lawncrest Rec Center on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020 in Philadelphia. (Jeff Fusco/Comcast 2020)
IDPH launches online 'Vax Verfiy' system
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is launching Vax Verify, a new immunization portal that will allow Illinois adults to check their COVID-19 vaccination record. Acco...
Aug 11, 2021 Midwest Communications
CDC recommends pregnant women get COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) -- Pregnant women should be vaccinated against COVID-19, based on a new analysis that did not show increased risk for miscarriage, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on...
Aug 11, 2021 REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo
Democratic divisions emerge on Senate's $3.5 trln spending plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hours after the U.S. Senate approved a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint chock-full of investments in new domestic programs, fissures emerged between the moderate and liberal wings ...
Aug 11, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Vehicles are parked outside the U.S. Capitol building the morning the Senate returned to session in Washington, DC, U.S., July 31, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Update: Peoria fire victim identified
PEORIA, Ill. -- An early morning house fire in Peoria has left a man dead. The fire broke out just before 5 a.m. Wednesday in the 5000 block of Endres. Fire Battalion Chief Michael Hughes said a neigh...
Aug 11, 2021 Midwest Communications
PPD looking for armed suspects involved in carjacking
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were searching for two suspects in an armed carjacking that happened about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 1400 block of W. Hanssler Place. Police said the suspects fled the sce...
Aug 11, 2021 (25 News)
Biden seeks to support Florida schools threatened by governor over masks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is reviewing how it can get money to Florida school districts if the state's governor, Ron DeSantis, makes good on threats to withhold pay from school l...
Aug 10, 2021 REUTERS/Octavio Jones
