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Deputy injured in weekend crash
SMITHVILLE, Ill. -- A Peoria County Deputy suffered head injuries after being involved in a single-vehicle crash on Saturday night. Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell said the accident happened around...
Jun 29, 2020
FIREWORKS! What is legal and Illegal in the City of Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Police Department would like to remind the public what type of fireworks are legal and illegal, and the dangers associated with using fireworks. In response to police calls ...
Jun 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
Summer may decide fate of leading shots in vaccine race
(AP) -- People on six continents already are getting jabs in the arm as the race for a COVID-19 vaccine enters a defining summer, with even bigger studies poised to prove if any shot really works -- a...
Jun 28, 2020 AP Photo-Siphiwe Sibeko
Princeton to remove Wilson name from public policy school
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) - Princeton University has announced plans to remove the name of former President Woodrow Wilson from its public policy school because of his segregationist views, reversing a dec...
Jun 27, 2020 MWC-PHOTO CREDIT - AP- Photo Mel Evans file
7 injured from multiple shootings in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Seven people were injured due to four overnight shooting incidents in Peoria. Three of the victims are reported to be in critical condition. Peoria Police responded to the first shootin...
Jun 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
A car is totaled due to garage fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters responded 2:30 a.m. Saturday to a garage fire at 1319 W. Main St. Fire crews found a detached two stall garage fully engulfed. "The fire did spread to a vehicle par...
Jun 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
Police: Illinois warehouse shooting suspect killed himself
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A 48-year-old man suspected in the fatal shooting of two co-workers and the critical wounding of another at a Springfield, Illinois, warehouse died of an apparent self-inflict...
Jun 26, 2020 PHOTO CREDIT-Justin L. Fowler-The State Journal-Register via AP
Peoria Public Library will reopen July 6
PEORIA, Ill. -- In compliance with Phase Four of the "Restore Illinois" plan, the Peoria Public Library system will open their doors to the public again on Monday, July 6. All five branches of the lib...
Jun 26, 2020 MWC-Logo Credit - Peoria Public Library
CityLink resumes regularly scheduled routes on Monday
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Greater Peoria Mass Transit District has announced that CityLink will fully resume regularly scheduled fixed route bus service and hours of operation on Monday, June 29. "Since Gov...
Jun 26, 2020 Courtesy of Kevin Bessler/WMBD
Par-A-Dice Casino to reopen July 1
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Boyd Gaming has announced that East Peoria's Par-A-Dice Casino will resume operations on Wednesday, July 1 with reduced hours and at 50% capacity. Guests of the casino will be req...
Jun 26, 2020 25 News
