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UPDATE: Victim in fatal pedestrian crash near downtown Peoria identified
UPDATED 11:22 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A 71-year-old man has been identified as the pedestrian who died in a traffic crash Monday morning near downtown Peoria. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Rudy...
Oct 27, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: Hurricane Melissa begins lashing Jamaica as 'catastrophic' Category 5 storm
UPDATED 1:27 P.M. KINGSTON/HAVANA (Reuters) -Hurricane Melissa began lashing Jamaica with violent gusts on Monday as the U.S. National Hurricane Center upgraded it to a Category 5 storm packing sustai...
Oct 27, 2025 A wave crashes, as Hurricane Melissa approaches, in the Harbour View neighbourhood of Kingston, Jamaica, October 27, 2025. REUTERS/Octavio Jones
More than 8,000 US flights delayed as air traffic control absences persist
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -More than 8,000 flights were delayed across the U.S. on Sunday as air traffic controller absences continued to disrupt travel and a federal government shutdown reached its 26th d...
Oct 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Air traffic controllers resume operations a day after Hollywood Burbank Airport operated for hours without a staffed control tower due to staffing shortages amid the U.S. government shutdown, in Burbank, California, U.S., October 7, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Cole/File Photo
Trump says he would not run for vice president in 2028
AIR FORCE ONE/TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday ruled out running for the vice presidency in the 2028 U.S. election, an approach some of his supporters have floated to allow the R...
Oct 27, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he departs for Asia from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 24, 2025. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices drop nearly 3 cents a gallon
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have dropped nearly 3 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.11 on Monday, according to GasBuddy. AAA Illinois' average price is a penny higher. GasBuddy say...
Oct 27, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
One person in custody for arson fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. - It appears arson is to blame for a fire early Monday morning in Peoria. Crews were called just before 12:15 a.m. to a home in the area of N. University and W. Margaret. The cause of the...
Oct 27, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino ordered to testify in federal court
Article Summary A federal judge on Friday ordered U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino to testify in federal court on Oct. 28. The order came the day after Bovino himself threw a ca...
Oct 27, 2025 Three men in Customs and Border Protection uniforms stand on the roof of a Broadview immigration facility taking pictures of the surrounding area on Oct. 9. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria shooting sends two people to the hospital, one in critical condition
PEORIA, Ill. - Police are investigating a shooting in Central Peoria Sunday night that left two people injured, one of them critically. PPD arrived in the area of N. Isabell Avenue and W. Hudson Stree...
Oct 27, 2025
One person hospitalized after crash and entrapment Sunday afternoon
PEORIA, Ill. - One person was taken to a hospital Sunday afternoon after a car accident left them trapped inside a vehicle. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Josh Martin said crews responded around 3 p.m. t...
Oct 27, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Two Men Shot at Central Peoria Apartment Complex Saturday Night
Two men were wounded in a shooting at a central Peoria apartment complex Saturday night. Peoria Police were called to the 1400 block of West Covington Court Apartments at 7:52 p.m. on reports of two p...
Oct 25, 2025
