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Dept. of Defense issues statement on U.S. base attack
D.C. -- Statement from Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Jonathan Hoffman: At approximately 5:30 p.m. (EST) on January 7, Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles agai...
Jan 07, 2020 AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
Beware the silent assassin
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- It's the kind of gas that is, for all intents and purposes, literally silent but deadly. Furnaces will be putting out more heat with winter's arrival, which means an increased ris...
Jan 07, 2020 MWC-Flicker Photo Credit
Caterpillar implementing temporary layoffs
PEORIA, Ill. -- Caterpillar has indicated layoffs may be on the horizon in Central Illinois. The company released a statement on Tuesday implementing some temporary layoffs in East Peoria. The stateme...
Jan 07, 2020 (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Report: 123 children died in 2019 despite contact with Illinois’ DCFS
CHICAGO (AP) -- A report highlighting persistent problems within Illinois' child welfare agency shows 123 children died in the past fiscal year despite having contact with the Department of Children a...
Jan 07, 2020 (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)
Peorian pleads guilty to 2010 murder
PEORIA, Ill. - Nearly ten years after the Peoria murder, Breon Augusta has pleaded guilty in the death of 20-year-old Michael Malone. Police said in June that Augusta, 31, turned himself in regarding ...
Jan 07, 2020 Peoria County Jail
Illinois will stop collecting on unpaid red-light tickets
CHICAGO (AP) - The Illinois comptroller has announced her office will stop collecting fines against drivers who are ticketed after cameras catch them violating red lights. "As a matter of public polic...
Jan 07, 2020 An automated traffic enforcement camera records red-light violations Thursday, April 23, 2009 at the Westbound I-10 off-ramp at College Drive in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Tim Mueller)
Shots fired near Bradley campus, BUPD issues safety alert
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police confirm shots were fired near Bradley University Monday night. Just before 10 p.m., police were called to the 1400 block of W. Main Street for a report of someone being s...
Jan 07, 2020
Peoria shooting sends teen to the hospital
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded around 9 p.m. Monday to the 2200 block of W. Hudson on reports of a shooting. "Upon arrival, officers did locate a male victim, 18 years of age. He suffered a g...
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Illinois cannabis dispensaries keep up with supply and demand
CHICAGO - The Illinois Department of Federal and Professional Regulation has announced that statewide adult-use cannabis sales from Wednesday, January 1 through Sunday, January 5 totaled $10,830,667.9...
Jan 06, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
January serves as Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. -- The new year is here, and the Tazewell County Health Department is reminding the community that January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. More than 11,000 women in the Unite...
Jan 06, 2020 (AP Photo/John Amis, File)
