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Man injured in early morning shooting in Peoria
UPDATED 3:39 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A man suffered non-life-threatening injuries after a shooting in South Peoria Tuesday morning. Peoria Police says two shots were fired in the area of South Western and...
Sep 16, 2025 Peoria Police Department
Robert Redford, screen idol turned director and activist, dies at 89
(Reuters) -Actor, director and producer Robert Redford, who was both the quintessential handsome Hollywood leading man and an influential supporter of independent films through his Sundance Institute,...
Sep 16, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Actor Robert Redford poses during a red carpet to receive a Golden Lion award for lifetime achievement at the 74th Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, September 1, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/File Photo
Charlie Kirk's accused assassin faces initial court hearing, formal charges in Utah
PROVO, Utah (Reuters) -The trade school student suspected of assassinating right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah university was due in court on Tuesday to face formal charges, appearing...
Sep 16, 2025 A police mugshot shows Tyler Robinson, the suspect in the fatal shooting of U.S. conservative commentator Charlie Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University, in Orem, Utah, U.S., in this photo released by the Utah Department of Public Safety on September 12, 2025. Utah Department of Public Safety/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
FBI chief Patel faces Senate panel amid Kirk shooting, Epstein file furors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -FBI Director Kash Patel is set to testify before a U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday, where he is likely to face sharp questions about his handling of the investigation into the murde...
Sep 16, 2025 FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a press conference announcing details on the suspect in the shooting of U.S. conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot during an event at Utah Valley University, in Orem, Utah, U.S. September 12, 2025. REUTERS/Cheney Orr/File Photo
Washington City Council signs civility pledge Monday night
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Just days after the murder of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, elected officials in Washington have signed a pledge to tone down rhetoric that could lead to violence. The city ...
Sep 16, 2025 (City of Washington--Facebook page)
Peoria Heights mayor further explains intention to veto grocery tax
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - The mayor of Peoria Heights says a planned veto of a recently passed grocery tax is to help give the village an advantage. Matt Wigginton is planning to veto the one percent tax...
Sep 15, 2025 (Village of Peoria Heights)
Trump targets Memphis in law enforcement surge, eyes Chicago next
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump established a Memphis Safe Task Force on Monday modeled after the recent federal law enforcement surge in the nation's capital, as part of a broader ...
Sep 15, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump poses with Tennessee Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty, who hold a memorandum he just signed to send federal resources to Memphis, Tennessee, for a surge against local crime, as U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi applauds, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 15, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Peoria Fire assists with injured hiker in woods
PEORIA, Ill. - A man was carried for about a half-mile after suffering an injury on a Peoria-area hiking trail Saturday morning. Peoria Fire says crews were dispatched just after 9:30 A.M. to the Robi...
Sep 15, 2025 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
South Peoria house fire reportedly intentionally set
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire at a South Peoria house Monday morning was reportedly intentionally set. Peoria Fire says crews arrived at around 11:00 A.M. to the one-story house at Ann and Laramie, eventually...
Sep 15, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Suspect in robbery of South Peoria liquor store not found
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are looking for the suspect in an armed robbery at a South Peoria liquor store. Officers were dispatched to Griswold Liquors just after 10:30 P.M. on Friday. An employee t...
Sep 15, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
