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Death Toll Rises To 33 In Japanese Studio Fire
(AP)--A Japanese fire official says the death toll from a Kyoto animation studio fire is now 33 and nobody else is believed to be still missing. Kyoto fire department official Kazuhiro Hayashi says 36...
Jul 18, 2019
Peoria Hires New Public Works Director
Peoria has a new Public Works Director. City Manager Patrick Urich says Rick Powers will start his new position on September 3. "Rick Powers is an accomplished leader with over twenty years of experie...
Jul 18, 2019
Jury Deliberations To Resume In Christensen Case
(AP) - Jurors are set to resume deliberations on whether an ex-University of Illinois doctoral student deserves the death penalty for slaying a 26-year-old scholar from China. Thursday will be their s...
Jul 18, 2019
Intense Heat Could Harm Roads
(AP) - Illinois transportation officials are warning drivers throughout the state to watch for road blowouts during the intense heat. Acting Transportation Secretary Omer Osman says the "potential for...
Jul 17, 2019
Prosecutors Drop Case Against Kevin Spacey
(AP) - Prosecutors have dropped a case accusing Kevin Spacey of groping a young man at a Massachusetts resort island bar in 2016. The Cape and Islands district attorney said Wednesday that they droppe...
Jul 17, 2019 AP Photo/Steven Senne, File
OSF HealthCare To Merge With Chicago-Area Hospital
Officials at OSF HealthCare have announced exclusive negotiations are underway toward a merger with Evergreen Park-based Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers. The organizations will...
Jul 17, 2019 Supplied photo/OSF HealthCare
Woodring Pleads Not Guilty In Fulton County Deputy's Death
The man accused of fatally shooting a Fulton County deputy appeared in court. Nathan Woodring, 42, of Avon pleaded not guilty to charged of first-degree murder and first-degree murder of a police offi...
Jul 17, 2019 Illinois State Police
East Peoria TV Deer Hunter Pleads Guilty To Poaching
(AP) - An East Peoria man who was a host of a TV show about hunting has pleaded guilty in a poaching investigation. Chris Brackett admits that he killed two deer in Indiana in 2013 and transported an ...
Jul 17, 2019 Midwest Communications, Inc.
Shooting Victim Becomes Peoria's 14th Homicide Of The Year
The Peoria County coroner says a man shot in the face July 6 has died of his injuries. Jaware Cole, 24, of Peoria become the city's 14th homicide victim of the year. Cole died at 9:01 p.m. Tuesday aft...
Jul 17, 2019
A.J. Guyton Hired As PPS Director Of Athletics
A local basketball legend is hired by Peoria Public Schools. Peoria Public Schools has announced that A.J. Guyton, a Peoria High star who went on to play at Indiana University and for the Chicago Bull...
Jul 17, 2019 Peoria Public Schools
