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Drought conditions worsen across central Illinois as hot, dry weather continues
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Drought conditions are getting worse in central Illinois as a pattern of hot weather and no rain continues. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor report released on Thursday shows severe d...
Oct 02, 2025
Man injured in shooting late Wednesday in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A man suffered serious injuries after a shooting in Peoria late Wednesday night. Peoria Police says officers responded just after 11:00 P.M. in the area of Underhill and Nebraska. They ...
Oct 02, 2025
Peoria's One-Way to Two-Way Conversion Project begins new phase on Monday
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Works is two years into a two-and-a-half year project converting Adams Street and Jefferson Avenue downtown from one-way to two-way traffic. Public Works' Nick McMillion s...
Oct 02, 2025 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond, File
ACLU chapters call for investigation into police actions after downtown Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Chapters of the American Civil Liberties Union in Peoria and Illinois are calling for an independent investigation into police actions after a shooting early Sunday morning. In the afte...
Oct 02, 2025 (American Civil Liberties Union of Peoria)
Peoria County Coroner releases the name of 15-year-old homicide victim
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner's Office has identified the teenager shot to death inside a Peoria home Wednesday morning. In a Facebook post, Coroner Jamie Harwood says 15-year-old Keyaun Sc...
Oct 02, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
US unemployment rate likely steady at 4.3% in September, Chicago Fed says
(Reuters) -The U.S. unemployment rate likely was 4.3% in September, unchanged from August, according to a new "real-time" estimate from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago published on Thursday. It wa...
Oct 02, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A ?Help Wanted? sign hangs in restaurant window in Medford, Massachusetts, U.S., January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Update: Two dead in attack near UK synagogue, suspect shot by police
Updated at 6:53 a.m. MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -Two people were killed after an assailant reportedly drove a car into pedestrians and a stabbed a security guard near a synagogue in Manchester in n...
Oct 02, 2025 Emergency personnel work at the scene following an incident outside a synagogue in north Manchester, Britain, October 2, 2025. REUTERS/Phil Noble
White House freezes funds for Democratic states in shutdown slap
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday froze $26 billion for Democratic-leaning states, following through on a threat to use the government shutdown to target ...
Oct 02, 2025 The U.S. Capitol dome is reflected in the Library of Congress glass door, with the sign reading "Entrance closed" in the foreground, on the first day of a partial government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 1, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Arrest made in connection to early Sunday morning shooting in downtown Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A 29-year-old has been arrested in connection to a shooting in downtown Peoria early Sunday morning. Peoria Police says Adrian Morris was identified as a suspect and took him into custo...
Oct 01, 2025
Arrests made after fire at Peoria apartment complex
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people were arrested after a fire at a Peoria apartment complex Tuesday night. Peoria Police says they and fire crews responded to the Lexington Hills Apartments for an apartment fi...
Oct 01, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
