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UPDATE: Victim from fatal shooting Monday night in South Peoria identified
UPDATED 2:18 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The identity of the victim from Monday night's fatal shooting in South Peoria has been revealed. The Peoria County Coroner's Office says 20-year-old James A. Irby was ...
Julia Bradley Sep 26, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria Civic Center extends partnership with ASM Global
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Civic Center says it's extending its relationship with venue management company ASM Global. ASM Global has managed the Peoria Civic Center since 1990. "This relationship has ...
Julia Bradley Sep 26, 2023 (Dalton Kemper/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Hollywood's video game performers authorize strike if labor talks fail
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Video game voice actors and motion capture performers have voted to authorize a strike if negotiations on a new labor contract fail, setting the stage for another possible work ...
Julia Bradley Sep 26, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The iconic Hollywood sign is shown in early morning light in Los Angeles, California, U.S., July 13, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Fire damages Peoria home Monday afternoon. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Smoke was seen coming from a home on W. Marquette Street, between S. Griswold and S. Westmoreland, Monday afternoon in Peoria. Crews found smoke and a small fire in a breezeway at the b...
Julia Bradley Sep 26, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden, Trump to woo union workers in Michigan as auto strikes grow
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Joe Biden and Donald Trump will speak to striking auto workers in rare back-to-back events in Michigan this week, highlighting how important unions are to the 2024 presidential ...
Julia Bradley Sep 26, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Striking United Auto Workers (UAW) union workers picket outside the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, U.S., September 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dieu-Nalio Chery/File Photo
UPDATE: David McCallum, 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.' actor, dies at 90
UPDATED 6:31 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - David McCallum, who became one of TV's biggest stars of the 1960s playing Russian spy Illya Kuryakin on "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." and then won over a new gener...
Will Stevenson Sep 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Actor David McCallum poses at Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 22nd annual Hall of Fame gala in Beverly Hills, California March 11, 2013. REUTERS/Fred Prouser/File Photo
Civic Center: 'Best year' financially, great year for attendance
PEORIA, Ill. - 343. That's the number of event days the Peoria Civic Center had in the just-ended fiscal year, according to General Manager Rik Edgar. And with that kind of busy-ness, Edgar says that ...
Will Stevenson Sep 25, 2023 (File-Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD)
Victim in Peoria's 20th homicide identified
PEORIA, Ill. - We're learning more about the victim in Peoria's 20th homicide of the year Friday night in Central Peoria. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says an autopsy on Jabbarius Highsmith, 15...
Will Stevenson Sep 25, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
'Better Call Saul' creators beat Liberty Tax's defamation, trademark lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Better call this: Case dismissed. The creators of the hit crime drama "Better Call Saul" on Monday won the dismissal of a defamation and trademark infringement lawsuit by Liberty ...
Will Stevenson Sep 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Bob Odenkirk attends the 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 26, 2023. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci/File Photo
Two arrested following traffic stop, one allegedly pulls loaded gun
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people were arrested by Peoria Police after an early Sunday incident where one of them allegedly pulled a loaded gun on officers. Police say it happened around 1:45 a.m. near Humbol...
Will Stevenson Sep 25, 2023 Desean Jackson (left) and Amorta Nelson (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)