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PPS Board hears status of school safety, class size concerns
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - While Peoria's Public School Board heard an update on school safety, they didn't touch on the fights that have reportedly occurred within the first two weeks of school. 25News...
Julia Bradley Aug 15, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Georgia charges Trump, former advisers in 2020 election case
UPDATED 10:30 P.M. (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump was hit with a sweeping fourth set of criminal charges on Monday when a Georgia grand jury issued an indictment accusing him of efforts...
Will Stevenson Aug 14, 2023 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump campaigns at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. August 12, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Monday proclaimed 'Dr. Kherat Day' by Peoria Mayor Rita Ali
PEORIA, Ill. - The Greater Peoria Tailgate celebrating football isn't the only big thing happening in Peoria today. At least, that's according to Peoria Mayor Rita Ali. "...Now therefore I, Rita Ali, ...
Will Stevenson Aug 14, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Greater Peoria Tailgater prepares football fans for new season on Peoria Riverfront
PEORIA, Ill. - With football around the corner, fans of the Chicago Bears and more prepared for the new season with a party on the Peoria Riverfront. The Greater Peoria Tailgater took place Monday on ...
TJ Carson Aug 14, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Maui search teams sift through ashes as hundreds await fate of loved ones
UPDATED 9:08 p.m. KAHULUI, Hawaii (Reuters) -Search teams on Monday resumed the painstaking, dangerous task of picking through the ashes of Lahaina for more victims of the Maui wildfires, with the dea...
Will Stevenson Aug 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Smoke billows from flames near Lahaina as wildfires driven by high winds destroy a large part of the historic town of Lahaina, Hawaii, U.S. August 9, 2023. Dustin Johnson/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Three adults and one juvenile arrested Friday following a police chase
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are just now providing details about four people arrested Friday afternoon on weapons charges following a chase with police. Police say it started prior to 2:00 p.m. as th...
Will Stevenson Aug 14, 2023 Left to Right: Dennis Bailey III, Sapien Moore, and Andre Whitaker. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
UPDATE: One injured in South Peoria afternoon shooting
UPDATED 4:21 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - One man is injured and a suspect is wanted after an afternoon shooting in South Peoria. Police say a ShotSpotter alert of eighteen rounds fired was reported around 12:...
Will Stevenson Aug 14, 2023 Midwest Communications
UPDATE - Boil order lifted for most of downtown East Peoria. Here is what we know
UPDATED 1:05 P.M. 8/15 EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A boil order has been lifted for most of downtown East Peoria. The boil order was needed after a water main break occurred on W. Camp St. near Main Street on...
Will Stevenson Aug 14, 2023 (City of East Peoria)
Chicago mayor names department veteran to run Chicago Police
CHICAGO - Chicago Police Counterterrorism Chief Larry Snelling is Mayor Brandon Johnson's choice to run the Chicago Police Department. After reports surfaced over the weekend about Snelling, Johnson m...
Will Stevenson Aug 14, 2023 Larry Snelling (Chicago Police via Facebook)
UPDATE: Georgia court website briefly publishes, removes document about potential Trump charges
UPDATED 2:07 P.M. (Reuters) -The Fulton County, Georgia, court's website briefly posted a document on Monday listing several criminal charges against former U.S. President Donald Trump that appeared r...
Will Stevenson Aug 14, 2023 A document briefly posted on and then taken down from the official Fulton County, Georgia court website shows a list of potential felony charges against former President Donald Trump, after being downloaded by Reuters shortly before the court took the document back down without explanation, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. August 14, 2023. REUTERS/Julio-Cesar Chavez
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