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UPDATE: Man found not guilty by reason of insanity for West Peoria murder
UPDATED 5:45 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man accused of beating his grandmother to death last year in her West Peoria home has been found not guilty by reason of insanity of First-Degree Murder. That...
Will Stevenson Jul 06, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2022)
Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads - Semafor
(Reuters) -Twitter has threatened to sue Meta Platforms over its new Threads platform, news website Semafor reported on Thursday, citing a letter sent to the Facebook parent's CEO Mark Zuckerberg by T...
Will Stevenson Jul 06, 2023 Meta Threads and Twitter app logos are seen in this illustration taken, July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Trump aide Walt Nauta pleads not guilty in Mar-a-Lago documents case
MIAMI (Reuters) - Donald Trump aide Walt Nauta pleaded not guilty at a Miami federal courthouse on Thursday to charges he helped the former U.S. president hide top secret documents that Trump took whe...
Will Stevenson Jul 06, 2023 Walt Nauta, personal aide to former U.S. President Donald Trump, who is expected to face charges in connection to the mishandling of classified documents, and his lawyer Stanley Woodward, arrive at the James Lawrence King Federal Justice Building in Miami, Florida, U.S., July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Marco Bello
New playground equipment debuts at Greater Peoria Family YMCA
PEORIA, Ill. - Children who visit the Greater Peoria Family YMCA have a new outdoor option for play. The organization held a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday afternoon for its new playground equipment...
TJ Carson Jul 06, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
New breast cancer detection technology at Carle Health Pekin Hospital
PEKIN, Ill. - New breast cancer detection technology has arrived at a Carle Health Peoria-area facility. It's already at Carle's Methodist facility in Peoria, among other facilities, but what's called...
Will Stevenson Jul 06, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Mercenary chief Prigozhin back in Russia, Belarus's Lukashenko says
MINSK (Reuters) -Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday that the mutinous chief of Russia's Wagner group was still in Russia with thousands of fighters, but dismissed speculation t...
Will Stevenson Jul 06, 2023 Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a press conference in Minsk, Belarus July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
West Peoria apartment fire caused $2.25 million damage
PEORIA, Ill. - A devastating fire at a West Peoria apartment building has been deemed accidental. The night of June 20th, twelve units at the Edgewood Apartments on W. Radan Court were destroyed. The ...
Julia Bradley Jul 06, 2023 (25 News)
Two firefighters killed battling cargo ship fire at New Jersey port
Reuters) -Two New Jersey firefighters were killed while battling an intense blaze on a cargo ship docked at Port Newark, officials said on Thursday, and TV footage showed some smoke continuing to bill...
Julia Bradley Jul 06, 2023 A New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire boat sprays water on a cargo ship where two New Jersey firefighters were killed after they became trapped while battling a blaze, at Port Newark, New Jersey, U.S., July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Order limiting Biden officials' social media outreach on shaky legal ground, experts say
(Reuters) - A federal judge's order restricting Biden administration officials from contacting social media companies about moderating their content will face tough legal challenges on appeal, experts...
Julia Bradley Jul 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram apps are seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
UPDATE: Dogs found abandoned in boat on the IL River, one dead
UPDATED 1:40 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Seven dogs were found abandoned in a boat on the Illinois River on Wednesday behind Peoria's RiverPlex Center. Peoria firefighters and Fon du Lac Park Police went to a...
Julia Bradley Jul 06, 2023 (25 News)
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