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Heathrow resumes operations as global airlines scramble after shutdown
LONDON (Reuters) - London's Heathrow Airport resumed full operations on Saturday, a day after a fire knocked out its power supply and shut Europe's busiest airport, causing global travel chaos. Some f...
Mar 22, 2025 People walk at Terminal 5 of the Heathrow International Airport, a day after a fire at a nearby electrical substation wiped out the power at the airport, near London, Britain, March 22, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes
Demolition explosions will shut down the McClugage Bridge Thursday
PEORIA, Ill. - IDOT has announced that the first of six scheduled demolition explosion events on the McClugage Bridge will take place on Thursday of next week. Beginning around 10 a.m. and continuing ...
Mar 22, 2025 (Illinois Department of Transportation)
Residents displaced by Peoria fire Friday night
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to a residential fire around noon-time Friday on N. Renwood Avenue. Fire Battalion Chief Ryan Calhoun says crews found heavy smoke and fire coming from the...
Mar 22, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
New roadwork set to begin Monday in Peoria and Peoria County
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - Beginning Monday, in Peoria County just west of Bartonville, the Pfeiffer Road Bridge will close for a rehabilitation project. The work which continues through July includes repl...
Mar 22, 2025 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond, File
George Foreman, heavyweight champ and purveyor of grills, dies at 76
(Reuters) - American George Foreman, one of the great second acts in sports, who reclaimed the heavyweight boxing title at age 45 and became a celebrated product pitchman, died on Friday at age 76. "W...
Mar 22, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Former heavyweight champion George Foreman gestures before the heavyweight title unification boxing match between Ukrainian IBF and WBO titleholder Vladimir Klitschko against British WBA champion David Haye in Hamburg July 2, 2011. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File photo
Pedestrian victim in fatal Wednesday night crash in Peoria identified
PEORIA, Ill. - The victim in a fatal pedestrian-versus-vehicle crash Wednesday evening in Peoria has been identified. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says 66-year-old Deana Viano was pronounced de...
Mar 21, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Pritzker discusses proposed Medicaid cuts, slams Trump and Musk, in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Governor J.B. Pritzker's crusade against President Donald Trump and his policies brought him to Peoria on Friday afternoon. Pritzker spoke at a roundtable at EPIC as part of his "Standi...
Mar 21, 2025 (State of Illinois)
Teenager sentenced for role in 2023 Peoria East Bluff murder
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager learned his fate after being found guilty of an execution style murder in Peoria's East Bluff in 2023. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 16-year-old Byron Jarv...
Mar 21, 2025 courtroom gavel
Emo's Ice Cream opens for the season as spring arrives
PEORIA, Ill. - A sign of spring in Peoria greeted hungry customers this (Friday) morning. Emo's Ice Cream opened for the season, with people lining up before dawn to get half-price ice cream and coney...
Mar 21, 2025 (25 News)
Peoria City Soccer's first action of 2025 to take place Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. - The fourth season of Peoria City Soccer is on the horizon. The season starts on Saturday with the Copa Peoria Series exhibition against the under-23 squad of Mexico Liga BBVA MX superpo...
Mar 21, 2025 Peoria City players celebrate after a goal against Tucson FC in the USL 2 national semifinal game at Shea Stadium on July 28th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
