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License Plate Readers now in use in Chillicothe
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - An item that's been getting a lot of use by Peoria and East Peoria Police among others has now spread to another location in the area. Chillicothe Police say they have installed au...
Will Stevenson Apr 21, 2023 (Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Suspect arrested after police standoff
UPDATED 8:20 A.M. 4/22/23 PEORIA, Ill. - A man has been arrested after a standoff lasting for a time in North Peoria. Peoria Police tell 25 News Brian Burnside, 32, was arrested on outstanding warrant...
Will Stevenson Apr 21, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Trump ally Jordan urges court to allow deposition of ex-prosecutor
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Jim Jordan, one of Donald Trump's staunchest allies in Congress, on Friday urged an appeals court to let his House Judiciary Committee depose a former prosecut...
TJ Carson Apr 21, 2023 U.S. Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) arrives for the Republican caucus meeting, in Washington, U.S., May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
UPDATE: Nearly $1B in expected spending on health care for noncitizens adds to state budget pressures
UPDATED 4:09 P.M. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The state estimates an expansion of state-sponsored health care to individuals who are ineligible for Medicaid based on their citizenship ...
TJ Carson Apr 21, 2023 Images Money / CC
Canton man goes to federal prison on meth charge
PEORIA, Ill. - A Canton man will be spending almost seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty last December to having methamphetamine in his possession earlier last year. The U.S. Attorney's...
Will Stevenson Apr 21, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Officials: $1M in damage following Morton Industries fire
MORTON, Ill. - An estimated $1 million in damage was done by Thursday's fire at Morton Industries. That's according to Morton Fire Chief Joe Kelly, who says the blaze, first reported around 2:45 p.m.,...
Will Stevenson Apr 21, 2023 (25 News)
Allies move to bolster Ukrainian tank forces ahead of counteroffensive
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (Reuters) -The United States said it will soon start training Ukrainian troops to use its Abrams tank and Germany announced a deal to establish a hub in Poland to repair tan...
TJ Carson Apr 21, 2023 A general view of Ukraine Defense Contact group meeting at Ramstein U.S. Air Base, Germany, April 21, 2023. REUTERS/Heiko Becker
Right-wing radio host Elder announces 2024 Republican presidential bid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Right-wing U.S. radio host Larry Elder, a Black lawyer who has denied there is systemic racism in America, has announced his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomin...
Julia Bradley Apr 21, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder poses at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, U.S., February 27, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo
US Supreme Court poised to act on abortion pill curbs
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court is poised on Friday to determine whether the abortion pill mifepristone will continue to be broadly available in the United States as it weighs a bid by Democratic P...
Julia Bradley Apr 21, 2023 Used boxes of Mifepristone pills, the first drug used in a medical abortion, fill a trash at Alamo Women's Clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S., January 11, 2023. REUTERS/Evleyn Hockstein
Illinois expanding school-based healthcare to more students
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- More Illinois students will soon have access to health services at school thanks to new funding coming to the state. The federal government has approved a state proposal to expand...
Julia Bradley Apr 21, 2023 Montse PB / CC
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