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PPD Annual Report released: Overall crime up, some forms of violent crime down
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria said back in January he would take any downward movement in the city's crime statistics when he released preliminary data. The final report on the cr...
Will Stevenson Apr 06, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Republican-controlled state house expels Democrat after gun control protest
UPDATED: 3:51 P.M. NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Republicans who control the Tennessee House of Representatives voted on Thursday to expel Justin Jones, the first of three Democratic members for th...
TJ Carson Apr 06, 2023 Protesters gather in the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm
Fulton County residents moving forward after EF-3 tornado hits
LEWISTOWN, Ill. - Residents in Fulton County affected by Tuesday's storms are beginning the process of cleaning up and rebuilding. The National Weather Service says the tornado that affected Bryant, L...
TJ Carson Apr 06, 2023 (Mary Shawgo via 25 News)
Woman arraigned on murder charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman has pleaded not guilty to murder charges after her boyfriend was stabbed a month ago. Heaven Kruzan, 22, was arraigned Thursday morning, according to court records -- a w...
Will Stevenson Apr 06, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Pension protesters target Paris bistro favored by Macron
PARIS (Reuters) -Clashes erupted in Paris next to a Left Bank brasserie favored by French President Emmanuel Macron as protesters torched garbage cans and smashed up two banks during an eleventh day o...
Will Stevenson Apr 06, 2023 French CRS riot police take position in front of a destroyed Credit Agricole bank office near objects set on fire during clashes at a demonstration as part of the eleventh day of nationwide strikes and protests against French government's pension reform, in Paris, France, April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
Recovered pope washes feet of young inmates on Holy Thursday
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis, appearing fully recovered from a bout of bronchitis, on Thursday began an intense four days leading to Easter urging priests to avoid fomenting division in the Ch...
TJ Carson Apr 06, 2023 Pope Francis attends the Chrism Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
Peoria Police investigating vehicle hijacking from Wednesday evening
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating a vehicle hijacking incident from Wednesday evening. Authorities say a victim reported that two male suspects wearing masks approached her as she was get...
TJ Carson Apr 06, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Stormy Daniels says Trump should not go to prison in hush money case
(Reuters) - Stormy Daniels, the adult film star at the center of the criminal case against Donald Trump, said she does not think the former president should go to prison if convicted of concealing hus...
Julia Bradley Apr 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Adult-film actress Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, departs federal court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., April 16, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Robert Kennedy Jr to make 2024 Democratic presidential bid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a lawyer and vaccine skeptic, will make a bid for the White House in 2024, becoming the second long-shot Democratic candidate to challenge President Joe B...
Julia Bradley Apr 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife actor Cheryl Hines arrive for a speech by Kennedy at the NH Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., March 3, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Apartment fire causes $200K in damages in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called to the Schlarman House apartments on NE Madison around 9:15 Wednesday night. Fire was found in a second-floor apartment with the sprinklers going off. I...
Julia Bradley Apr 06, 2023 D4E / CC