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Update: Nine killed in crash of two US Army helicopters in Kentucky
UPDATED: 1:19 P.M. (Reuters) -Nine soldiers were killed in a crash of two medical evacuation Black Hawk helicopters during a routine nighttime training mission over Kentucky, the U.S. Army said on Thu...
Julia Bradley Mar 30, 2023 A general view of the site after helicopters crashed in Trigg County, Kentucky, U.S., March 29, 2023. WKDZ Radio/Handout via REUTERS
Memorial for Nashville shooting victims: 'Our hearts are broken'
NASHVILLE (Reuters) -First lady Jill Biden joined a memorial vigil in Nashville on Wednesday for the three children and three adults shot to death this week at a Christian day school, including two ed...
Julia Bradley Mar 30, 2023 An aerial view of the Covenant School which was the site of a deadly shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
Small plane crashes near Lincoln church
LOGAN COUNTY, Ill. -- A small plane went down near a church in Lincoln Wednesday night injuring an unknown number of people on the plane. Lincoln Mayor Tracy Welch told 25 News the crash happened abou...
Julia Bradley Mar 30, 2023 (Lincoln Daily News)
UPDATE: Severe thunderstorms hit Peoria-area Friday afternoon
UPDATED 3:31 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A tornado was confirmed near Eureka Friday afternoon as severe storms made their way through central Illinois. The National Weather Service reports the tornado was pai...
Julia Bradley Mar 30, 2023 Midwest Communications
Credit union closing Peoria branch
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - A Peoria-area banking institution is closing one of its branches, giving technology as one of the reasons. Redbrand Credit Union says it's closing its Peoria location at the Shoppe...
Will Stevenson Mar 29, 2023 (Redbrand Credit Union)
Polling place change ahead of next Tuesday's election
PEORIA, Ill. - A heads-up for some Peoria voters, with Election Day next week. The Peoria County Election Commission says if your polling place is Woodruff Career and Technical Center, that spot is be...
Will Stevenson Mar 29, 2023 Midwest Communications
Man, wanted by police, arrested on numerous weapons charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man who was wanted by police is now in custody on numerous weapons-related charges. Police say 22-year-old Dwayne Daye was arrested Tuesday afternoon on a warrant, and is charg...
Will Stevenson Mar 29, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Peoria City/County Racial Justice and Equity Commission releases report
PEORIA, Ill. - "Not a flattering account." That's how one member of the Peoria Racial Justice and Equity Commission describes their first report, showing more than obvious disparities in virtually eve...
Will Stevenson Mar 29, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
'If it ain't broke, don't fix it': Secretly recorded videos show ComEd lobbyists discussing alleged bribery scheme
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Longtime Commonwealth Edison contract lobbyist Jay Doherty thought he was merely reminiscing and giving advice to a colleague and friend in a February 2019 meet...
Will Stevenson Mar 29, 2023 Former ComEd lobbyists Mike McClain (left) and Jay Doherty are pictured in secretly recorded videos from 2019 that were shown to a jury Tuesday in their federal trial for accused bribery and corruption. (Screenshots from video presented as evidence in court)
South Peoria house fire deemed arson
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Fire officials are investigating yet another arson -- this time to a home in South Peoria. Peoria firefighters went to a vacant home near Livingston and Grinnell around 5:20 Wedn...
Will Stevenson Mar 29, 2023 Midwest Communications