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FAA bars US airlines from Haiti after gunfire hits planes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday it will bar U.S. airlines from operating in Haiti for 30 days after two commercial jetliners were struck by gunfire on Monday...
Nov 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A person walks outside Toussaint Louverture International Airport after airlines suspended flights, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti October 25, 2024. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol/File Photo
WTVP speaks out on "reckless political stunt" on its East Peoria tower
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria public television station WTVP is speaking out against what it calls a "reckless political stunt" on its broadcast tower. President and CEO Jenn Gordon says a pro-Donald Trump fl...
Nov 12, 2024 (25 News)
Two men arrested for eluding Peoria Police Saturday morning
UPDATED 5:15P.M. PEORIA Ill. - The man charged with Unlawful use of a weapon, after running from Peoria Police Saturday morning -- will remain in jail until his trial. According to Peoria County State...
Nov 12, 2024
UPDATE: Victim in murder-suicide Sunday night in Peoria identified
UPDATED 2:31 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The female victim in a murder-suicide Sunday night in Peoria has been identified. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says 48-year-old Johnnetta Smith was pronounced d...
Nov 12, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Trump hush money judge delays ruling on immunity following election win
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal hush money case has put off ruling on whether the president-elect's conviction should be thrown out on immunity grounds, enabling prose...
Nov 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump takes the stage following early results from the 2024 U.S. presidential election in Palm Beach County Convention Center, in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 6, 2024. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare/File Photo
Plans for former Quest buildings discussed at PPS Board meeting
PEORIA, Ill. - Plans to repurpose the two Quest Charter Academy buildings were presented to the Peoria Public Schools Board Monday night. Some teachers, parents, and school administrators want to tran...
Nov 12, 2024 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Decision Desk HQ projects Republicans will retain US House majority
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Data provider Decision Desk HQ projected on Monday that President-elect Donald Trump's Republican Party had won a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, which would signa...
Nov 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building is pictured as the U.S. Senate begins consideration of a $95 billion Ukraine-Israel aid package, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 23, 2024. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File Photo
Trump expected to tap US Senator Marco Rubio for secretary of state, sources say
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) -Donald Trump is expected to tap U.S. Senator Marco Rubio to be his secretary of state, sources said on Monday, putting the Florida-born politician on track to be th...
Nov 12, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump and and Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) react during a campaign event at Dorton Arena, in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. November 4, 2024. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake/File Photo
Fire damages East Peoria home Monday night
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Fire broke out in a single-family home in East Peoria Monday night. Assistant Fire Chief Ronnie Marmitt says crews were called to Meadow Avenue just before 11:15 p.m. The fire was ...
Nov 12, 2024 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
How Illinois will decide on spending $40M opioid settlement with Kroger
CHICAGO - Illinois will receive a $40 million share of a $1.4 billion bipartisan national settlement with Kroger over the grocery chain's role in the opioid crisis, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Rao...
Nov 11, 2024 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is pictured at the Democratic National Convention. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
