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Peoria teenager pleads guilty to weapons and threatening a public official charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria teenager has pleaded guilty to charges involving weapons and threatening a public official. 19-year-old Taiwand Hughes pleaded guilty Monday to one count of Aggravated Discharg...
Oct 21, 2024 Taiwand Hughes Mugshot (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Ground broken on Peoria International Airport air traffic control tower project
PEORIA, Ill. - A "long awaited day" for the Peoria International Airport has arrived. The airport held a groundbreaking ceremony Monday morning for the facility's new air traffic control tower. The cu...
Oct 21, 2024 Employees of the Peoria International Airport take part in the ceremonial groundbreaking for the new air traffic control tower at PIA. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Harris courts Republican vote with Liz Cheney, Trump visits storm-hit North Carolina
MALVERN, Pennsylvania/SWANNANOA, North Carolina (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris campaigned with former Republican lawmaker Liz Cheney in Pennsylvania on Monday, as rival Do...
Oct 21, 2024 Supporters of Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump wait ahead of his campaign rally at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum in Greenville, North Carolina, U.S., October 21, 2024. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake
17th District looms large in tight battle for U.S. House
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - With less than three weeks remaining before voting ends in the 2024 election, polls have been showing Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Dona...
Oct 21, 2024 Illinois’ 17th Congressional District. (Capitol News Illinois illustration, Created with Datawrapper, base map copyright OpenStreetMap.)
Early Voting popular here in Central Illinois and statewide ahead of the November Election
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - With a little over two weeks until Election Day, Early Voting is going strong in Peoria County. Peoria County Election Commission Executive Director Elizabeth Gannon says over 5,...
Oct 21, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Multiple people injured after a three shooting incidents Monday in Peoria
UPDATED 3:45 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say a 23-year-old male was treated for a gunshot wound after he was reportedly shot while walking. Police say they were informed just after 1:00 P.M. tha...
Oct 21, 2024
US Supreme Court won't hear Michael Cohen bid to revive suit against Donald Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by Michael Cohen to revive a lawsuit accusing Donald Trump and various former federal officials of returning him to priso...
Oct 21, 2024 Former attorney for former U.S. President Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, walks outside New York State Supreme Court after attending the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., October 25, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Morton Band takes top honors at State Marching Competition
MORTON, Ill. - For a third year in a row, the Morton High School Marching Band took first place honors over the weekend in finals competition at the Illinois State Marching Band Championships. The com...
Oct 21, 2024 (Morton High School Marching Band)
US investigates leak on intelligence about Israel's Iran attack plans
(Reuters) -The United States is investigating the leak of a pair of highly classified intelligence documents describing Israel's preparations for a retaliatory strike on Iran, House Speaker Mike Johns...
Oct 21, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, speaks as he visits the New York Stock Exchange to deliver an economic address, in New York City, U.S., October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Kent J. Edwards/File Photo
Trump hands out french fries in Pennsylvania, Harris visits Georgia churches in swing-state appeals
ATLANTA/PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -With the U.S. presidential election just over two weeks away, Democrat Kamala Harris visited two churches on Sunday while her Republican rival, Donald Trump, visited an...
Oct 21, 2024 Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania, U.S. October 20, 2024. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS
