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Man sentenced to 60 years in prison for death of father
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man convicted last October for the death of his father will spend the better part of 60 years in prison. Peoria County Court records say a judge Thursday sentenced Mark Runyon,...
Julia Bradley Jan 05, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2020)
Not guilty plea entered in Woodford County attempted murder case
EUREKA, Ill. - A woman charged with a Woodford County attempted murder has entered a plea of not guilty. Court records indicate Gabrielle Sturdivant, 21, pleaded not guilty Thursday on one count of At...
Julia Bradley Jan 05, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Woodford County Jail via 25 News)
NFL-'Who won?': Bills' Hamlin awake, communicating, doctors say
(Reuters) -Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin has been able to awaken and communicate with his medical team after the safety suffered cardiac arrest on the field during a Monday's night NFL game in Cin...
Will Stevenson Jan 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Jan 2, 2023; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Buffalo Bills linebacker Tremaine Edmunds (49) and cornerback Cam Lewis (39) and cornerback Siran Neal (33) react to the life threatening injury sustained by safety Damar Hamlin (not pictured) during the first quarter against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paycor Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Joseph Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports
Man pleads not guilty to Bartonville attempted murder
PEORIA, Ill. - A Washington man is being arraigned on charges accusing him of assaulting a family member is pleading not guilty. Austin Ricca, 27, appeared in Peoria County Court Thursday, after a gra...
Will Stevenson Jan 05, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Man pleads not guilty to Labor Day weekend homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man facing a host of charges in a host of cases is pleading not guilty to the city's 17th homicide of last year. Court records indicate Domonicue Linwood, 24, made the plea Thu...
Will Stevenson Jan 05, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail January 2022)
Supreme Court sets March timeline for oral arguments in cash bail appeal
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - An appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court regarding the constitutionality of a state law that would end cash bail appears to be at least two months away from ...
Will Stevenson Jan 05, 2023 (Illinois Supreme Court)
Pritzker: Progress made toward assault weapons ban
CHATHAM, Ill. - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says while time is running out during the lame duck legislation session going on now in Springfield, there is still time to get a ban on assault weapons d...
Will Stevenson Jan 05, 2023 (State of Illinois)
Biden lays out new immigration curbs on U.S.-Mexico border
UPDATED 1:34 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will use Trump-era restrictions to rapidly expel Cuban, Nicaraguan and Haitian migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, Pres...
Will Stevenson Jan 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the news media before boarding Marine One for travel to Kentucky from the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, U.S., January 4, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Masked man walked past Idaho victims' roommate on night of murders -court document
(Reuters) -A woman who lived at the house where four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death in November told investigators she was awakened on the night of the murders by the sound of some...
Will Stevenson Jan 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students, is escorted to an extradition hearing at the Monroe County Courthouse in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., January 3, 2023. Matt Rourke/Pool via REUTERS
Amazon to cut 18,000 jobs as layoffs expand in tech sector
(Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc's layoffs will now include more than 18,000 roles as part of a workforce reduction it previously disclosed, Chief Executive Andy Jassy said in a public staff note on Wednesda...
Will Stevenson Jan 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: The Amazon logo is displayed on a sign outside the company's LDJ5 sortation center in the Staten Island borough of New York City, U.S. April 25, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid./File Photo/File Photo
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