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Suspect in Chicago area train shooting charged with first-degree murder
FOREST PARK, Ill. - A man suspected of killing four people on a Chicago-area train shot them at close range while they were asleep, officials said Tuesday. The shooting happened before 5:30 a.m. Monda...
Sep 04, 2024 fergregory / Depositphotos.com
Peoria crews rescue occupants trapped after two-vehicle crash
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to N. Knoxville Avenue Tuesday morning on a two-vehicle rollover accident. Fire Battalion Chief Larry Carter says first crews arrived around 10:50 a.m., ...
Sep 04, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Tazewell Co. man sentenced to decades behind bars for drug-induced death
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - A Washington man convicted of drug-induced homicide was sentenced on Tuesday to 24 years in prison. 39-year-old Brent Dusch was sentenced for the March 22, 2022 death of Casson...
Sep 04, 2024 (Tazewell County Jail)
US charges Hamas leaders over Oct. 7 attack on Israel
(Reuters) -The United States announced criminal charges on Tuesday against Hamas' top leaders over their roles in planning, supporting and perpetrating the deadly Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel. The...
Sep 04, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Yehya Al-Sinwar Gaza Strip chief of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement, speaks during a rally to mark the annual al-Quds Day (Jerusalem Day), in Gaza, April 14, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/File photo
Russian air attack kills seven, including three children, in Ukraine's Lviv, mayor says
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -An overnight Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine's western city of Lviv close to the border with NATO member Poland killed seven people, including three children, loca...
Sep 04, 2024 Rescuers work at the site of a residential building damaged during a Russian drone and missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine September 4, 2024. REUTERS/Roman Baluk
Peoria's 182nd Airlift Wing and German Air Force pilots are training together
PEORIA, Ill. - The Illinois Air National Guard 182nd Airlift Wing and the German Air Force flew together above Peoria Tuesday, preparing for a collaborative training mission. Last year, Peoria soldier...
Sep 04, 2024 C-130 Hercules aircraft from Illinois’ 182nd Airlift Wing and Connecticut’s 103rd Airlift Wing sit on the 182 AW apron in Peoria, Ill., Jan. 29, 2015. The Hercules is capable of taking off and landing on rough terrain and is a key airframe for airdropping troops and equipment into hostile areas. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Lealan Buehrer/Released)
Republican-led US states sue over new Biden student debt relief plan
(Reuters) -Seven Republican-led states on Tuesday filed a lawsuit to challenge President Joe Biden's administration's latest student debt forgiveness plan, saying the U.S. Department of Education was ...
Sep 03, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A sign calling for student loan debt relief is seen in front of the Supreme Court as the justices are scheduled to hear oral arguments in two cases involving President Joe Biden's bid to reinstate his plan to cancel billions of dollars in student debt in Washington, U.S., February 28, 2023. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Two ordered to remain in custody following fatal shooting in downtown Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people were ordered to remain in jail Tuesday in connection to a shooting death in downtown Peoria last week. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says petitions to detain 40...
Sep 03, 2024 Mugshots of Lacorles Edwards and Walter Dearmond. (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
State law banning concealed carry on public transit ruled unconstitutional
ROCKFORD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A federal judge in Rockford has declared a state law banning concealed firearms on public transit systems unconstitutional - at least as it applies to four ind...
Sep 03, 2024 A Chicago Transit Authority train is pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Bird with West Nile found in Tazewell County
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Officials in Tazewell County say a bird collected has tested positive for West Nile Virus. The county health department says the bird was found in Washington on August 21st and sent...
Sep 03, 2024 Tim Sheerman-Chase / CC
