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Washington man arrested on aggravated battery charge
WASHINGTON, Ill. - A Washington man has been arrested during an investigation into an aggravated battery incident. Washington Police say 33-year-old Kyle Peterson was arrested after a search warrant w...
Aug 13, 2024 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Chillicothe couple suffered blunt force trauma in fatal crash
PEORIA, Ill. - Autopsy results for a Chillicothe couple who died over the weekend after their motorcycle collided with a pickup truck are consistent with injuries suffered in the crash. Peoria County ...
Aug 13, 2024 (Peoria County Coroner)
One dead after double shooting in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman is dead after a double shooting Sunday night. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says one of the two victims that were shot, 35-year-old Zaneta Winters, was pronounced b...
Aug 13, 2024 1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Exclusive-Harris to detail plans to cut costs in key policy speech in North Carolina
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver on Friday the first policy-centered speech in her new role as Democratic presidential candidate, tackling ways to lower costs, a c...
Aug 13, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event with Democratic vice presidential candidate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, at the United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 900 in Wayne, Michigan, U.S., August 8, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Cheaper services curb US producer price gains in July
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. producer prices increased less than expected in July as an energy-driven rebound in the cost of goods was tempered by cheaper services, indicating that inflation continued t...
Aug 13, 2024 A person shops at a Whole Foods grocery store in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 10, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
PPS Board denies succession committee motion
PEORIA, Ill. - After being tabled at the July Board of Education meeting, a motion to establish a succession committee for Peoria Public Schools was denied on a 4-2 vote Monday night. The motion recei...
Aug 13, 2024 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Biden targets tumors with $150 million funding for 'Cancer Moonshot' program
(Reuters) - President Joe Biden will announce Tuesday he is putting $150 million in new federal funding towards developing technology to better help surgeons successfully remove cancerous tumors, the ...
Aug 13, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden walks toward the South Lawn of the White House as he departs on travel to Wilmington, Delaware in Washington, U.S., August 2, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
Peoria Native Liv Warfield to perform live on AGT
PEORIA, Ill. - After getting the golden buzzer from America's Got Talent Judge Simon Cowell in June, Peoria Native Liv Warfield has gone viral. In her initial audition for AGT, Warfield performed an o...
Aug 13, 2024 Peoria native Liv Warfield performs on NBC's America's Got Talent in June, receiving the Golden Buzzer.
(NBC.com)
Congressman Sorensen announces federal funding to help replace water lines in Peoria Heights
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Federal money will help fund improvements to the water system in Peoria Heights. 17th District Congressman Eric Sorensen (D-Moline) visited the village on Monday to announce mor...
Aug 12, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden, European allies discuss Middle East tensions, Gaza ceasefire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden spoke on Monday to the leaders of France, Germany, Italy and the UK to discuss de-escalating tensions in the Middle East and a ceasefire in Gaza, the Whi...
Aug 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden looks on at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., August 1, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
