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Peoria man sentenced to prison for selling weapons
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man will spend the next seven years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing and selling weapons. 27-year-old Devonte Thompson was sentenced Thursday to prison, after he w...
Aug 08, 2024 courtroom gavel
Pekin Police looking for suspect in reported school theft
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin Police is asking for the public's help in finding a suspect accused of breaking into a school over the summer. The department released a video on Facebook, showing a male inside an...
Aug 08, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US prosecutors says Romanian businessman hired Hunter Biden to seek US policy influence
(Reuters) - Prosecutors in the U.S. criminal tax case against Hunter Biden accused him of accepting payments from a Romanian businessman who sought to "influence U.S. government agencies" in connectio...
Aug 08, 2024 Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, arrives at the federal court for his trial on criminal gun charges, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 10, 2024. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo
First Washington Police K9 dies
WASHINGTON, Ill. - The first K9 dog to serve in the Washington Police Department has died. The department says Thor was euthanized on Monday for acute medical conditions related to his age. Thor lived...
Aug 08, 2024 (Washington Police Department)
ISIS-inspired suspect in Taylor Swift show plot planned suicide attack
VIENNA (Reuters) -An Austrian teenager arrested over an alleged plot to strike a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna planned to carry out a suicide attack that would have caused a "bloodbath" and had vowed...
Aug 08, 2024 People and security walk outside Happel stadium after Taylor Swift's three concerts this week were canceled after the government confirmed a planned attack at the stadium in Vienna, Austria, August 8, 2024. REUTERS/Elisabeth Mandl
Updated: Michigan contractor dies at CAT Proving Ground
UPDATED 11:15 a.m. WASHINGTON, Ill. - A contractor for Caterpillar has died after an incident at the company's Proving Ground facility in Washington. A CAT spokesperson said the incident happened on W...
Aug 08, 2024 Caterpillar's former downtown Peoria headquarters (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US weekly jobless claims fall more than expected in latest week
(Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, suggesting fears the labor market is unraveling were overblown and the gradual ...
Aug 08, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian passes a "Help Wanted" sign in the door of a hardware store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Gov. Pritzker calls for Sangamon Co. Sheriff to resign over Massey shooting
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Gov. J-B Pritzker called Wednesday for the resignation of the Sangamon County Sheriff, whose deputy fatally shot Sonya Massey in her home last month after she called 911 f...
Aug 08, 2024 Sean Grayson is pictured in a booking photo. The former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy is charged with first-degree murder and accused of shooting Sonya Massey to death in her kitchen. (Source: Sangamon County Sheriff's Department)
Boeing's Starliner astronauts could return on SpaceX capsule in Feb 2025, NASA says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NASA officials said on Wednesday the two astronauts delivered to the International Space Station in June by Boeing's Starliner could return on SpaceX's Crew Dragon in February 20...
Aug 08, 2024 FILE PHOTO: NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams pose ahead of the launch of Boeing's Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test (CFT), in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo
South Carolina braces for deluge as Tropical Storm Debby makes landfall
ATLANTA (Reuters) -Tropical Storm Debby made landfall early on Thursday and is forecast to dump even more rain on the South Carolina coast, prompting fears of flash flooding in areas already soaked by...
Aug 08, 2024 Waves crash into Garden City beach pier as Tropical Storm Debby drifts in the East Coast, in Garden City, South Carolina, U.S., August 7, 2024. REUTERS/Marco Bello
