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Fire causes $100K in damage to East Peoria property
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Fire at an East Peoria home caused $100,000 damage Sunday night, including damage to vehicles in an attached garage. Assistant Fire Chief Andy Ogburn said crews arrived just after ...
May 11, 2026
UPDATE: One person in custody following alleged police shootout and house explosion in Washington
(UPDATED 2:01 P.M.) WASHINGTON, Ill. - One person is in custody after an incident early Sunday morning in Washington that allegedly involved a police shootout and a house explosion. Washington Police ...
May 10, 2026 Corey Wara
Rivermen fall in deciding game of SPHL President's Cup Finals
PEORIA, Ill. - The Cup will be staying in Evansville. The Evansville Thunderbolts won their second straight SPHL President's Cup at Carver Arena on Saturday night, by defeating the Peoria Rivermen, 6-...
May 09, 2026 The Evansville Thunderbolts come together to lift the SPHL President's Cup, after defeating the Peoria Rivermen, 6-4, in Game 5 of the 2026 President's Cup Finals at Carver Arena in Peoria. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Numerous construction projects to begin on Monday
PEORIA, Ill. - The construction season will start to ramp up in central Illinois this week. Starting on Monday, the ramp from northbound Route 6 to Knoxville will be closed until mid-June for work on ...
May 09, 2026 Midwest Communications
US, Iran no closer to ending war as Tehran's response awaited
WASHINGTON/CAIRO, May 9 (Reuters) - A state of relative calm prevailed around the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, after days of sporadic flare-ups, as the United States waited for Iran's response to its...
May 09, 2026 A billboard with a graphic design about the Strait of Hormuz on a building in Tehran, Iran, May 6, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
Teen injured after shooting in Peoria's West Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenage boy is in stable condition after reportedly being shot in the face Friday night in Peoria's West Bluff Peoria Police says officers found the 17-year-old in the area of Thrush ...
May 09, 2026
UPDATE: Murder suspect and female victim die after downtown Peoria officer-involved shooting
(UPDATED 5/9 5:28 A.M.) PEORIA, Ill. - Two people have died after a domestic disturbance turned into an officer-involved shooting in downtown Peoria. Peoria Police says the incident happened in the ar...
May 08, 2026
Russia and Ukraine agree on three-day US-mediated ceasefire
MOSCOW/WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine confirmed on Friday that they had agreed to a three-day ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump that will run from May 9 to May 11. T...
May 08, 2026 A Russian security officer remains atop an all-terrain infantry mobility vehicle amid increased security measures taken ahead of Victory Day, marking the anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in central Moscow, Russia, May 7, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer
UPDATE: Summer Camp music festival canceled for 2026
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - An annual music festival outside of Chillicothe will not be taking place again this year. In a statement on its website...the organizers of Summer Camp announced Friday that the ev...
May 08, 2026 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD -Rick Hirschmann)
Virginia court tosses Democratic map, dealing major blow to party's midterm hopes
May 8 (Reuters) - Virginia's top court on Friday threw out a new electoral map that was crafted to flip four Republican-held U.S. congressional seats to Democrats, in a setback to Democratic hopes of ...
May 08, 2026 FILE PHOTO: Supporters depart a campaign rally against Virginia Democrats' proposed state redistricting constitutional amendment ahead of the referendum special election on April 21, in Bridgewater, Virginia, April 11, 2026. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
