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Four more Israeli hostages died in Gaza captivity, Israel's military says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Israeli military said on Monday that four more of the Israeli hostages abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7 have died in captivity and that their bodies are being held by the Islamist ...
Jun 03, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Pictures of hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from Gaza, are seen next to an Israeli flag on a building under construction, in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 31, 2024. REUTERS/Marko Djurica/File Photo
Peoria man sentenced for role in September 2020 murder
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man was sentenced to more than two decades in prison for his role in a murder nearly four years ago. 25 News reports 23-year-old Talya Zolicoffer was sentenced to 24 years in p...
Jun 03, 2024 courtroom gavel
Victim in fatal Interstate 74 crash Friday morning in East Peoria identified
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The identity of the victim in Friday morning's fatal crash on Interstate 74 in East Peoria is now known. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley says 32-year-old Lauren Martin of No...
Jun 03, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Speaker of the House likes chances of flipping Illinois' 17th Congressional District in November
PEORIA, Ill. - U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson believes Illinois' 17th Congressional District is in play in 2024. Retired judge Joe McGraw of Rockford is looking to unseat incumbent Democrat Er...
Jun 03, 2024 Retired judge Joe McGraw (left) stands next to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (center) during a press conference in Peoria on June 1st, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Hunter Biden jury sworn in, will hear evidence of addiction and a gun buy
UPDATED 6:05 P.M. WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -A jury was sworn in on Monday for the trial of Hunter Biden on gun charges, a historic criminal prosecution of a sitting president's son with the pote...
Jun 03, 2024 Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, walks at the federal court during the opening day of his trial on criminal gun charges in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 3, 2024. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Illinois Central College has a new VP in charge of fundraising
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois Central College made a big announcement Monday morning on WMBD Radio's "Greg and Dan Show." ICC President Sheila Quirk-Bailey says the college has a new vice president of ...
Jun 03, 2024 Illinois Central College President Sheila Quirk-Bailey and former State Rep. Mike Unes, who was announced on Monday as the college's new vice president of institutional advancement. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--Julia Bradley)
US veterans get heroes' welcome in France ahead of D-Day anniversary
DEAUVILLE/PARIS (Reuters) -Crowds cheered as U.S. veterans arrived at French airports ahead of ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day, a turning point in World War Two when more than 150,000...
Jun 03, 2024 World War II Veterans Cpl. Wilbur J. Myers, 101, and 1st Lt. Wallace N. King, 101, traveling to Normandy, France to commemorate D-Day, are celebrated by onlookers as they are pushed through a terminal at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., June 2, 2024. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer
Netanyahu says Gaza plan can begin before terms fully agreed - media
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli media quoted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as saying on Monday that the first phase of a U.S.-promoted plan to wind down the Gaza war, entailing a limited hostage rel...
Jun 03, 2024 A Palestinian woman stands next to a house hit in an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, June 3, 2024. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed
GasBuddy: Local gas prices continue to fall post-Memorial Day
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped 3.4 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.71 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Peoria's prices are 4...
Jun 03, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Donald Trump joins the TikTok video platform he once sought to ban
(Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has joined TikTok, the short video social media platform that is owned by China-based tech giant ByteDance and that he tried to ban as presid...
Jun 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a press conference at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S., May 31, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
