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UPDATE: Teenager arrested for reportedly shooting another teenager in one of three shootings Sunday in Peoria
UPDATED 5:42 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office identified the suspect as 16-year-old Janard Quin. The office says because of Quin's age, along with the Aggravated Battery...
Mar 25, 2024 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Highest-ranking woman in state police history reflects on experience as force looks to diversify
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The night before Rebecca Hooks started at the Illinois State Police Academy in 2002, she spoke on the phone with her father and her brother - both of whom w...
Mar 25, 2024 Rebecca Hooks Pic – Illinois State Police First Deputy Director Rebecca Hooks, the highest-ranking woman in agency history, works in her office in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Arrests made in connection to pair of homicides from past weekend in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Arrests have been made in connection to two separate homicides in the same area from the past weekend in Peoria. Peoria Police say 21-year-old Javier McGhee surrendered himself to polic...
Mar 25, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Victims from two homicides in Peoria this past weekend identified
PEORIA, Ill. - The victims from Peoria's 3rd and 4th homicides this past weekend, hours apart from each other, in Peoria have been identified. The Peoria County Coroner's Office says the victims are 2...
Mar 25, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
US new home sales fall; median price lowest in more than 2-1/2 years
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Sales of new U.S. single-family homes unexpectedly fell in February after mortgage rates increased during the month, but the underlying trend remained strong amid a chronic short...
Mar 25, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A "For Rent, For Sale" sign is seen outside of a home in Washington, U.S., July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo
UN Security Council demands immediate ceasefire in Gaza after US abstains
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations Security Council on Monday demanded an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas and the immediate and unconditional release of al...
Mar 25, 2024 British Representative to the United Nations Barbara Woodward votes in favour, during a vote on a Gaza resolution that demands an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan leading to a permanent sustainable ceasefire, and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., March 25, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Jackpots of $1.9 billion up for grabs in two US lotteries
(Reuters) - An estimated $1.9 billion is up for grabs this week as both multistate lotteries in the United States hold drawings for some of the richest jackpots in their histories. On Monday, Powerbal...
Mar 25, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Powerball tickets are seen at a liquor store, in Washington, U.S., July 19, 2023. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
UPDATE: Trump's Stormy Daniels hush money trial to start on April 15, judge rules
UPDATED 11:21 A.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump's criminal trial on charges tied to hush money paid to a porn star will start on April 15, a judge said on Monday, paving the way for the Republican...
Mar 25, 2024 A combination photo shows adult film actress Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels speaking in New York City, and then- U.S. President Donald Trump speaking in Washington, Michigan, U.S. on April 16, 2018 and April 28, 2018 respectively. . REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (L) REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to step down in management shakeup amid safety crisis
(Reuters) - Boeing Co CEO Dave Calhoun will step down by year-end, in a broad management shakeup brought on by the planemaker's sprawling safety crisis stemming from a January mid-air panel blowout on...
Mar 25, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun speaks with reporters ahead of meeting with U.S. senators on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 24, 2024. REUTERS/Valerie Insinna/File Photo
UPDATE: PPD investigating three more shootings on Sunday
UPDATED 8:53 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say three people were injured in three separate shootings on Sunday. The first shooting happened around 2 p.m. on N. Sheridan Road. Officers found a juve...
Mar 25, 2024 Midwest Communications
