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Biden, Trump clinch nominations, kicking off bruising presidential rematch
(Reuters) -President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump both clinched their parties' nomination on Tuesday, kicking off the first U.S. presidential election rematch in nearly 70 years. Biden ...
Mar 13, 2024 Elections signage is displayed outside of the King Spring Baptist Church voting precinct during the Georgia Presidential Primary Election, in Smyrna, Georgia, U.S., March 12, 2024. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer
Two indicted by grand jury in Bartonville shooting, botched drug deal
PEORIA, Ill. - Two of three people arrested in connection with a late-February shooting in Bartonville have been indicted by a Peoria County Grand Jury. Donald Grant, 17, is facing charges as an adult...
Mar 12, 2024 Evan Nettles Mugshot (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
PPS Board concerned about potential cuts to Wraparound Center thanks to state grant cuts
PEORIA, Ill. - Some cuts are likely coming to a part of Peoria Public Schools that Superintendent Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat calls her "baby." Kherat told the District 150 school board Monday night what'...
Mar 12, 2024 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
One person dead after fatal crash in Tazewell County
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - One person is dead after a crash on Interstate 155 south of Tremont Tuesday afternoon. Illinois State Police says the crash happened at around 3:15 P.M. on Townline Road in the...
Mar 12, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: All clear given at Illinois State Capitol after lockdown Tuesday afternoon
UPDATED 3:35 P.M. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The all clear has been given at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. Governor J.B. Pritzker says the building is no longer in a lockdown after a threat was ...
Mar 12, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US to send $300 million in new weapons package for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will send a new military aid package for Ukraine worth $300 million, President Joe Biden's administration said on Tuesday, the first such move in months as add...
Mar 12, 2024 Ukrainian servicemen of 79th brigade take part in training, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine March 4, 2024. REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak/File Photo
Man accused of making meth in Pekin motel room
UPDATED 1:22 P.M. PEKIN, Ill. - Police in Pekin say a man was arrested Monday after the fire alarm went off at a local motel, but turned in to a drug bust. Pekin Police say Gregg Howell, 46, was taken...
Mar 12, 2024 (25 News)
Gasoline, shelter costs drive US inflation higher in February
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. consumer prices increased solidly in February amid higher costs for gasoline and shelter, suggesting stickiness in inflation that cast some doubts on whether the Federal Res...
Mar 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A person pumps gas at a Sunoco gas station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/FILE PHOTO
Peoria County voters can pick any polling location to vote at on Election Day
PEORIA, Ill. - If you're a voter in Peoria County, you can cast it anywhere in the county on Election Day. It's part of the county's "Vote Anywhere" initiative. Voters can go to one of 55 polling loca...
Mar 12, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Haitian leader says he will quit after transitional council formed as gang violence increases
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry, stranded in Puerto Rico as gang violence sweeps across his country, said on Monday night he will resign as soon as a transition council a...
Mar 12, 2024 Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry speaks while addressing the nation, at an unidentified location on a date given as March 11, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from a handout video. Prime Minister of the Republic of Haiti via X/Handout via REUTERS
