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UPDATE: In State of the Union, Biden to sharpen contrast with Trump
UPDATED 2:51 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Thursday will use his last State of the Union address before the U.S. election to sharpen distinctions with Donald Trump on the economy, ...
Mar 07, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden looks on before boarding Air Force One at Hagerstown Regional Airport in Hagerstown, Maryland, U.S. March 5, 2024. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades
EastPort Marina worker recognized by East Peoria for quick-thinking, life-saving efforts
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The quick thinking of an EastPort Marina worker last month saved the lives of two people. On February 12th, Justin Smith spotted two people who had jumped into the frigid waters of...
Mar 06, 2024 EastPort Marina worker Justin Smith (L) with Fon du Lac Police members after receiving an award and proclamation from the city of East Peoria on March 5th, 2024 for rescuing two people from the Illinois River. (EastPort Marina Facebook)
Man sentenced to life in prison for second 2020 sexual assault
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he was convicted of the second of several sexual assaults he's accused of committing in 2020. Court records indicate Marquie...
Mar 06, 2024 Marquiese Talley (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail July 2020)
With feds citing 'extensive cooperation,' judge gives ex-Sen. Terry Link 3 years' probation
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - On an August day in 2019, then-Democratic state Sen. Terry Link stood outside of a suburban Wendy's and solicited a bribe from his colleague in the Illinois House. "W...
Mar 06, 2024 Former Democratic state Sen. Terry Link exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago with his attorney Catharine O'Daniel on Wednesday after being sentenced to three years’ probation on tax evasion charges. He was also ordered to repay nearly $83,000 in restitution to the state and federal government. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Dilpreet Raju)
UPDATE: Jury finds armorer guilty in fatal 'Rust' shooting
UPDATED 5:41 P.M. SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) -A New Mexico jury on Wednesday found "Rust" armorer Hannah Gutierrez guilty of involuntary manslaughter, ending a trial over Hollywood's first on-set ...
Mar 06, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Hannah Gutierrez-Reed (center) talks with her attorney Jason Bowles (right) and her defense team during the trial against her in First District Court, in Santa Fe, N.M. on Friday, March, 1, 2024. Gutierrez-Reed, who was working as the armorer on the movie "Rust" when cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed by a misfire, is charged with involuntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence. Jim Weber/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Biden, Trump woo Haley voters, 2024 election's new prize
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump are scrambling to win over supporters of Nikki Haley, a constituency that could be crucial to sending either man back to the White Ho...
Mar 06, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks before a meeting of his Competition Council, in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 5, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Woman sentenced to probation for animal cruelty
PEORIA, Ill. - A Princeville woman will get probation, for now, after pleading guilty to what ended up being one felony and several misdemeanor animal cruelty charges back in December. Stacy Mueller, ...
Mar 06, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
UPDATE: City of Pekin says Avanti's Dome up for sale, new businesses to occupy former Bergner's location
CLARIFICATION 3/7 12:41 p.m. The General Manager of the Avanti's Event Center, Brian Wonders, tells WMBD Radio News the event center itself REMAINS OPEN, while Wonders declined to comment on the statu...
Mar 06, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man accused of sexually abusing disabled person more than decade ago
PEORIA, Ill. - A Roanoke man has been indicted by a Peoria County grand jury on a felony sex charge. The grand jury Tuesday charged Dennis Leman, 63, of Roanoke with the Class-Two felony charge of Agg...
Mar 06, 2024 Dennis Leman (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Man faces felony sex charges after attempted sexual meet-up in Chillicothe
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - A man from Green County, Illinois, is accused of traveling to Chillicothe to meet a youth for sex. Chillicothe Police Chief Jeremy Cooper confirms Gary Sherwin, 65 of Roodhouse, wa...
Mar 06, 2024 Gary Sherwin (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
