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Woman pleads guilty to animal cruelty
PEORIA, Ill. - A Princeville woman has pleaded guilty to charges accusing her of mistreatment of animals, almost two weeks before she was to go to trial. Court records indicate Stacy Mueller, 42, plea...
Dec 06, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Comcast to raise prices for its Xfinity programs
(Reuters) - Comcast is raising prices for its Xfinity program, the media giant said on Wednesday, as it looks to offset high programming costs. Xfinity provides video, broadband and phone services. Bl...
Dec 06, 2023 Small toy figures with laptops and smartphones are seen in front of displayed Comcast logo, in this illustration taken December 5, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Bradley students hold another protest over proposed cuts to programs and faculty
PEORIA, Ill. - As a final decision looms regarding cuts to programs and faculty at Bradley University, a small group of students are making their voices heard to try and save them. A protest at Main a...
Dec 06, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: US Senate Republican block Ukraine, Israel aid bill over border dispute
UPDATED 6:39 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An emergency spending bill to provide billions of dollars in new security assistance for Ukraine and Israel was blocked in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday as Repub...
Dec 06, 2023 The U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Israeli forces battle Hamas in southern Gaza as civilians say no place is safe
GAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli troops fought fierce battles with Hamas in an expanding offensive into southern Gaza on Wednesday, forcing tens of thousands of displaced Palestinian civilians to cram in...
Dec 06, 2023 A Palestinian woman stands in a destroyed room in a building as she inspects the site of Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, December 6, 2023. REUTERS/Ahmed Zakot
UPDATE: Las Vegas campus shooting leaves three victims; suspect also dead
UPDATED 5:11 p.m. (Reuters) -A shooting on the main campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on Wednesday claimed at least three victims before the bloodshed ended with the suspect dead, authori...
Dec 06, 2023 Law enforcement officers head into UNLV campus after reports of an active shooter in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. December 6, 2023. Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via REUTERS
'Summer Camp' officially becomes 'Solshine'
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - The Summer Camp music festival has, after 22 years, officially become a different music festival that will also focus on the arts. Jay Goldberg Events says what they are calling "S...
Dec 06, 2023 (Jay Goldberg Events)
Teen accused of shooting Manual student on way to school enters plea following grand jury indictment
PEORIA, Ill. - A teen being tried as an adult for allegedly shooting a Manual High School student on his way to school has pleaded not guilty. Peoria County Court records indicate Jimichael Brown, 16,...
Dec 06, 2023 Midwest Communications
Don't let Putin win, Biden pleads with Republicans on Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden pleaded with Republicans for a fresh infusion of military aid for Ukraine on Wednesday, warning that a victory for Russia over Ukraine would leave Mosco...
Dec 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy walks down the White House colonnade to the Oval Office with U.S. President Joe Biden during a visit to the White House in Washington, U.S., September 21, 2023. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
McDonald's plots rapid growth with 10,000 new stores
(Reuters) -McDonald's is planning to open about 10,000 restaurants globally by 2027, in what could be the fast-food giant's fastest period of growth in its history, it said on Wednesday. The company a...
Dec 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A Deliveroo rider stands beside a bicycle outside a McDonald's restaurant in London, Britain, December 10, 2021. Picture taken December 10, 2021. REUTERS/May James/File Photo
