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Man indicted by grand jury for possessing machine gun
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is accused of having what a grand jury indictment says was an illegal machine gun, and of trying to flee from police. The grand jury is charging 19-year-old Jyquan Allen wi...
Nov 23, 2023 Jyquan Allen (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
State high court skeptical municipal police and fire pension consolidation hurt retirees' voting rights
(Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in a case alleging the state's 2019 law that consolidated nearly 650 individual police and firefighter pension funds act...
Nov 23, 2023 The Illinois Supreme Court building is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Fiery Rainbow Bridge car crash at US-Canada border kills 2; terrorism ruled out
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A speeding car crashed in flames on the bridge linking New York state and Ontario at Niagara Falls on Wednesday, killing two people in the vehicle and sparking a security scare t...
Nov 23, 2023 A vehicle burns at the Rainbow Bridge U.S. border crossing with Canada, in Niagara Falls, New York, U.S. November 22, 2023 in a still image from video. Courtesy Saleman Alwishah via REUTERS
UPDATE: Israel and Hamas to start four-day truce on Friday -Qatar mediators
UPDATED 9:05 A.M. GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas will start a four-day truce on Friday morning with the first batch of Israeli hostages released later that day, ...
Nov 23, 2023 Israeli tanks operate in Gaza City, amid the ongoing ground operation of the Israeli army against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the Gaza Strip, November 22, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
Few security, weather concerns for Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade
NEW YORK - The annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade steps off Thursday morning in New York City, but not without some assurances of safety for the thousands who will watch in person. The heightened s...
Nov 23, 2023 Phil Roeder / CC
Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on edge over world events
(Reuters) - Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursday with heightened security measures in place and tensions running high over the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, potentially casting a ...
Nov 23, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden leaves after taking part in the annual ceremony of pardoning the National Thanksgiving Turkeys on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 20, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Fire causes damage at South Peoria home
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters are still investigating what could have caused a fire at a South Peoria home Wednesday afternoon. The fire happened just after 3:00 p.m. near Antoinette and Laramie ...
Nov 23, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Driver trapped after collision with semi in Peoria Heights
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Details are coming out about a crash late Tuesday night in Peoria Heights that involved a semi and a trapped driver. It happened just before 11 p.m. on Prospect Road near the in...
Nov 22, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
COVID hospitalizations up in the area, says IDPH
CHICAGO, Ill. - State officials are sounding a cautionary alarm as they claim a few counties in Illinois, including in this area, are seeing an uptick of COVID-19 and respiratory virus cases. The CDC ...
Nov 22, 2023 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
UPDATE: Gaza hostage release will not start before Friday, Israel says
UPDATED 4:56 p.m. GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The release of hostages under a temporary truce between Israel and Hamas militants will not happen before Friday, Israel's national security adviser said o...
Nov 22, 2023 An Israeli soldier sits in a HMMWV (Humvee), amid the ongoing ground operation of the Israeli army against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the northern Gaza Strip, November 22, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
