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UPDATE: Israel says soldier executed, foreign hostages held at Gaza's Shifa hospital
UPDATED 7:00 P.M. JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel stepped up accusations of Hamas abuses at the Gaza Strip's biggest hospital on Sunday, saying a captive soldier had been executed and two foreign hostages...
Nov 19, 2023 A screen grab of a video released by the Israeli army on November 19, 2023 shows security camera footage of what they say were the Islamic militants of Hamas bringing in a hostage from Israel into the Shifa hospital on the day of the October 7 attack. Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS
Two dead following two-car crash near Kickapoo -Sheriff
KICKAPOO, Ill. - Both drivers are dead after their cars collided on U-S 150 near Kickapoo Friday night. That's according to Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins, who says the 76-year-old female driver ...
Nov 18, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Sean 'Diddy' Combs, ex-girlfriend settle sex trafficking, rape lawsuit
(Reuters) - Hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs and his ex-girlfriend R&B vocalist Cassandra Ventura on Friday settled her lawsuit that accused the rapper of serial physical abuse, sexual slavery and...
Nov 18, 2023 Sean "Diddy" Combs performs at the BET Awards 2022 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 26, 2022. REUTERS/David Swanson/File Photo
Election Commission to keep pre-paid postage on mail-in ballots
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Election Commission will pay the postage after all for people who wish to vote by mail. The commission voted to reverse an earlier decision to remove pre-paid postage ...
Nov 18, 2023 Midwest Communications
Man arrested after allegedly being caught on Manual High School property with gun
PEORIA, Ill. - An extra police presence around Manual High School in the wake of two recent shootings paid off Thursday. Peoria Police say they arrested George Lewis, 19, after he allegedly fled from ...
Nov 18, 2023 George Lewis (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Brother-sister duo charged after apartment break-in
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police took a brother-sister pair into custody Thursday night for allegedly breaking into an apartment. Police say 31-year-old Donniesha Young and 20-year-old Dontavius Young for...
Nov 18, 2023 Donniesha and Dontavius Young (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Israeli air strikes kill 32 in south Gaza amid calls for civilians to flee
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli air strikes on residential blocks in south Gaza killed at least 32 Palestinians on Saturday, medics said, after Israel again warned civilians to relocat...
Nov 18, 2023 A view shows Israeli military vehicles next to damaged buildings amid the ongoing ground operation of the Israeli army against the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the Gaza Strip, in this handout image released November 18, 2023. Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS
Peoria man gets federal prison on fentanyl-related charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is going to federal prison for allegedly distributing fentanyl in the area. The U.S. Attorney says Martin McLain, 44, was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison Frida...
Nov 18, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Palestinian detainees report Israeli beatings, mistreatment as West Bank arrests surge
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Hamza al-Qawasmi was at home in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron last month when Israeli forces stormed in after midnight and told him he was under arrest. The 27-...
Nov 18, 2023 Palestinian Hamza al-Qawasmi takes care of trees near his home, in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma
Tornado recovery through football. Here's how Washington's football coach remembers ten years ago
WASHINGTON, Ill. - On November 16th, 2013, the Washington High School football team defeated Normal U-High in the IHSA Class 5A playoffs. The next day, the lives of some members of the team and many i...
Nov 18, 2023 (25 Sports via Facebook)
