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Lawmakers pass bill aimed at modernizing professional licensing in Illinois
(Capitol News Illinois) - As Illinois faces shortages of health care practitioners and mental health professionals, the state agency in charge of licensing for those and more than 100 other industries...
Nov 14, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Peoria Manual High School hit after shots fired in the area Tuesday morning
UPDATED 3:18 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Manual High School was placed on lockdown Tuesday morning after shots fired in the area hit the building. Peoria Police says a vehicle was also struck after a t...
Nov 14, 2023 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Demonstrators in Washington back Israel, denounce antisemitism
UPDATED 6:07 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Washington on Tuesday for a "March for Israel" to show solidarity with Israel in its war with Hamas and condemn ...
Nov 14, 2023 Israeli Americans and supporters of Israel gather in solidarity with Israel and protest against antisemitism, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, during a rally on the National Mall in Washington, U.S, November 14, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
US House Speaker Johnson looks to Democrats to avert gov't shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson will brave opposition from fellow Republicans and rely on Democratic votes on Tuesday in a risky tactic to avert a government shutdown. The House ...
Nov 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) delivers remarks on the outer steps of the House of Representatives after he was elected to be the new Speaker at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 25, 2023. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
US House speaker's plan to avoid shutdown gains some Democratic support
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson's plan to avoid a partial government shutdown secured tentative support from top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Monday, even ...
Nov 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) addresses the U.S. House of Representatives after he was elected to be the new Speaker at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 25, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Israeli forces outside main Gaza hospital, offer to send in incubators
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli forces bombarded southern Gaza on Tuesday after tanks advanced to the gates of the enclave's biggest hospital in the north where health officials say dozens of patien...
Nov 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises as displaced Palestinians take shelter at Al Shifa hospital, amid the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Doaa Rouqa/File Photo
Feeling blue? Abraham Lincoln did, too. New version of Peoria's Lincoln mural helps tell that story
PEORIA, Ill. - The mural of Abraham Lincoln on the back of the Peoria County Courthouse got a once-over - and it's not necessarily one anyone thought was needed at first. "Abraham Blue" now hangs wher...
Nov 13, 2023 (Doug Leunig, founder, Big Picture Peoria, discusses his work on the new version of the "Abraham Blue" mural. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Two arrested after multiple police chases in Peoria from the past weekend. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people were arrested from the weekend after multiple police chases throughout Peoria. Peoria Police says officers attempted to stop a vehicle in the area of Nebraska and Knoxville, ...
Nov 13, 2023 (Omar Denova (left) and Cortez Aguirre Mugshots. Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Human remains found confirmed to be that of man missing for months
UPDATED 7:08 P.M. PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is investigating human remains found Sunday morning, and the coroner says they are confirmed to be that of a man missing sinc...
Nov 13, 2023 (25 News)
Man pleads guilty to making bomb threats to Pere Marquette. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - The man accused of making three separate bomb threats to the Pere Marquette Hotel in downtown Peoria - one of them while parents and children were staying there for a music education co...
Nov 13, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
