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Arson to blame for residential fire in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called Tuesday night to a home on S. Matthew for a working fire. Fire Battalion Chief Scott Strum says just after 9:30 p.m., crews found heavy fire and black sm...
Nov 08, 2023 (25 News)
Grand jury indicts woman for apartment building arson
PEORIA, Ill. - A second woman has been charged with a fire a month ago at Peoria's Lexington Hill Apartments. A grand jury Tuesday charged Aleishiona Morris, 28, with Aggravated Arson. She's accused o...
Nov 07, 2023 Aleishiona Morris (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
UPDATE: Fatal motorcycle crash in Tazewell County
UPDATED 7:04 P.M. EAST PEORIA, Ill. - First responders were on the scene Tuesday of what is believed to be a fatal motorcycle crash in East Peoria. The accident was reported to have occurred at around...
Nov 07, 2023 (Illinois Department of Transportation Traffic Camera)
Grand jury charges teen woman with First Degree Murder
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has formally charged a woman with the shooting death of her boyfriend. The grand jury Tuesday filed a single First-Degree Murder count against T'Nashia Wash, ...
Nov 07, 2023 TNashia Wash (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
State gets 9th recent credit upgrade as administration faces scrutiny for pandemic unemployment handling
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois received another credit upgrade Tuesday, the same day a legislative committee once again scrutinized Gov. JB Pritzker's administration for its hand...
Nov 07, 2023 Ray Marchiori, acting director of the Illinois Department of Employment Security, testifies before the Legislative Audit Commission Tuesday about the agency’s handling of unemployment claims during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Grand jury files murder, weapons charges against Peoria man
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of First-Degree Murder. The grand jury Tuesday.also filed a charge of Possession of a Weapon by a Felon against Amorta Nelson, ...
Nov 07, 2023 Amorta Nelson (1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US Supreme Court leans toward allowing domestic-violence gun curbs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared inclined to uphold the legality of a federal law that makes it a crime for people under domestic violence restraining orders to ha...
Nov 07, 2023 People participate in a demonstration as the US Supreme Court considers legality of domestic-violence gun curbs at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 7, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
Rivian beats quarterly revenue estimate, raises full-year production forecast
(Reuters) -Rivian Automotive reported better-than-expected third-quarter revenue on Tuesday and raised its production forecast for the full year by 2,000 vehicles to 54,000 units. Shares of Rivian, wh...
Nov 07, 2023 An electric pick-up truck is pictured at the Rivian Automotive Inc facility in Costa Mesa, California, U.S.,November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Bradley University students react to proposed cuts to programs and faculty. Here's what some students said
PEORIA, Ill. - Bradley University students are sharing their concerns and feelings in the wake of a proposal to cut programs and jobs to save the university around $13 million. The university is propo...
Nov 07, 2023 (Bradley University)
UPDATE: Suspect in California Jewish protester's death cooperating with police
UPDATED 2:50 P.M. (Reuters) - A suspect in the death of a Jewish man who fell and hit his head during dual pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protests in California had called 911 to report the fall and w...
Nov 07, 2023 Flowers and flags are placed at the exact location on the sidewalk of the alleged assault on Paul Kessler on Sunday in Thousand Oaks, California, U.S., November 7, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake
