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Man sent to prison for shooting a Peoria Police officer in 2021
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man will go to prison for most of the next 35 years after he pleaded guilty in August to a shooting involving a Peoria Police officer more than two years ago. Court records ind...
Oct 06, 2023 Tyrell Logan, 2021 mugshot (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
US Postal Service seeks to hike stamp prices to 68 cents
(Reuters) - The United States Postal Service (USPS) said on Friday it wants to raise the price of first-class mail stamps to 68 cents from 66 cents effective Jan. 21. The proposal, which must be appro...
Oct 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A United States Postal Service (USPS) mailbox is seen in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
UPDATE: McCarthy says he will not resign from House after ouster as speaker
UPDATED 4:23 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Friday he will finish his congressional term and run for re-election, denying media reports ...
Oct 06, 2023 Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) carries a box as he leaves the office of the Speaker of the House and heads out of the U.S. Capitol several hours after being ousted from the position of Speaker by a vote of the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. October 3, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Downtown Peoria boil order lifted on Friday after water main break earlier this week
PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois American Water says a boil order has been lifted for downtown Peoria. The order was needed after a water main break occurred in the intersection of Adams and Liberty Streets on...
Oct 06, 2023 (TJ Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Buoyed by state funding, new biomedical research hub launches in Chicago
(Capitol News Illinois) - With vocal support from the governor and $25 million from the state, biomedical researchers are beginning to work on studying the fundamentals of human disease at a new facil...
Oct 06, 2023 Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Fellow Hope Burks presents her research into inflammation monitoring to Gov. JB Pritzker at a launch event for the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
UPDATE: Sam Bankman-Fried's reassurances about FTX were false, ex-lieutenant testifies
UPDATED 3:18 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sam Bankman-Fried's former lieutenant and business partner recounted the FTX cryptocurrency exchange's dramatic collapse on the witness stand on Friday, stating h...
Oct 06, 2023 Sam Bankman-Fried listens as Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicolas Roos questions Gary Wang during Bankman-Fried's fraud trial over the collapse of FTX, the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, at Federal Court in New York City, U.S., October 6, 2023, in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Family and friends of Erik Herrera seeking answers after fatal July crash in Central Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Family and friends of Erik Herrera held a protest Thursday afternoon at the Peoria County Courthouse to seek justice after he died in a crash in July. The 20-year-old Herrera died after...
Oct 06, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man arrested for December hit-and-run accident
PEORIA, Ill. - A Pekin man has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run accident that occurred near the Bradley University campus late last year. Peoria County Jail records indicate Nickolas Bri...
Oct 06, 2023 Nickolas Bristol (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
US job growth sizzles; wage inflation cooling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employment increased by the most in eight months in September as hiring rose broadly, pointing to persistent labor market strength that could give the Federal Reserve ammun...
Oct 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An employee hiring sign is seen in a window of a business in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
UPDATE: UAW says 'strike is working' as GM makes concessions on EV battery workers
UPDATED 1:35 P.M. DETROIT (Reuters) -The United Auto Workers said General Motors made concessions in talks, agreeing to put EV battery plant workers under the union's "master agreement" in response to...
Oct 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Striking United Auto Workers members from the General Motors Lansing Delta Plant picket on a street corner in Delta Township, Michigan U.S. September 29, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
