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PPS principal wins 'Golden Apple Award'
PEORIA, Ill. - Charter Oak Primary Principal Kathleen Rodriguez was tricked Tuesday into learning she would be receiving the "Golden Apple Award" for excellence in leadership. "I was told that there w...
Will Stevenson May 09, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Jury finds Trump sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll, awards her $5 million
UPDATED 3:15 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump sexually abused magazine writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s and then defamed her by branding her a liar, jurors decided on Tuesday and awarded her $...
TJ Carson May 09, 2023 E. Jean Carroll, former U.S. President Donald Trump rape accuser, arrives at Manhattan Federal Court for the continuation of the civil case, in New York City, U.S., May 9, 2023. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado
Disaster declaration approved for Fulton County for April tornadoes
CHICAGO, Ill. - Relief is on the way for Fulton County residents affected by damage from tornadoes on the evening of April 4th. The U.S. Small Business Administration announced on Tuesday that a disas...
TJ Carson May 09, 2023 (Fulton County Sheriffs Department)
Tempur Sealy seeks sales bounce with $4 billion deal for Mattress Firm
(Reuters) -Tempur Sealy International Inc said on Tuesday it would buy retailer Mattress Firm in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $4 billion, as the leading U.S. bedding maker looks to stem a pos...
TJ Carson May 09, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A Mattress Firm store, a brand owned by Steinhoff, is shown in Encinitas, California, U.S., January 25, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Man arrested after weekend bar fight
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man was arrested after fights at Crusens in West Peoria Friday night. 24-year-old Jarkeith White-Emerson was charged with aggravated battery and resisting a peace officer. Arriving j...
Julia Bradley May 09, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria Co. Sheriff's Office)
New mental health hospital coming to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A new mental health hospital will be coming to Peoria in the next couple years. The Meadowview Behavioral Hospital will be a 64,000 square foot, 100-bed facility located on Illinois Rou...
TJ Carson May 09, 2023 (OSF HealthCare)
UPDATE: Biden, McCarthy divided over debt ceiling but still talking
UPDATED 6:06 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden and top lawmakers failed to break a deadlock on Tuesday in face-to-face talks over raising the $31.4 trillion U.S. debt limit but vowed to ...
TJ Carson May 09, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden hosts debt limit talks with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 9, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Hundreds of migrants amass near US-Mexico wall with COVID ban set to end
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Long lines of migrants have amassed this week in the border city of Tijuana, near the sprawling wall that divides Mexico from the United States, in the final days of a three-ye...
Julia Bradley May 09, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Migrants gather between the primary and secondary border fences in San Diego as the United States prepares to lift COVID-19 era restrictions known as Title 42, that have blocked migrants at the U.S.- Mexico border from seeking asylum since 2020, as seen from Tijuana, Mexico May 8, 2023. REUTERS/Aimee Melo/File Photo
PPS board, parents discuss "inappropriate object" at Monday's meeting
PEORIA, Ill. -- Communication was the main issue among the group of Kellar Primary School parents expressing their frustration with the school board following an incident in late April on a Peoria Pub...
Julia Bradley May 09, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Three-vehicle crash causes at least one injury
PEORIA, Ill. - Three people were injured after an accident at the Interstate 74 Sterling off-ramp. Peoria Firefighters say the crash happened just after 4:00 p.m. Monday. The three-vehicle accident in...
Will Stevenson May 08, 2023 (Photo taken from Illinois Department of Transportation traffic camera)
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