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Grand jury charges man with February stabbing
PEORIA, Ill. - A man who allegedly stabbed another man in February is now charged by a grand jury. The Peoria County Grand Jury Tuesday charged Johnny Jackson, 50, with one count each of Aggravated Ba...
Will Stevenson Apr 11, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Kentucky, Tennessee leaders call for tighter gun control after mass shootings
(Reuters) -Kentucky and Tennessee political leaders on Tuesday called for tighter controls on guns, including tougher laws preventing people in crisis from accessing firearms, after two mass shootings...
Will Stevenson Apr 11, 2023 Community members attend a vigil at Crescent Hill Presbyterian Church following a mass shooting at Old National Bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., April 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jeffrey Dean
Grand Jury indicts man for Peoria arson
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury is filing charges against a Marquette Heights man for allegedly setting a home on fire last month. The grand jury Tuesday charged Christopher Hairgrove, 26, w...
Will Stevenson Apr 11, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Florida Governor to make Peoria appearance
PEORIA, Ill. - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is coming to Peoria. That's according to the campaign office of Republican Congressman Darin LaHood. The campaign says DeSantis, who has not yet announced ...
Will Stevenson Apr 11, 2023 Matt Johnson / CC
Missing Civil War artifacts coming back to Tazewell County
PEKIN, Ill. - A mystery that has lasted for parts of seven decades in Tazewell County has now been solved. More than 70 Civil War artifacts that were in the county's possession had been unaccounted fo...
TJ Carson Apr 11, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Manhattan district attorney sues Republican lawmaker Jordan over Trump case
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Tuesday sued Republican U.S. Representative Jim Jordan to stop what Bragg called an "unconstitutional attack" on the ongoing criminal pro...
Will Stevenson Apr 11, 2023 U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is asked questions by a journalist as he walks to the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, U.S., January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Woman with history of giving makes special shirts for children going through chemo
MORTON, Ill. - A Tazewell County business owner has come up with a way to help kids going through cancer, by getting them to feel more "normal." Corrina Dea owns "The Unlimited Stitch" in Morton. She'...
Will Stevenson Apr 11, 2023 (25 News)
US begins study of possible rules to regulate AI like ChatGPT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration said Tuesday it is seeking public comments on potential accountability measures for artificial intelligence (AI) systems as questions loom about its imp...
TJ Carson Apr 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: ChatGPT logo is seen in this illustration taken, February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Louisville shooter legally purchased rifle - police
(Reuters) - The 23-year-old bank employee who shot dead five colleagues and wounded nine other people at his workplace in Louisville on Monday legally purchased the rifle, Louisville Police Chief Jacq...
Julia Bradley Apr 11, 2023 View of barricade tape as police deploy at the scene of a mass shooting outside an Old National Bank branch near Slugger Field baseball stadium in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. April, 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jeffrey Dean
UPDATE - Chicago to host 2024 U.S. Democratic National Convention
UPDATED 10:30 A.M. CHICAGO (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and his party selected Chicago to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention, tapping a large liberal city in the heart of the Midwest ...
TJ Carson Apr 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the Monterey Park shooting and his efforts to reduce gun violence at The Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley in Monterey Park, California, U.S., March 14, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo