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East Peoria Jenny Craig not closing -managers
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Weight loss company Jenny Craig is still planning on closing a number of locations, but the East Peoria location isn't one of them. That's according to managers of that store. They...
Will Stevenson May 04, 2023 (Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Teen convicted of 2022 carjacking
PEORIA, Ill. - A local jury has convicted a Peoria teenager of his role in a carjacking almost a year and a half ago. Peoria County Court records indicate Dayvon Dillard, now 19, was convicted Wednesd...
Will Stevenson May 04, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Teen injured in Eastside Centre stabbing
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Police in East Peoria say an eighth grade student is "pretty fortunate" after being stabbed during a fight Saturday. Police say both the student and what was termed a non-current F...
Will Stevenson May 04, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Bill to address prescription drug prices moving through Illinois Legislature
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Legislature is taking on prices of prescription drugs. A bill passed Wednesday in the Illinois House would address "price gouging" on generic or "essential off-patent"...
TJ Carson May 04, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US jury sides with Ed Sheeran in 'Let's Get It On' copyright trial
(Reuters) - British pop superstar Ed Sheeran's 2014 hit "Thinking Out Loud" did not unlawfully copy from Marvin Gaye's classic 1973 song "Let's Get It On," a jury in Manhattan federal court decided on...
Will Stevenson May 04, 2023 Singer Ed Sheeran arrives at the Manhattan federal court for his copyright trial in New York City, U.S., May 4, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
East Peoria home damaged by fire
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A home in East Peoria suffered $60,000 in damage during a fire late Thursday morning. East Peoria Fire Chief Bobby Zimmerman says crews were called to the home just after 10:30 a.m...
Will Stevenson May 04, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Superintendent addresses "inappropriate object" taken to a Peoria school
UPDATE 10:30 A.M. (5/5) PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Public Schools says an "inappropriate object" was discovered on a bus serving students at Kellar Primary School last week. PPS Superintendent Dr. Sharon ...
Will Stevenson May 04, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Jury convicts Proud Boys members of seditious conspiracy in US Capitol attack
UPDATED 2:38 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A jury on Thursday convicted four members of the far-right Proud Boys militia group including its former leader Enrique Tarrio of seditious conspiracy, finding ...
TJ Carson May 04, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Members of the far-right Proud Boys, including leader Enrique Tarrio (C), rally in support of U.S. President Donald Trump to protest against the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Washington, U.S. November 14, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
US jobs market softening; slumping productivity boosts labor costs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits increased last week as the labor market gradually softens amid higher interest rates, which are cooling demand in ...
Julia Bradley May 04, 2023 Hundreds of people line up outside a Kentucky Career Center hoping to find assistance with their unemployment claim in Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S. June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston
UPDATE: Atlanta judge denies bail for suspect in medical building shooting
UPDATE: 11:47 a.m. ATLANTA (Reuters) -A former U.S. Coast Guardsman accused of killing a woman and wounding four others in a shooting in an Atlanta medical building waived his right on Thursday to app...
Julia Bradley May 04, 2023 Deion Patterson, who Atlanta Police describe as the suspect in a lunchtime mass shooting at a medical building, poses in an undated photograph. Atlanta Police Department/Handout via REUTERS