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New American citizens sworn-in at Bradley University
PEORIA, Ill. - For 239 people, Friday was the completion of a journey to be a citizen of their new home. They took part in a naturalization ceremony at Renaissance Coliseum on the campus of Bradley Un...
TJ Carson Apr 14, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden administration asks US Supreme Court to stop abortion pill limits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The abortion pill mifepristone may not be available for months if limits on it set by lower courts are allowed to take effect, President Joe Biden's administration and the drug's...
TJ Carson Apr 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A patient prepares to take mifepristone, the first pill given in a medical abortion, at Women's Reproductive Clinic of New Mexico in Santa Teresa, U.S., January 13, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
UPDATE: Sheriff's Office: Dunlap shooting suspect charged
UPDATED 4:45 P.M. PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The suspect in a Friday morning shooting in Dunlap has received charges related to the shooting. Sheriff Chris Watkins says around 11:30 a.m., 26-year-old Walte...
Julia Bradley Apr 14, 2023 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Man arrested on multiple drug and gun charges in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man was arrested early Thursday morning after Peoria Police executed a search warrant at a home W. Howett, between Griswold and Westmoreland. PPD Spokesperson Semone Roth says during...
Julia Bradley Apr 14, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE - Pence is booed at NRA gathering even as he seeks to move right of Trump on guns
UPDATED 2:50 P.M. INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (Reuters) -Former Vice President Mike Pence, a possible White House contender, looked to move to the right of his former boss and 2024 Republican front-runner D...
Julia Bradley Apr 14, 2023 Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S., April 14, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
North Korea says it tested new solid-fuel ICBM, warns of 'extreme' horror
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea announced on Friday it had tested a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), a development set to "radically promote" its forces, which experts said woul...
Julia Bradley Apr 14, 2023 A view of a test launch of a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Hwasong-18 at an undisclosed location in this still image of a photo used in a video released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) April 14, 2023. KCNA via REUTERS TV/via REUTERS
UPDATE - Airman suspected of leaking secret US documents hit with federal charges
UPDATED 3:40 P.M. BOSTON (Reuters) -A 21-year-old member of the U.S. Air National Guard accused of leaking top secret military intelligence records online was charged on Friday with unlawfully copying...
Julia Bradley Apr 14, 2023 Jack Douglas Teixeira, a U.S. Air Force National Guard airman accused of leaking highly classified military intelligence records online, makes his initial appearance before a federal judge in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. April 14, 2023 in a courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Margaret Small.
Authorities identify Peoria man killed in Wisconsin crash
MADISON, Wis. --The Peoria man killed in a crash allegedly caused by an intoxicated driver has been identified. The Dane County Medical Examiner on Thursday identified the victim as 58-year-old David ...
Julia Bradley Apr 14, 2023 (Wisconsin State Patrol)
Peoria needs more 911 telecommunicators on National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week
PEORIA, Ill. - You might consider them the type of people who need to be recognized every week, not just this one. They're 911 dispatchers based in Peoria but serving seven law enforcement agencies, t...
Will Stevenson Apr 13, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Fire at Olympia Middle/High School cancels classes
STANFORD, Ill. - A fire at the Middle and High School in Olympia is giving students there a day off Friday. That's according to superintendent Laura O'Donnell, who says there will be no access to the ...
Will Stevenson Apr 13, 2023 (25 News)
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