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Some Peoria Co. races still too close to call
PEORIA, Ill. -- A week after Election Day, some races in Peoria County still aren't final. The Peoria County Election Commission says the 1st District School Board race and others in Illini Bluffs and...
Julia Bradley Apr 12, 2023 Midwest Communications
Kentucky police video shows desperate rush to stop mass shooting, save lives
(Reuters) - The desperate rush by a rookie policeman and his training officer to bring a mass shooting at a Kentucky bank to a halt was captured in spare but dramatic detail in footage from their body...
Julia Bradley Apr 12, 2023 Two police officers advance upon the suspect of a mass shooting lying on the ground at Old National Bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. April, 10, 2023 in a still image from police body camera video. The video was digitally obscured at source. Louisville Metro Police Department/Handout via REUTERS
IDPH reports 4Q 2022 fines; many involve companies based in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Public Health is putting out its list of fines for local nursing homes and assisted living facilities, and several area companies are getting hit. The alleged...
Will Stevenson Apr 11, 2023 (Illinois Department of Public Health)
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)