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Illinois American Water: Glasford will experience interruption of service
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois American Water will be completing a critical project in Glasford this week that will require a temporary interruption in water service on Wednesday. The utility says bottled w...
Julia Bradley Dec 26, 2022 Illinois American Water
Updated: Deadly blizzard, deemed worst in 45 years, paralyzes greater Buffalo, N.Y
(Reuters) - A powerful blizzard that paralyzed western New York over Christmas weekend has killed at least 25 people, Erie county officials said on Monday, as road and utility crews faced a long day o...
Julia Bradley Dec 26, 2022 Snow plows clear the roads following a winter storm that hit the Buffalo region in Lancaster, New York, U.S., December 25, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Christmas tree recycling options in Central IL
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. -- You may be wondering what to do with your live Christmas tree after the holidays. Residents of Tazewell County can bring their trees to a number of drop off points December 26...
Julia Bradley Dec 26, 2022 Kevin Krejci / CC
Migrants dropped outside VP Harris's home on blustery Christmas Eve
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Busloads of migrants were dropped over Christmas weekend near Vice President Kamala Harris' residence in Washington amid freezing temperatures, having traveled from the southwes...
Julia Bradley Dec 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris participates in a working lunch on multilateral cooperation during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, in Washington, U.S., December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
The pandemic ushered in a new era of emergency housing, but it now faces a fiscal cliff
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - For Illinois' homeless populations and those that serve them, the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a crisis - the volunteer, mostly faith-based shelters that h...
Will Stevenson Dec 24, 2022 Downtowngal, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
State: 88 counties now have elevated COVID transmission levels
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Two more Illinois counties are once again on the list of counties with elevated levels of COVID-19 transmission. That's according to the Illinois Department of Public Health and Ce...
Will Stevenson Dec 24, 2022 (Centers for Disease Control)
Manier could run for state legislative seat
WASHINGTON, Ill. - The Mayor of Washington is strongly considering throwing his hat into the ring for another state legislative seat that is in Republican hands because of the incumbent's resignation....
Will Stevenson Dec 24, 2022 (File-Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Crews battle fire in Spring Bay
UPDATED 6:08 A.M. 12/24/22 SPRING BAY, Ill. - We're learning more about a fire that has now completely destroyed a home in Woodford County. It was reported after 1:00 p.m. Friday on Sunset Drive in Sp...
TJ Carson Dec 23, 2022 (25 News)
UPDATE: Two fires fought by Bartonville Fire Friday
UPDATED 6:15 A.M. 12/24/22 BARTONVILLE, Ill. - Crews from Bartonville had two fires to contend with under extremely cold conditions Friday. Bartonville Fire officials say one happened in the late afte...
TJ Carson Dec 23, 2022
Olson: Few problems at PIA because of winter storm
PEORIA, Ill. - Believe it or, not, Peoria International Airport pretty much got out of the winter storm unscathed. The storm that has now been downgraded to a Wind Chill Warning until Saturday morning...
Will Stevenson Dec 23, 2022 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria, IL, USA
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