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Winter storm causes burst pipes to Tri-County businesses
PEORIA, Ill. - Last week's winter storm caused some negative effects to businesses across the Tri-County area. Several businesses are temporarily closed due to burst pipes from bitter cold temperature...
TJ Carson Dec 28, 2022 (via 25 News)
Key architect of Michigan governor kidnapping plot sentenced to over 19 years in prison
(Reuters) -A right-wing militia member convicted in the plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was sentenced to over 19 years in prison in a U.S. District Court a day after another ringlead...
Will Stevenson Dec 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer reacts during her 2022 U.S. midterm elections night party in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
Buffalo, N.Y., digs out from deadly blizzard; warming could bring rain, slush
BUFFALO, N.Y. (Reuters) -Storm-weary road crews and residents of western New York state struggled on Tuesday to dig out from a deadly weekend blizzard, with snow still falling and forecasts for rapid ...
Julia Bradley Dec 28, 2022 A front loader removes snow from street following a winter storm in Buffalo, New York, U.S., December 27, 2022. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario
I-DOT: Expect to see more police on the roads through NYE
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois State Police and local law enforcement are continuing their holiday campaign against drunk driving now through January 2. Illinois Department of Transportation Spokespers...
Julia Bradley Dec 28, 2022 (Illinois State Police Facebook)
Mother Nature weighs on Festival of Lights attendance
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- With less than a week to go for the Festival of Lights Winter Wonderland, East Peoria's tourism director says this year's event didn't draw as many people. High attendance was see...
Julia Bradley Dec 28, 2022
Southwest cancels thousands more flights; U.S. government vows scrutiny
(Reuters) -Southwest Airlines came under fire from the U.S. government on Tuesday after it canceled thousands of flights, and its boss, Bob Jordan, said the low-cost carrier needed to upgrade its lega...
Julia Bradley Dec 28, 2022 Passengers arrive for their flight on Southwest Airlines as flight cancellations mount during a cold weather front as a weather phenomenon known as a bomb cyclone hits the Upper Midwest, at Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. December 22, 2022. REUTERS/Matt Marton
Peoria woman charged with Drug-Induced Homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman arrested earlier in the month on charges of Delivery of a Controlled Substance, now also faces a charge of Drug-Induced Homicide. A Peoria County grand jury is charging S...
Will Stevenson Dec 27, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Grand jury charges Washington man with Attempted Murder
PEORIA, Ill. - A Washington man faces a number of charges after an assault in Bartonville earlier in the month. A Peoria County grand jury Tuesday charged Austin Ricca, 27, with Attempted Murder, Aggr...
Will Stevenson Dec 27, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Trump tax returns to be released by U.S. House panel on Friday
(Reuters) -Former Republican President Donald Trump's redacted tax returns will be made public on Friday, a spokesperson for the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee said on Tuesday....
Will Stevenson Dec 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) annual meeting at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, U.S., February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
U.S. Supreme Court leaves pandemic-era border restrictions in place, takes up case
UPDATED 3:46 p.m. (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday left in place for the time being a pandemic-era order allowing U.S. officials to rapidly expel migrants caught at the U.S.-Mexico border ...
Will Stevenson Dec 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Migrants run to hide from the U.S. Border Patrol and Texas State Troopers after crossing into the United States from Mexico, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., December 23, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez