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Juvenile injured in Monday shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A juvenile was injured Monday night after a shooting in South Peoria. Peoria Police say it happened just after 8:00 p.m. near Starr and Griswold, where two ShotSpotter alerts totaled ar...
Will Stevenson Nov 08, 2022 Midwest Communications
'Jaws of Life' used in downtown crash
PEORIA, Ill. -- A crash in downtown Peoria Tuesday morning sent two people to the hospital. Peoria Fire was called to the intersection of Spalding and Jefferson around 7 a.m., for a serious accident i...
Julia Bradley Nov 08, 2022 (Illinois Department of Transportation traffic camera)
California Powerball player to claim record $2 billion jackpot
UPDATED 1:13 P.M. ATLANTA (Reuters) -A Powerball player in California holds the only winning ticket in Tuesday's drawing for the $2.04 billion jackpot, according to the game's website, ending a string...
Julia Bradley Nov 08, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A customer purchases a ticket for the Powerball jackpot at a newsstand in New York City, U.S., November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
CityLink offering free rides to the polls and on Veterans Day
PEORIA, Ill. -- CityLink and the Greater Peoria Mass Transit District on Tuesday, November 8, are offering free rides to all passengers for Election Day. "We are pleased to offer free rides to the pas...
Julia Bradley Nov 08, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Will Stevenson)
Trump says he will make a 'big announcement' on Nov 15
(Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Monday he would mount a 2024 presidential run as soon as next week, saying at a political rally in Ohio on Monday he would make a "big announ...
Julia Bradley Nov 08, 2022 Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a rally to support Republican candidates ahead of midterm elections, in Dayton, Ohio, U.S. November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Gaelen Morse
PPD searching for two missing persons
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police is asking for the public's help in finding two missing persons. Deven Lane was last seen on Friday, November 4 at approximately 9:30 P.M. on N. Sterling in Peoria. He's d...
Julia Bradley Nov 08, 2022 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Decision Day 2022: Midterm Elections
UPDATE: 10:17 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- Republican U.S. House Representative Darin LaHood has claimed victory in the race for the Illinois 16th District seat even as more than 60 percent of precincts have ...
Julia Bradley Nov 08, 2022 Midwest Communications
Police: Two juveniles shot near Quest Academy
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police flooded an area near Quest Academy in Peoria Monday afternoon. Police were called to an area near Gift Street and Bootz Avenue around 3:30 on three SpotSpotter alerts, tot...
Will Stevenson Nov 07, 2022 Midwest Communications
County Auditor position again on election ballot
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County voters are being asked for the second time in four years to eliminate the position of County Auditor. The question on the ballot claims the county would save money by elim...
Will Stevenson Nov 07, 2022 (Peoria County)
Elon Musk recommends voting for Republicans in U.S. midterm elections
(Reuters) - Elon Musk, the world's richest person, on Monday urged Americans to vote Republican in Tuesday's U.S. midterm elections, throwing his weight behind Democratic President Joe Biden's opponen...
Cooper Banks Nov 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk gestures during a joint news conference with T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert at the SpaceX Starbase, in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., August 25, 2022. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/File Photo
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