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Manito resident dies in boating accident in Lake of the Ozarks
CAMDENTON, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say an Illinois man has died after being hit by a boat anchor on Lake of the Ozarks. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the incident happened Wednesday afte...
Julia Bradley Aug 07, 2020
Illinois extends unemployment benefits another 20 weeks
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Department of Employment Security has extended jobless benefits another 20 weeks as the state’s unemployment numbers continue to soar because of the c...
Julia Bradley Aug 07, 2020
Kitchen fire injures resident
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria firefighters responded to smoke in a house around 1:00 p.m. Thursday at 2117 W. Ann St. Fire crews found plastic blinds in the kitchen that caught on fire after incense wer...
Mike Sabol Aug 06, 2020
May murder suspect in Peoria Police custody
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police have arrested a suspect in connection with a May 13 murder. The PPD took into custody 23-year-old Devonte P. Thompson after detectives were tipped off Thursday after...
Jeremy Scott Aug 06, 2020
State COVID roundup 8/6: positivity rate back up
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Department of Public Health announced 1,953 additional cases of COVID-19 between Wednesday and Thursday, as well as 21 deaths. Labs statewide took in 41,686 specimen...
Jeremy Scott Aug 06, 2020
Non-fatal shooting in the Heights
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. — Peoria Heights Police were busy Thursday morning, attending to a shooting victim. A call came in around 10:45 regarding a male with a gunshot wound to his lower body in th...
Jeremy Scott Aug 06, 2020
Local COVID roundup 8/6: region hospitalization metric decreases
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department reported 69 new COVID-19 cases between Wednesday and Thursday throughout Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties. Six hospital beds were f...
Jeremy Scott Aug 06, 2020
Details of Taft Homes death still at issue
PEORIA, Ill. — Carl Cannon, with Peoria Housing Authority, was shocked to hear about the passing of 61-year-old Hazel Turner last Friday night at Taft Homes. Cannon told WMBD’s Greg and Da...
Julia Bradley Aug 06, 2020
Reports of shooting in Peoria Heights
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. — There are reports of a shooting in the 500 block of Prospect in Peoria Heights. Emergency crews are on the scene. No information is available about the victim at this time...
Julia Bradley Aug 06, 2020
Ren and Stimpy Are Coming Back
I’m not sure if this is that great for kids…lol…but I remember it from my childhood. Ren and Stimpy aired on Nickelodeon on Saturdays, along with Doug, Reel Monsters, and Rugrats. Be...
Steph Blue Aug 06, 2020

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