No mail Saturday? Peoria bomb threat, FAA halt slows delivery

Waiting on an important piece of mail? Be patient: a Peoria bomb threat and the grounding of air traffic is affecting delivery today.A message left for a supervisor or postmaster for the La Salle service area was not immediately returned. However, attendants at both the La Salle and Peru post offices confirmed there was no mail delivered Saturday for local distribution.

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That, they said, was directly attributed to the Peoria bomb threat. The Peoria Police Department confirmed early Saturday that a bomb threat reported early Friday afternoon at the BioUrja Renewables plants proved to be credible. By about 6:45 p.m. Friday, a bomb squad successfully neutralized a device. But Peoria Police Chief Brad Dixon said police had issued an emergency evacuation warning, directing everyone living or working within a 1-mile radius of the facility to immediately leave their homes and businesses. As a result, there were scattered reports Saturday of regional mail disruptions. In the Village of Bryant, l