Category Archives: Local News
Land Of Lincoln Goodwill Backs Off Plan To Lay Off Workers
(AP) - Land of Lincoln Goodwill Industries is backing off a decision to lay off workers with disabilities because of Illinois' minimum wage law. President Sharon Durbin says, "We apologize for this er...
Jul 18, 2019
Peoria Heights To Host Armed Forces Celebration
Celebrating local veterans. Peoria Heights will host its 3rd Armed Forces Celebration Day on Saturday, July 20. Scott Corsaut, with Peoria Heights American Legion Post 1111, says the event is for vete...
Julia Bradley Jul 18, 2019
Death Toll Rises To 33 In Japanese Studio Fire
(AP)--A Japanese fire official says the death toll from a Kyoto animation studio fire is now 33 and nobody else is believed to be still missing. Kyoto fire department official Kazuhiro Hayashi says 36...
Julia Bradley Jul 18, 2019
Peoria Hires New Public Works Director
Peoria has a new Public Works Director. City Manager Patrick Urich says Rick Powers will start his new position on September 3. "Rick Powers is an accomplished leader with over twenty years of experie...
Julia Bradley Jul 18, 2019
Jury Deliberations To Resume In Christensen Case
(AP) - Jurors are set to resume deliberations on whether an ex-University of Illinois doctoral student deserves the death penalty for slaying a 26-year-old scholar from China. Thursday will be their s...
Julia Bradley Jul 18, 2019
Intense Heat Could Harm Roads
(AP) - Illinois transportation officials are warning drivers throughout the state to watch for road blowouts during the intense heat. Acting Transportation Secretary Omer Osman says the "potential for...
Mike Sabol Jul 17, 2019
Prosecutors Drop Case Against Kevin Spacey
(AP) - Prosecutors have dropped a case accusing Kevin Spacey of groping a young man at a Massachusetts resort island bar in 2016. The Cape and Islands district attorney said Wednesday that they droppe...
Jul 17, 2019 AP Photo/Steven Senne, File
OSF HealthCare To Merge With Chicago-Area Hospital
Officials at OSF HealthCare have announced exclusive negotiations are underway toward a merger with Evergreen Park-based Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers. The organizations will...
Jul 17, 2019 Supplied photo/OSF HealthCare
Woodring Pleads Not Guilty In Fulton County Deputy's Death
The man accused of fatally shooting a Fulton County deputy appeared in court. Nathan Woodring, 42, of Avon pleaded not guilty to charged of first-degree murder and first-degree murder of a police offi...
Jul 17, 2019 Illinois State Police
East Peoria TV Deer Hunter Pleads Guilty To Poaching
(AP) - An East Peoria man who was a host of a TV show about hunting has pleaded guilty in a poaching investigation. Chris Brackett admits that he killed two deer in Indiana in 2013 and transported an ...
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