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State: Peoria Civic Center COVID-19 testing site not reopening
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - The COVID-19 testing site at the Peoria Civic Center isn't re-opening after all. The Illinois Department of Public Health tells our news partner 25 News the site -- which was ...
Will Stevenson Aug 24, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Taliban say they have not agreed to U.S. pullout deadline extension
(Reuters) - Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers said on Tuesday they wanted all foreign evacuations from the country completed by an Aug. 31 deadline and they would not agree to an extension. The hardlin...
Julia Bradley Aug 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An evacuee from Afghanistan walks towards a transportation bus after landing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, August 22, 2021. U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Jan K. Valle/Handout via REUTERS
Afghan evacuation on 'war footing' as G7 meets on pullout deadline
(Reuters) - Western troops at Kabul airport worked frantically on Tuesday to evacuate people from Afghanistan before an Aug. 31 deadline as U.S. President Joe Biden faced growing pressure to negotiate...
Julia Bradley Aug 24, 2021 Afghans board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport plane during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, August 22, 2021. U.S. Air Force/Handout via REUTERS
Hawaii governor urges visitors to stay away amid COVID surge
(Reuters) - Hawaii Governor David Ige urged residents and visitors to restrict travel to the U.S. state to essential business activities amid a surge in cases of COVID-19 in the islands. The governor ...
Julia Bradley Aug 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A surfboard concession stand is closed on Waikiki Beach due to the business downturn caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. April 28, 2020. Picture taken April 28, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Garcia
Facing divisions, U.S. House Democrats postpone vote on $3.5 trln Biden plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives early Tuesday postponed a vote to advance President Joe Biden's ambitious plan to expand social programs, as liberals and centrists...
Julia Bradley Aug 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) answers questions from reporters during her weekly news conference, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., August 6, 2021. REUTERS/Gabrielle Crockett/File Photo
Accident on Route 29 injures 4
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- All lanes of Route 29 were shut down at the intersection of Washington St. in Rome after an accident Monday afternoon around 3 p.m. According to the Peoria County Sheriff's Offi...
Dalton Kemper Aug 23, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Man found dead in Three Sisters Park; no foul play suspected
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. -- A man was found unresponsive and not breathing in Three Sisters Park Sunday just after 5:30 p.m. by the Chillicothe Police Department and Peoria County Sheriff's Department. The m...
Dalton Kemper Aug 23, 2021 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Peoria woman found dead ID'd; person of interest arrested
UPDATE - 2:30 p.m. 8/23/21 Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the woman found dead as 37-year-old Ashley Tankersley, of South Madison Park, Peoria. The autopsy demonstrated she suffere...
Ed Hammond Aug 23, 2021 Peoria County Sheriff's Office
Overturned semi closes I-474 ramp from Route 29
MARQUETTE HEIGHTS, Ill. -- A semi-trailer rolled over on the I-474 eastbound on-ramp from Route 29 near Marquette Heights just before noon Monday, closing the ramp down to traffic. According to news p...
Dalton Kemper Aug 23, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
State Fair head pleased with attendance, despite COVID
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The head of the Illinois State Fair says attendance was good this year, despite the fair getting off to a stormy start, and despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Kevin Gordon, State Fair ...
Will Stevenson Aug 23, 2021 Katherine Johnson / CC
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