Category Archives: National
Former Lakers great Baylor dies aged 86
(Reuters) -- Former Minneapolis and Los Angeles Lakers forward Elgin Baylor died of natural causes at the age of 86 on Monday, the NBA franchise announced. Baylor, the number one draft pick in 1958 an...
Mar 22, 2021 REUTERS/Nikki Boertman (UNITED STATES)/File Photo
Eighth woman alleges sexual misconduct by Gov. Andrew Cuomo
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A current aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has accused him of ogling her body and subjecting her and a female colleague to a series of unwanted, sexually suggestive remarks,...
Mar 20, 2021 FILE PHOTO: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during an event about the return of spectators to performing arts and sporting events, including a limited amount of fans attending baseball games at the start of the season, at his offices in New York, U.S. March 18, 2021. Seth Wenig/Pool via REUTERS
Illinois expanding vaccine eligibility to more essential workers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- More essential workers, who were previously ineligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, will be eligible beginning Monday, March 22. This comes as the state reaches 100,000 COVID-19 vacc...
Mar 19, 2021 Midwest Communications
Area doctor talks risks of sports betting as NCAA Tournament begins
PEORIA, Ill. -- March Madness has arrived for the first time since 2019, and it's a time of year when sports gambling ramps up throughout the country. This will, however, be the first NCAA Tournament ...
Mar 18, 2021 Midwest Communications
Sex addiction may have driven suspect in Georgia spa shootings
ATLANTA (Reuters) - The suspect in the fatal shooting of eight people at day spas in and around Atlanta indicated he had issues with sexual addiction and the shootings may have not been motivated by r...
Mar 17, 2021 Crisp County Sheriff's Office in Cordele, Georgia, U.S. March 16, 2021.
Second suspect arrested in connection with late January homicide
PEORIA, Ill. -- A second suspect has been arrested in connection with a late January shooting that left one person dead in Peoria. 25-year-old Jamere Laster was found by United States Marshals Fugitiv...
Mar 17, 2021 Peoria Police Department
Pekin man sentenced to 47 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a minor
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Pekin man has been sentenced to 47 years in prison after entering a guilty plea for sexual exploitation of a minor. Harold L. Williams, 40, was on federal supervised release when he ...
Mar 16, 2021 Midwest Communications
Bradley a No. 11 seed for the NCAA Women's Tournament
SAN ANTONIO -- After defeating the Drake Bulldogs in the Missouri Valley Conference championship Sunday 78-70, Bradley women's basketball awaited their seeding for the NCAA Women's Tournament. During ...
Mar 15, 2021 Bradley University
Marvelous Marvin Hagler dies at 66
(Reuters) - Marvelous Marvin Hagler, who dominated boxing's middleweight division in the 1980s, has died at the age of 66, his wife Kay Hagler said on Saturday. The cause of death was not immediately ...
Mar 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former world middleweight champion Marvin Hagler poses on the red carpet as he arrives for the Laureus World Sports Awards at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi February 7, 2011. REUTERS/Jumana El-Heloueh/File Photo
Biden administration enlists FEMA to help at the border
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Saturday ordered an emergency agency that usually responds to floods, storms and other major disasters to help care for a growing num...
Mar 14, 2021 Asylum seeking migrant families and unaccompanied minors from Central America take refuge in a makeshift U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing center under the Anzalduas International Bridge after crossing the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico in Granjeno, Texas, U.S., March 12, 2021. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
