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The community around Mackinaw is remembering Adrian Zehr, one week after his death, with fundraisers and more
MACKINAW, Ill. - The community in and around Mackinaw is remembering the nine-year-old boy who died a week ago in the area of the city's "Mack-a-Fest." There's a GoFundMe page for the family of Adrian...
Jul 21, 2023 Adrian Taylor-Zehr (via 25 News)
It's not in effect until September, but local attorneys react to the implementation of 'cashless bail' after an eight-months-long delay
PEORIA, Ill. - It will still be a couple months before it takes effect, but now that the Illinois Supreme Court has lifted a stay on the implementation of the "cashless bail" portion of the state's "S...
Jul 21, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Jerry Seinfeld to return to the Peoria Civic Center Theater
UPDATED 10:40 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - He's been to town more than once, and he's coming back. The Peoria Civic Center says a comic legend will bring his standup act back to the civic center theater . So, ...
Jul 21, 2023 David Shankbone / CC
UPDATE: Tony Bennett, legendary American singer, dies at age 96
UPDATED 9:39 A.M. (Reuters) -Tony Bennett, the smooth American singer who had an enduring hit with "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" and remained perpetually cool enough to win over younger generatio...
Jul 21, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Singer Tony Bennett performs during Sinatra 100 - An All-Star Grammy Concert in Las Vegas, Nevada December 2, 2015. The star-studded tribute was held to mark the would be 100th birthday of legendary performer Frank Sinatra on December 12. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/File Photo
Chinese hackers breach US ambassador's emails -WSJ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Beijing-linked hackers accessed the email account of the U.S. ambassador to China in an espionage operation thought to have compromised at least hundreds of thousands of U.S. gov...
Jul 21, 2023 U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns speaks during a climate finance roundtable discussion at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, Saturday, July 8, 2023. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Billion-dollar US Powerball ticket sold in California
(Reuters) -A very lucky Powerball player in Southern California has won the multistate lottery's $1 billion jackpot prize, ending a streak of 38 consecutive drawings without a grand prize winner. It w...
Jul 21, 2023 Las Palmitas Mini Market that sold the single winning ticket with all six Powerball lottery numbers is seen on Wall Street in Los Angeles, California, U.S. July 20, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake
UPDATE: Tornado damage at Pfizer N.C. plant was mostly at warehouse, CEO says
UPDATED 4:18 P.M. (Reuters) -Most of the tornado damage at Pfizer Inc's Rocky Mount, North Carolina plant was to the warehouse and not manufacturing facilities, CEO Albert Bourla said on Friday, easin...
Jul 21, 2023 The roof of a Pfizer facility shows heavy damage after a tornado passed the area in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, U.S. July 19, 2023. ABC Affiliate WTVD via REUTERS.
Russia hits Ukraine's grain for fourth day and practices seizing ships in Black Sea
KYIV (Reuters) - Russia pounded Ukrainian food export facilities for a fourth day in a row on Friday and practised seizing ships in the Black Sea in an escalation of what Western leaders say is an att...
Jul 21, 2023 A view shows a grain warehouse destroyed by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a compound of an agricultural company in Odesa region, Ukraine July 21, 2023. Press Service of the the Operational Command South of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via REUTERS
A South Peoria home is destroyed by arson. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Firefighters say a house caught on fire in South Peoria Thursday afternoon, and the cause appears to be arson. Firefighters say they were called to a home on Lincoln Avenue, inbe...
Jul 21, 2023 Midwest Communications
Mounting US worries over Private Travis King after silence from North Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Thursday voiced mounting concern over Army Private Travis King, who dashed into North Korea two days ago, saying Pyongyang had a history of mistreating captu...
Jul 20, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A media member takes a photograph of South Korean soldiers standing guard in the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea, February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/FILE PHOTO
