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Pekin City Council approves departure of city finance chief
PEKIN, Ill. - More than a month after he was ousted from an interim job, Bruce Marston is completely out at Pekin City Hall. The Pekin City Council Monday approved a separation agreement with Marston,...
Jun 27, 2023 (File - City of Pekin)
US Supreme Court sides with man who sent female musician barrage of unwanted messages
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out the stalking conviction of a Colorado man who sent hundreds of unwanted Facebook messages to a female musician, ruling that state pros...
Jun 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: News media gather outside the front of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S. September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
UPDATE: U.S. judge says Trump's NY criminal case likely belongs in state court
UPDATED 5:10 P.M. (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Tuesday said he would likely decline former U.S. President Donald Trump's request to move from state court to federal court a criminal case stemming from a...
Jun 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears by video conferencing before Justice Juan Merchan during a hearing before his trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in Manhattan state court in New York City, U.S. May 23, 2023. in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo
Trump's aide Walt Nauta again delays plea in federal documents case
MIAMI (Reuters) - Donald Trump's aide Walt Nauta's arraignment on charges of helping the former president hide national security documents was postponed until July 6 on Tuesday because he still did no...
Jun 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Walt Nauta, aide of former U.S. President Trump, appears on classified document charges after a federal indictment at Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. United States Courthouse, in Miami, Florida, U.S., June 13, 2023 in a courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo
Putin praises Russian troops for putting down mutiny as Prigozhin jet reaches Belarus
(Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin praised members of Russia's military and security forces in a ceremony on Tuesday as he sought to reassert his authority following an aborted mutiny by mercenaries ...
Jun 27, 2023 Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin leaves the headquarters of the Southern Military District amid the group's pullout from the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
UPDATE: Juvenile is Peoria's 10th homicide victim of the year
UPDATE 9:09 a.m. PEORIA, Ill. - Police are investigating a fatal shooting in Peoria Monday night. Officers were called around 10:15 p.m. to the area of W. Richwoods Boulevard and N. Molleck Drive, whe...
Jun 27, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria laundromat damaged by fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called just before 10 p.m. Monday to a laundromat on N. Prospect Road, between E. Republic and E. Frye, finding heavy smoke coming from the front door. Crews ha...
Jun 27, 2023 liz west / CC
Pekin Insurance: No more new auto, home policies in Illinois and Iowa temporarily
PEKIN, Ill. - Having all kinds of business is a good problem to have. Having Mother Nature standing in your way...no so much. Pekin Insurance says the weather is to blame for a decision to not write a...
Jun 26, 2023 (Pekin Insurance)
St. Louis-to-Chicago Amtrak route begins faster service
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - A trip from St. Louis to Chicago via Amtrak's Lincoln Service will be about 15 minutes quicker starting this week due to track upgrades that allow for increased speed...
Jun 26, 2023 Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood speaks at an event celebrating the launch of a new, faster schedule for Lincoln Service trains in Illinois. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams.)
'Taco Tuesday' owners fire back after Taco Bell's trademark challenge
(Reuters) - Fast-food chain Taco John's and New Jersey-based Gregory's Restaurant & Bar urged the U.S. Trademark Office on Friday to reject petitions by Taco Bell to cancel their federal trademark...
Jun 26, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The logo of Taco Bell, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. is seen on a store in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., February 7, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
