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Severe Weather Preparedness Week underway this week
PEORIA, Ill. - Spring is around the corner, and with that is the possibility of severe weather striking central Illinois. This week is Severe Weather Preparedness Week. The spring season typically see...
Mar 06, 2023 Alabama Extension
Peoria Police investigate two shootings, one person hurt
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they are looking for suspects in two shootings reported Sunday evening within minutes of each other. One was reported around 9:10 p.m. near Indiana Avenue and Seneca P...
Mar 06, 2023 Midwest Communications
State AGs demand TikTok comply with US consumer protection investigations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A group of 45 state attorneys general in the United States on Monday demanded Chinese-owned social media app TikTok produce subpoenaed materials sought in an ongoing nationwide c...
Mar 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A person holds a smartphone as Tik Tok logo is displayed behind in this picture illustration taken November 7, 2019. Picture taken November 7, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Restaurant closes Campustown location
PEORIA, Ill. - The owner of a restaurant in Peoria's Campustown area says the location there is closing, with expansion elsewhere occurring. Dac's Smokehouse says as of Monday, the location on West Ma...
Mar 06, 2023 (25 News)
Man, covered in blood, accused of breaking into Canton homes
CANTON, Ill. - Police in Fulton County say a man faces charges for allegedly breaking into two homes, and causing damage at the motel he was staying at. Canton Police say it started around 1:30 Monday...
Mar 06, 2023 (File-25 News)
Gas prices down over last week, but going up again
PEORIA, Ill. - Two agencies say gas prices in the Peoria are down compared to a week ago -- but, there might be a problem. GasBuddy.com says its weekly average of local gas station prices has a gallon...
Mar 06, 2023 (Illinois Department of Transportation traffic camera)
U of I expert: End the five-day work week
URBANA, Ill. - One expert in Illinois suggests it may be high time to overhaul the idea of a five-day work week. University of Illinois Labor Professor Robert Bruno says private studies have shown tha...
Mar 06, 2023 Manuel Cernuda / CC
Illinois legislator proposes full-day kindergarten
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.- Kindergartners in Illinois could soon have a longer school day. Democrat Representative Mary Beth Canty (D-Arlington Heights) is sponsoring a bill to require schools in the state to...
Mar 06, 2023 Jim Bowen / CC
Biden plans Philadelphia swing-state union backdrop for budget proposal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden plans to unveil his upcoming budget proposal to Congress with unusual fanfare on Thursday, holding a campaign-style event intended to trumpet an economi...
Mar 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his economic priorities at a Laborers' International Union of North America (LiUNA) training center in DeForest, Wisconsin, U.S. February 8, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
U.S. CFPB's bid to curb late credit card fees faces strong opposition
(Reuters) - A U.S. consumer watchdog's proposal to slash late fees on credit cards is facing a rough road ahead as lenders gear up for what could turn out to be a fierce battle with the agency, indust...
Mar 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
