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Three injured -- one critically -- in North Peoria car crash
PEORIA, Ill. - Three people are injured -- one seriously -- following a crash in North Peoria Tuesday evening. It happened at 7:53 p.m. at Allen Road and Pioneer Parkway. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief S...
Feb 07, 2023 Midwest Communications
East Peoria City Council approves arbitration ruling involving city's police officers
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The East Peoria City Council has approved of a resolution in a salary dispute involving the city's police officers. Council members Tuesday approved of an arbitrator's decision tha...
Feb 07, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Republicans meet Biden's calls for unity with partisan broadside
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans rejected Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden's call for bipartisanship in his State of the Union address on Tuesday, and instead accused him of stoking culture wars i...
Feb 07, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden greets members of Congress as he arrives to deliver his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Biden vows "to protect" country in State of the Union speech, refers to China balloon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said in his State of the Union address on Tuesday that he would cooperate with great power rival China, but vowed "to protect our country," a reference ...
Feb 07, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden talks with retired Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer and Anthony Kennedy as he departs after concluding his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
In State of the Union speech, Biden challenges Republicans on debt and economy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden challenged Republicans to lift the U.S. debt ceiling and support tax policies that were friendlier to middle class Americans on Tuesday in a State of the Unio...
Feb 07, 2023 President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., applaud. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS
Area representatives in Congress react to State of the Union
UPDATED 10:02 P.M. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Here are what some of the Peoria-area's representatives said in prepared statements after Tuesday night's State of the Union speech by President Joe Biden. "Thank...
Feb 07, 2023 USCapitol
Biden State of the Union 2023: Stop fighting, Republican friends
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday hailed the recovery of the U.S. economy and creation of a record 12 million jobs in his State of the Union address, while urging Republicans t...
Feb 07, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
More Memphis officers likely to face discipline in Tyre Nichols' death
(Reuters) - Seven more Memphis police officers are expected to face formal disciplinary charges this week in connection with the death of Tyre Nichols, the city attorney said on Tuesday. Six officers ...
Feb 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A view shows a memorial for Tyre Nichols at the intersection of Castlegate Lane and Bear Creek Cove in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., January 30, 2023. This memorial marks the area where Tyre Nichols was beaten during a traffic stop by Memphis police officers. He later died from his injuries. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer
New president of OSF St. Francis named
PEORIA, Ill. - There will be a new person in charge of OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in less than two weeks. OSF HealthCare says as current leader Bob Anderson is now CEO for the central region of ...
Feb 07, 2023 (OSF HealthCare)
U.S. search and rescue teams set to arrive in Turkey on Wednesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. Agency for International Development teams will arrive Wednesday morning in Turkey and will head to the southeastern province of Adiyaman to focus on urban search and r...
Feb 07, 2023 Equipment and supplies for the Urban Search and Rescue team from Fairfax, Virginia, and USAID to help in support operations for victims of the earthquake in Turkey are loaded onto a transport plane at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, U.S., in this handout photo released on February 7, 2023. U.S. Air Force/Handout via REUTERS
