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U.S. weekly jobless claims increase more than expected
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased more than expected last week, but the labor market remains tight even as demand for labor is coolin...
Oct 06, 2022 People line up outside Kentucky Career Center prior to its opening to find assistance with their unemployment claims in Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S. June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston
Two arrested in Reditus Labs robbery
PEKIN, Ill. -- Two then-employees of Pekin's Reditus Labs were arrested and charged with burglarizing the facility where they worked in September, according to police and court documents obtained by 2...
Oct 06, 2022 (25 News)
Arson cause of overnight fire in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria fire crews were called around 2:45 a.m. Thursday to a home in the area of W. Freemont and S. Ligonier Streets. Fire Battalion Chief Jeffrey Hascall said firefighters arrived to ...
Oct 06, 2022 liz west / CC
Update: Thailand mass shooting kills 38 at daycare center
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Ex-cop kills 38 in gun and knife rampage at Thai children's daycare center. A former policeman killed 38 people, including 22 children, in a knife and gun rampage at a daycare cente...
Oct 06, 2022 People gather outside of a daycare center's scene of a mass shooting in the town of Uthai Sawan, 500 km (310 miles) northeast of Bangkok in the province of Nong Bua Lamphu, Thailand October 6, 2022. Sakdipat Boonsom/Handout via REUTERS
Illinois' gubernatorial candidates ready to debate
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois' top two candidates for Governor are poised to face off in a primetime debate this evening, which will be broadcast all across the state. Democratic incumbent and hotel-fortun...
Oct 06, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Beck's building gas station in Peoria Heights
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - A gas station chain is in the midst of building a location in Peoria Heights. That's after village officials say in a news release the Peoria Heights Village Board approved back...
Oct 05, 2022 (Village of Peoria Heights)
One adult, one juvenile arrested after stolen car and stolen gun recovered
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people -- one of which is a juvenile -- have been arrested after they were caught in an allegedly stolen vehicle early Wednesday morning, and allegedly with a gun. Peoria Police say...
Oct 05, 2022 Jaquon Timothy (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Man gets life in prison for Christmas 2019 triple-murder
PONTIAC, Ill. - A judge in Livingston County has given a man convicted of the murders of three people more than the maximum for the deaths. Court records indicate the judge gave Clifford Brewer, 55, l...
Oct 05, 2022 (25 News)
Chillicothe Fire to donate engine to Ukraine
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - About six months after an AMT ambulance was sent to Ukraine to help that country in its battle with Russia, another piece of local equipment is about to head there. The Chillicothe...
Oct 05, 2022 (Chillicothe Fire Protection District via Facebook)
Biden, Florida's DeSantis stress unity in Hurricane Ian recovery
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden met with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Wednesday to tour the devastation from Hurricane Ian, and stressed the need for a united federal and stat...
Oct 05, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk next to Florida governor Ron DeSantis and his wife Casey DeSantis as they tour Hurricane Ian destruction during a visit to Florida, in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, U.S., October 5, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
