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Raising Cane's in Peoria to open doors next month
PEORIA, Ill. - A popular chicken fast food restaurant is weeks away from opening its doors in Peoria. Raising Cane's is scheduled to open on December 9th. The location sits on the former Firestone Tir...
Nov 17, 2025 (Raising Canes Facebook)
Peoria Police launch online reporting system
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police is making it easier for residents to report non-emergency crimes. The department has launched the Desk Officer Reporting System, or DORS, which is available 24 hours a day...
Nov 17, 2025
UN Security Council to vote on US resolution on Trump's Gaza plan
WASHINGTON -The UN Security Council was set to vote later on Monday on a U.S.-drafted resolution endorsing President Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza and authorizing an international stabilization f...
Nov 17, 2025 A Palestinian youth walks past the rubble of destroyed buildings, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, November 2, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
US Border Patrol arrests 81 on first day of Charlotte immigration crackdown
(Reuters) -Federal agents arrested at least 81 people in Charlotte, North Carolina, this weekend, a senior commander said on Sunday, marking a sharp escalation in the Trump administration's mass depor...
Nov 17, 2025 People protest as federal authorities conduct raids in Charlotte, expanding their crackdown on illegal immigration, in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. November 16, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake
Dollar ticks higher as traders position for return of U.S. data
SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) -World currency markets started the week in a cautious mood with the dollar nudging higher on the euro and yen, as traders fine tuned their positioning ahead of what could b...
Nov 17, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Four thousand U.S. dollars are counted out by a banker counting currency at a bank in Westminster, Colorado November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo
Dunlap speech teacher honored with state award
DUNLAP, Ill. - The Illinois Elementary School Association has selected Dunlap High School's Shauna Segler as the Outstanding Speech Educator for the 2025-26 school year. Segler is being honored for he...
Nov 17, 2025 Dunlap Speech Teacher Shauna Segler has been recognized as the IESA Speech Educator of the year. (Dunlap Dist. 323 Facebook)
ISP: Motorcyclist injured in crash on I-74 ramp Sunday
PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois State Police say a Peoria man was injured Sunday morning after losing control of his motorcycle on a ramp at Interstate 74 and War Memorial Drive. Troopers were called to the s...
Nov 17, 2025 (Illinois State Police)
FAA ends mandated cuts in domestic US flights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration late Sunday said it would end mandated cuts in domestic flights at 40 major U.S. airports effective at 6 a.m. ET (1000 GMT) Monday, easing res...
Nov 17, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A plane approaches Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, more than a month into the ongoing U.S. government shutdown, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 11, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon/File Photo
Trump reverses stance on Epstein files, urges Republicans to vote for releasing them
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday urged his fellow Republicans in Congress to vote for the release of files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, revers...
Nov 17, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on the day he is set to sign an executive order on "Fostering the Future" in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 13, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices down a few cents, national prices mostly unchanged
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have dropped 2.9 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.18 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 gas stations in Peoria. Peoria's prices are 2.7 c...
Nov 17, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
