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Police identify suspect who tried to breach Ohio FBI building
(Reuters) - Police in Ohio on Friday identified a 42-year-old Columbus man as the armed individual who tried to breach the FBI building in Cincinnati before being shot dead by officers following a car...
Aug 12, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A FedEx truck is inspected outside of the front gate of the FBI's Cincinnati Field Office, after police closed off Interstate 71 North after reports of a suspect attempting to attack the FBI building, in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S., August 11, 2022. REUTERS/Jeffrey Dean/File Photo
IDOT: Multi-Year infrastructure investment boosted by four billion dollars
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- If you ever thought there was any end in sight to all the road work, think again. The Illinois Department of Transportation is rolling out details of a newer multi-year infrastruc...
Aug 12, 2022 Illinois Department of Transportation
There's plenty to do at the Illinois State Fair
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois State Fair is underway in Springfield. The deep fryers are sizzling, the lemons have been juiced, livestock are settling in, and the carnival rides are ready to go. A...
Aug 12, 2022 State of Illinois
Salman Rushdie, novelist who drew death threats, is stabbed at New York lecture
UPDATED 1:30 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who spent years in hiding under death threats from Iran because of his writing, was stabbed in the neck onstage at a lec...
Aug 12, 2022 Author Salman Rushdie is helped by people after he was stabbed on stage before his scheduled speech at the Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York, U.S., August 12, 2022, in this picture obtained from social media. Charles Savenor/LOCAL NEWS X/TMX/via REUTERS
Applications being accepted for Peoria County's Citizen Leadership Academy
PEORIA, Ill. -- Interested in learning about your local government from the inside out? The City of Peoria and Peoria County are giving residents an opportunity again to sign up for the Citizens Leade...
Aug 12, 2022 Scott McLeod / CC
UPDATE: FBI removed top secret documents from Trump's home, WSJ reports
UPDATED 2:50 P.M. (Reuters) -FBI agents who searched former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in Florida on Monday removed 11 sets of classified documents including some marked as top secr...
Aug 12, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally to boost Pennsylvania Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz, ahead of the May 17 primary election at the Westmoreland Fairgrounds in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. May 6, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo
Bailey's wife's social media comments under scrutiny
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Darren Bailey's campaign for governor is again under scrutiny due to posts on his wife's social media. Springfield's WMAY reports one of Cindy Bailey's posts, dating back to 2016,...
Aug 12, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Person shot overnight in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called to the area of S. Oregon and W. Krause just before 3:30 a.m. Friday on reports of a shooting. Peoria Public Information Officer Semone Roth said when officers...
Aug 12, 2022 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
U.S. House set to give Biden new win with $430 billion bill on climate, drug prices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives will vote Friday on a $430 billion bill to fight climate change and lower prescription drug prices, in what Democrats view as a major political...
Aug 12, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden gestures as he delivers remarks on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 28, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Police shoot dead armed man who tried to breach Ohio FBI building
(Reuters) -An armed man who tried to breach the FBI building in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Thursday was shot dead by police following a car chase, a gun battle and a standoff in a cornfield northeast of tow...
Aug 12, 2022 A police vehicle sits in front of the FBI’s Cincinnati Field Office, after police closed off Interstate 71 North after reports of a suspect attempting to attack the FBI building, in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S., August 11, 2022. REUTERS/Jeffrey Dean
