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Man pleads guilty to 2018 Dixon High School shooting
DIXON, Ill. - A former Dixon High School student who opened fire at a graduation practice four years ago has pleaded guilty. Matthew Milby, 23, pleaded guilty Thursday in Lee County to a pair of count...
Jul 15, 2022 (2018 File-Lee County Jail)
HOI Fair returns next week
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's almost time for the Heart of Illinois Fair. In its 73rd year, the fair runs Tuesday through Saturday next week at Expo Gardens in Peoria. New shows include Aussie Kingdom and Rock...
Jul 15, 2022 (HOI Fair Facebook)
Democrats call for Biden action on climate after Manchin pulls support
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats and environmental groups called on President Joe Biden to take steps on his own to reduce climate emissions after Senator Joe Manchin said he would not support legisla...
Jul 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) pay respects to Hershel Woodrow “Woody” Williams, the last Medal of Honor recipient of World War II to pass away, in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda as his remains lie in honor in Washington, D.C, U.S., July 14, 2022. Tom Williams/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Griner's lawyers tell Russian court she was prescribed medical cannabis
KHIMKI, Russia (Reuters) - Lawyers defending U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner told a Russian court on Friday she was prescribed medical cannabis in the United States for a chronic injury, a Reut...
Jul 15, 2022 U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, is escorted before a court hearing in Khimki outside Moscow, Russia, July, 15, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
Biden brings Palestinians aid but no new peace plan
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden promised an additional $100 million to support Palestinian hospitals in East Jerusalem on Friday but offered no new proposals to revive the stalled politi...
Jul 15, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden attends the first virtual meeting of the "I2U2" group with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and leaders of India and the United Arab Emirates, in Jerusalem, July 14, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
U.S. Secret Service deleted texts sought in Jan. 6 probe, watchdog says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Secret Service deleted text messages from Jan. 5 and Jan. 6, 2021 after they were requested by oversight officials investigating the agency's response to the Jan. 6 atta...
Jul 15, 2022 House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack led by Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., swears in the witnesses during during the seventh public hearing by the House Select Committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the US Capitol, in Washington, DC, U.S., July 12, 2022. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS
Police seek Republican county clerk charged with election tampering in Colorado
DENVER (Reuters) - A county clerk who was indicted on felony charges of tampering with voting equipment and then lost a bid for the Republican nomination to Colorado's top election-management post has...
Jul 14, 2022 Tina Peters, the Mesa County, Colorado, clerk indicted on multiple felony counts stemming from an election security breach, poses in a jail booking photograph in Grand Junction, Colorado, U.S. March 9, 2022. Mesa County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS
Wanted: More youth sports officials, despite bad fan behavior
PEORIA, Ill. - It likely won't be a problem for the baseball and softball tournaments going on this weekend at the Louisville Slugger Sports Complex, but it's otherwise been a problem pretty much all ...
Jul 14, 2022 Brandon Giesbrecht / CC
Man accused of 2021 murder wants to represent himself at trial
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man arrested late last year for a shooting death a year ago now says he wants to represent itself. Peoria County Circuit Court records indicate Marvin Alexander, 20, was in cou...
Jul 14, 2022 (File-Peoria County Jail)
Man pleads not guilty to Peoria's 10th homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - A trial could begin as soon as September for a Peoria man charged with murder for the city's 10th homicide of the year. Peoria County Court records indicate Rev Blakes, 41, pleaded not ...
Jul 14, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
