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Efforts online and in Springfield to help or save Lincoln College
LINCOLN, Ill. - If you have $50 million burning a hole in your wallet, you could use it to help keep Lincoln College open right now. A Facebook campaign has started called "Save Lincoln College". The ...
Apr 05, 2022 Courtesy: Lincoln College Facebook
Man arrested for kidnapping, sexual assault
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man faces several charges for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting a woman last week. Peoria County court records indicate Thomas Jackson, 54, is facing charges of Aggravated Cr...
Apr 05, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Pritzker signs COVID-19-related measure regarding sick time for school employees
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed a bill that gives teachers vaccinated against COVID-19 all the sick leave they'd need if the virus hits their families. "It ensures that, i...
Apr 05, 2022 State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service
Obama returns to White House to tout healthcare law with Biden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Barack Obama will return to the White House on Tuesday for the first time since leaving office in 2017 to tout the benefits of his signature healthcare law and ...
Apr 05, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden stands with former President Barack Obama during an event on the Affordable Care Act, the former president's top legislative accomplishment, in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 5, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Ukraine's Zelenskiy tells U.N. 'accountability must be inevitable'
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the United Nations Security Council that "accountability must be inevitable" for Russia as he accused Russian troops of committin...
Apr 05, 2022 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appears on a screen as he addresses the United Nations Security Council via video link during a meeting, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., April 5, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Man pleads guilty to federal child porn charge
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man will be sentenced in August after admitting in federal court to selling child pornography on the internet. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Kiantre Dykeman, 24, pleaded guil...
Apr 05, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Golf-Woods says he will play in this week's Masters
AUGUSTA (Reuters) - Tiger Woods will play in this week's Masters and feels he can win the event for a sixth time in his highly-anticipated return to competition following a car crash last year that ne...
Apr 05, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Feb 20, 2022; Pacific Palisades, California, USA; Event host Tiger Woods reacts during the trophy presentation following the final round of the Genesis Invitational golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports
Comedian John Mulaney coming to Peoria Civic Center in August
PEORIA, Ill. - A very popular comedian who recently hosted "Saturday Night Live" once again will be coming to the Peoria Civic Center later this year. John Mulaney will be at the Civic Center August 1...
Apr 05, 2022 (Peoria Civic Center)
Pekin vigil honors three boys who died too soon
PEKIN, Ill. -- About a dozen people held a vigil Monday evening in Pekin to remember three lives lost way too young. The group said they spread the word through social media and met up to show their s...
Apr 05, 2022 (25 News)
Ivanka Trump testifies before U.S. Capitol riot committee
UPDATED 5:00 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka testified on Tuesday to the U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the ...
Apr 05, 2022 FILE PHOTO: White House senior advisor Ivanka Trump leads a meeting of the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 26, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
