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One dead, two injured in Peoria County crash
UPDATED 1:37 p.m. 4/3/22 PEORIA, Ill. - A man from Edwards has been identified as the victim in a fatal crash Friday evening. The Peoria County Coroner says Darrell Harper, 58, was pronounced dead at ...
Apr 02, 2022 Midwest Communications
Sarah Palin announces run for U.S. House seat from Alaska
(Reuters) - Sarah Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president in 2008, announced her run for Alaska's only seat in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday. It would be Palin's first run for p...
Apr 02, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Sarah Palin, 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate and former Alaska governor, leaves with former NHL hockey player Ron Duguay during her defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, at the United States Courthouse in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., February 10, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Red Cross plans fresh evacuation effort from Ukraine's Mariupol
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) - A Red Cross convoy will try again to evacuate civilians from the besieged port of Mariupol on Saturday as Russian forces looked to be regrouping for new attacks in so...
Apr 02, 2022 Local residents seek refuge in a children's home damaged in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 1, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Will Smith resigns from Hollywood film academy over Chris Rock slap -Variety
(Reuters) - Actor Will Smith has resigned from Hollywood's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences after he slapped presenter Chris Rock at the Oscars ceremony, Variety reported on Friday, citing ...
Apr 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Will Smith wins the Oscar for Best Actor in "King Richard" at the 94th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 27, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Bodies and tanks mark path as Russia moves troops from Kyiv
DMYTRIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine recaptured more territory around Kyiv from Russian soldiers who left shattered villages and their own abandoned tanks as they moved away from the capital, while ...
Apr 01, 2022 Armoured vehicles of pro-Russian troops drive along a street during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine March 31, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
U.S. to end COVID order blocking asylum seekers at border with Mexico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will end a sweeping, pandemic-related expulsion policy that has effectively closed down the U.S. asylum system at the border with Mexico, U.S. health officials ...
Apr 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Asylum-seeking migrants are detained by a U.S. Border Patrol agent after crossing the Rio Bravo river to turn themselves in to request asylum in El Paso, Texas, U.S., as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 30, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo
Greta Van Fleet Peoria show officially moved to July
PEORIA, Ill. - A show at the Peoria Civic Center postponed last week has officially been rescheduled this week. Greta Van Fleet says on social media that the show that was to be March 26 at the Peoria...
Apr 01, 2022 Nicolas Padovani / CC
Man facing weapons and fraud charges, arson suspect among those arrested during special PPD detail
PEORIA, Ill. - We haven't heard about one in awhile, but Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria says the special enforcement details continue as part of his anti-violence initiative. The chief says the m...
Apr 01, 2022 Kareem Davenport (Peoria County Jail)
Investigation into 2007 child death reopened following mother's 2022 murder charge
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says he's reopening the investigation into the death of a three-month-old boy in 2007, given that the boy's mother is now one of two charged with the...
Apr 01, 2022 Peoria County Coroner via 25 News
Bill to legalize marijuana passes U.S. House, but faces dim prospects in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill to end the federal ban on marijuana, which has created legal headaches for users and businesses in the states that have...
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