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Russia bogged down, blasting Ukrainian cities as war enters fourth week
KYIV/LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Russian forces in Ukraine are blasting cities and killing civilians but no longer making progress on the ground, Western countries said on Thursday, as a war Moscow was ...
Mar 17, 2022 A woman with a child evacuates from a residential building damaged by shelling, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine, in this handout picture released March 16, 2022. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout via REUTERS
Jussie Smollett released from jail while appealing conviction
(Reuters) - An Illinois appeals court on Wednesday ordered the release of actor Jussie Smollett from jail while the one-time star of the TV drama "Empire" appeals his conviction for staging a hate cri...
Mar 17, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett arrives at court for his arraignment on renewed felony charges in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski
Man charged in connection with fatal ATV crash
EUREKA, Ill. - A man has been arrested in connection with a fatal ATV crash earlier this week that killed an East Peoria man. 25 News reports Kenneth Brinkley, 25, of Spring Bay appeared in Woodford C...
Mar 16, 2022 (Woodford County Jail via 25 News)
Biden calls Putin a 'war criminal,' sending more weapons to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday said Russian President Vladimir Putin "is a war criminal" for attacking Ukraine and announced an additional $800 million in security assistance i...
Mar 16, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden is flanked by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks as he speaks about assistance the U.S. government is providing to Ukraine amid Russia's invasion of the neighboring country, before signing an executive order on the aide in the Eisenhower Office Building's South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 16, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
IL GOP wants more extensive gas price relief
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A group of Republican lawmakers in Springfield, including a local mayor, are calling for the state to give some economic relief to taxpayers that goes beyond what Governor JB Pritz...
Mar 16, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Fed hikes interest rates, signals aggressive battle against inflation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point and laid out an aggressive plan to push borrowing costs to restrictive levels by next y...
Mar 16, 2022 U.S. dollar banknotes are displayed in this illustration taken, February 14, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Ukraine says Russia strikes theatre in Mariupol sheltering residents, Moscow denies attack
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russian forces dropped a powerful bomb on a theatre in the encircled Ukrainian port city of Mariupol where hundreds of civilians were sheltering on Wednesday, Ukraine's foreig...
Mar 16, 2022 Sergey Kozak
Peoria man charged for alleged sex with minor
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man faces charges accusing him of, among other things, having sexual contact with a minor. Peoria County Court records indicate Eric Roberts, Jr., 20, faces charges filed by a ...
Mar 16, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Peoria man facing Child Porn charges
PEORIA, Ill. - Not much is known, but a Peoria man is facing child pornography charges. Court records indicate a grand jury has indicted Dontorrion Stuckey, 30, with a count of Child Pornography. He a...
Mar 16, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
ICC now competing for 7th in NJCAA Women's Basketball Tournament
PORT HURON, Mich, - It wasn't the outcome the Illinois Central College Women's Basketball Team wanted, but they're still in the tournament. The fourth-seeded Cougars lost in the 16-team round of the N...
Mar 16, 2022 Illinois Central College via Facebook
