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Baseball-MLB and players fail to reach labor agreement, league cancels games
(Reuters) -Major League Baseball (MLB) and its players union failed to reach a labor agreement by the league's Tuesday deadline and as a result, MLB has cancelled the first two series of the regular s...
Mar 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Jun 29, 2021; Chicago, Illinois, USA; General view of fans watching a baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins during the third inning at Guaranteed Rate Field. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports
State Police monitoring 'Freedom Convoy' arrival in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Some of the same truck drivers that were a part of the COVID-19 protests in Canada, are now making their way into Illinois. There are reports they are in parts of eastern and South...
Mar 01, 2022 GoToVan / CC
IDPH director to resign March 14
CHICAGO, Ill. - One of Illinois' main faces during the COVID-19 pandemic is leaving her job in just a few weeks. Illinois Department of Public Health Director Doctor Ngozi Ezike is resigning March 14t...
Mar 01, 2022 State of Illinois
New Illinois American Water Pump Station to help Bartonville-area customers
PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois American Water says it's spending about a million dollars to build a new pump station that should help Bartonville-area customers. The new station replaces one that, officials ...
Mar 01, 2022 Illinois American Water
Documents: Fire chief admits to doing personal work on East Peoria time
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - We're learning more about why the Fire Chief in East Peoria was off the job for some time. Documents obtained by 25 News through a Freedom of Information Act request suggest Chief ...
Mar 01, 2022 (25 News)
Expert: Tech groups hacking Russia now, could lead to hacking U.S. later
PEORIA, Ill. - It's something involving Russia's invasion of Ukraine that won't affect you now, but it could sometime in the near future. The infamous cyber group "Anonymous" has, of late, declared a ...
Mar 01, 2022
I-EMA: How prepared are you for severe weather?
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Do you have a storm kit? It's Severe Weather Preparedness Week, and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency wants to help keep your family safe in the event of severe storms. Get...
Mar 01, 2022 Midwest Communications
Trump appeals ruling requiring that he testify in New York probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Monday appealed a judge's ruling that he answer questions under oath in a civil probe by New York's attorney general into the former U.S. president's business prac...
Mar 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, U.S. February 26, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
As Ukraine conflict rages, Biden seeks to unite Americans in annual speech
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden, who has earned praise for his efforts to rally European allies and other nations against Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, will t...
Mar 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden hosts a virtual roundtable on securing critical minerals at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 22, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Peoria family, pets escape fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Fire damaged a home on W. Malone in Peoria Monday night, but a family of four and their pets were unharmed. Fire Battalion Chief Clint Kuhlman said a woman and three children were home...
Mar 01, 2022 Midwest Communications
