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Ukraine calls for no-fly zone to stop Russian bombardment
KYIV/MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the West to consider a no-fly zone for Russian aircraft over Ukraine on Monday after Moscow bombarded the country's second largest city, draw...
Mar 01, 2022 New members of the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces train with newly received weapons in Kyiv, Ukraine February 28, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Five dead as man kills three children and himself in California church
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) -A man shot and killed his three children and a fourth person before taking his own life on Monday in an outburst of gun violence that unfolded in a church near California...
Mar 01, 2022 Police officers stand near the scene of a shooting at a church in Sacramento, California, U.S., February 28, 2022. REUTERS/Fred Greaves
City: Warmer weather is great for pothole patching, and more potholes being created
PEORIA, Ill. - If you think this weather is great for you, it's almost just the opposite for the roads -- and the crews trying to fix them. The shifts in temperatures coupled with rain and snow is lik...
Feb 28, 2022 DDohler / CC
Update: Officers released from hospital after lake rescue
UPDATE: (10 p.m. ) - A Pekin Police spokesperson tells 25 News that the three officers who rescued the child have been released from the hospital, while a family member says the boy is stable conditio...
Feb 28, 2022 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Pritzker orders end to earlier Illinois school mask mandate
PEORIA, Ill. -- The tide is turning against continuing mask mandates and now Illinois' Governor is even ending a policy he'd been fighting in the courts to maintain. On Monday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker anno...
Feb 28, 2022 REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Expert: Attack on Ukraine could impact agriculture markets
NORMAL, Ill. - There's a lot of grain that Ukraine could be distributing around the world right now, but can't. "There's talk that Ukraine has about six million metric tons of wheat to export yet, and...
Feb 28, 2022
Some in Peoria metro choose to keep their masks, despite newly relaxed rules
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois' statewide indoor mask mandate was allowed to pass into history early Monday and there are already some businesses relaxing mask requirements as the state and the CDC now agre...
Feb 28, 2022 Cooper Banks/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
OSF HealthCare to buy assets of closed hospital
GALESBURG, Ill. - Peoria-based OSF HealthCare is, more or less, buying one of its long-time competitors in the area. OSF said Monday it's signed a letter of intent to purchase the real estate, medical...
Feb 28, 2022 Courtesy Rick Heath
U.S. sees "no reason to change" nuclear alert levels at this time -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States sees "no reason to change" its nuclear alert levels at this time, the White House said on Monday after Russian President Vladimir Putin put Russia's nuclear de...
Feb 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki holds a press briefing on the U.S. response after Russia launched a massive military operation against Ukraine, at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Pritzker stands up for Ukraine at rally
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. J-B Pritzker and several other elected officials joined a Chicago rally in support of Ukraine on Sunday. Pritzker expressed his support for the people of Ukraine as the ...
Feb 28, 2022 Sergey Kozak
