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U.S. House approves $50 billion relief bill for Postal Service
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill on Tuesday to provide the Postal Service (USPS) with about $50 billion in financial relief over a decade and requ...
Feb 09, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A United States Postal Service (USPS) worker unloads packages from his truck in Manhattan during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, New York, U.S., April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo/File Photo
UPDATED: Boil order affects parts of Peoria and Bartonville
UPDATE: 1:24 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- A boil order remains in effect for roughly 3,000 Illinois American Water customers in Bartonville and Peoria, however the utility announced Wednesday afternoon it had...
Feb 09, 2022 (Flickr)
Slovakia backs U.S. defense pact despite opposition during Ukraine crisis
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Lawmakers in Slovakia narrowly approved a defense treaty with the United States on Wednesday, making it the last NATO member on the alliance's eastern frontier to enact such a pact,...
Feb 09, 2022 Slovakia's Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok speaks with the media as he arrives for an EU foreign ministers meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium May 10, 2021. Olivier Matthys/Pool via REUTERS
Senate's McConnell pushes back against Republican Party censure of Trump critics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top U.S. Senate Republican Mitch McConnell on Tuesday criticized his party's censure of two prominent Republican critics of Donald Trump, joining an intra-party battle that could...
Feb 09, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) arrives at the U.S. Capitol after a Senate Republican caucus luncheon in Washington, U.S. January 12, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
More districts ease up on mask mandates
PEORIA, Ill. -- Three area school districts are rescinding mask mandates even though they are not part of the lawsuit against Gov. Pritzker's COVID-19 directives. School boards for Farmington Central ...
Feb 09, 2022 (25 News)
Peoria home destroyed by fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria home is a total loss after being engulfed in flames early Wednesday morning. Battalion Chief Steve Rada said the call for a structure fire in the area of W. Latrobe and S. Gri...
Feb 09, 2022 Midwest Communications
Missing man found dead in Peoria
UPDATED 3:18 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. -- A man who police reported as missing on Monday was found dead Tuesday afternoon near Peoria High School. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said 54-year-old Von Fitz...
Feb 09, 2022 (Peoria Police Department)
Biden touts 'American manufacturing comeback,' announces Tennessee charger plant
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced that an Australian company that makes chargers for electric vehicles will build a manufacturing facility in Tennessee, while reiterating ...
Feb 08, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A Tritium charging station is seen at a ribbon cutting event for a Revel electric vehicle charging superhub in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S., June 29, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
U.S. House passes bill to avert temporary government shutdown
UPDATED 5:05 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved legislation to fund federal government agencies through March 11 and avoid a chaotic shutdown of many of W...
Feb 08, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A jogger passes through a beam of sunlight in front of the U.S Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 18, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Alleged PNC Bank robber makes court appearance
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has made another court appearance on charges accusing him of robbing a PNC Bank branch late last month. Court records indicate Monterius Miller, 31, has formally been indic...
Feb 08, 2022 (Surveillance photos via Peoria Police)
