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Triple A analysts say $4/gallon gas is possible if Russia invades
(Undated) -- While concern remains high about the potential for war in Europe, we're hearing how such a conflict might impact families' finances here at home. Most energy analysts agree if Russia inva...
Jan 24, 2022 Midwest Communications
Task force looking at helping prevent accidental infant deaths continues its work
PEORIA, Ill. - A group of Peoria officials are continuing efforts to help the number of accidental deaths of infants in the county gets closer to zero. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood helps lead t...
Jan 24, 2022 Peoria County Coroner's Office
U.S. COVID peak may be over but not the pain as deaths rise
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Even as COVID-19 cases drop and hospitalizations show signs of plateauing in hard-hit pockets of the United States, the still-rising death toll from the Omicron variant highlights...
Jan 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Medical staff treat a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient in their isolation room on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, U.S., January 4, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
PPS Superintendent: Misgivings about proposed "modified" school calendar are misguided
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat says every district she's seen use a modified school year calendar, has had it work for them very well. Kherat says that...
Jan 24, 2022 (File photo) Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat, PPS Superintendent, and Randall Yelverton, Peoria Public Library Executive Director (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria woman sentenced to federal prison on meth charge
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman, described by a federal judge as "one of the most prolific" drug dealers in the area despite a minimal criminal history, is going to prison on federal methamphetamine-rel...
Jan 24, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Supreme Court to hear challenge to race-conscious college admissions
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a bid to bar Harvard University and the University of North Carolina from considering race in undergraduate admissions in a case that imperil...
Jan 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The sun sets at the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., November 29, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Derek Chauvin's ex-colleagues face trial over deadly Minneapolis arrest
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Reuters) - A jury was due to hear opening statements on Monday in the federal civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers who took part in the deadly arrest of Geor...
Jan 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: (L-R) Former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng in a combination of booking photographs from the Minnesota Department of Corrections and Hennepin County Jail in Minneapolis, Minnesota. U.S. Minnesota Department of Corrections and Hennepin County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS
U.S. orders departure of Ukraine embassy staff family members, Canada staffers will stay
UPDATE: 3:54 p.m. OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian diplomats and their families are staying in Ukraine for the time being but Ottawa is constantly reviewing their safety, which is of paramount importance, ...
Jan 24, 2022 A view shows the U.S. embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Pro-Trump death threats prompt bills in 3 states to protect election workers
(Reuters) - In Vermont, lawmakers are considering bills to make it easier to prosecute people who threaten election officials. In Maine, proposed legislation would stiffen penalties for such intimidat...
Jan 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump points as he holds a rally in Florence, Arizona, U.S., January 15, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Five found shot dead in Milwaukee home
(Reuters) - Five people were found dead from gunshot wounds in a Milwaukee home on Sunday in a case that left police without a suspect and pleading for help from the public, officials said. Officers r...
Jan 24, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
