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U.S. Treasury has no plans to push back April tax filing deadline-officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury has no plans to delay the 2021 income tax filing season past the normal April 18 deadline after giving taxpayers more time to file returns during each of the tw...
Jan 10, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at the United States Tax Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 12, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Bradley will start spring semester with move-in on Sunday, in-person, despite COVID-19
PEORIA, Ill. - They said it was likely that the start of their spring semester would be in-person, and now Bradley University says that is still what will happen. Bradley Monday laid out details for t...
Jan 10, 2022 Bradley University
Area hospital closes its doors, at least temporarily
GALESBURG, Ill. - An area hospital has closed it doors for now, weeks after getting notice that it would no longer be receiving federal Medicare funding. Signs posted on the outside of Galesburg Cotta...
Jan 10, 2022 Courtesy Rick Heath
New bill in Springfield would pay residents for camera footage
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Your home security could soon earn you some money. New legislation coming out of Springfield would increase the use of personal video footage to solve crimes. The idea came from a...
Jan 10, 2022 Linda Traynor
Update: Chicago Bears fire Nagy and Pace
UPDATED 4:05 P.M. CHICAGO, Ill. -- The Chicago Bears have fired coach Matt Nagy, ending his tenure after the team posted a 6-11 record this season. General manager Ryan Pace, whose future has also bee...
Jan 10, 2022 Matt Nagy (Chicago Bears)
First months of 2022 crucial for Biden agenda as November midterms loom
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has three years left in office, but some of his domestic agenda may have a much shorter clock. The White House has a small window of time to pass any me...
Jan 10, 2022 U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. President Joe Biden walk through the Hall of Columns on the one-year anniversary of the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2022. Stefani Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS
Chicago schools closed for a fourth day
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Chicago Public School classes were canceled for a fourth day on Monday after the teachers' union and city officials failed to reach an agreement about in-person learning amid a surge ...
Jan 10, 2022 Midwest Communications
Trump to ask judge throw out suits by lawmakers, police over U.S. Capitol riot
(Reuters) - Donald Trump's lawyers on Monday will try to persuade a federal judge to throw out a series of lawsuits by Democratic lawmakers and two police officers alleging that the former president i...
Jan 10, 2022 A person touches the Washington monument as the sun rises over the U.S. Capitol, on the first anniversary of the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Arrest made in Peoria armed robbery
PEORIA, Ill. -- Police have arrested a suspect in connection with an apparent armed robbery that happened early Saturday morning in Peoria. Damarious Matthews, 20, was taken into custody and taken to ...
Jan 10, 2022 Damarious Matthews (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Update: Several local schools return to remote learning
MINONK, Ill. -- Students at Fieldcrest CUSD #6 will learn from home this week, due to COVID related concerns. The district said on Facebook Sunday that they will share more information on logistics on...
Jan 10, 2022 Midwest Communications
