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Football, family and parade floats: Traditions return on U.S. Thanksgiving Day
(Reuters) - Americans on Thursday will pack football stadiums, flock to parades and gather more freely for family feasts, grateful to celebrate Thanksgiving Day traditions again after the pandemic kep...
Nov 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People take a selfie in front of the Grogu "Baby Yoda" balloon as it is inflated the day before the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Former fire chief pleads not guilty in sexual assault case
PEKIN, Ill. -- A former Pekin fire captain accused of sexually assaulting a woman who rented from him in August was in Tazewell County Court Wednesday. Jamie Evans, 52, pleaded not guilty to felony se...
Nov 25, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Tazewell County Sheriffs Dept. via 25 News
Suspect wanted after car hit pedestrian
PEORIA, Ill. - We're learning more about an accident Wednesday afternoon at Knoxville and War Memorial, where police say a car hit a pedestrian. Police say it happened around 12:30 p.m., after an alle...
Nov 24, 2021 25 News/Illinois Department of Transportation
Teachers union president gives COVID-19 bonus check back
PEORIA, Ill. - The head of the Peoria Federation of Teachers says he hopes he's making a statement by giving back a bonus check he received thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Jeff Adkins-Dutro gave back...
Nov 24, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
State report: Peoria area economy lost 200 jobs in October
Peoria, Ill -- The latest state unemployment report shows the Peoria area lost about 200 jobs in the month of October, 2021 but has added nearly two thousand jobs since October of last year. Total Non...
Nov 24, 2021 Kevin Smith / CC
City Council approves budgets, moving money to pay pensions -- for now
PEORIA, Ill. - The debate over how to fund Peoria's police and fire pensions is over, for the moment. The City Council Tuesday approved the next two years' worth of budgets, and to fill a pension gap ...
Nov 24, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Coroner: Infant boy's death is Peoria's 32nd homicide
UPDATED 3:05 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says a two-month-old boy is Peoria's 32nd homicide victim this year. Harwood says young Connor Yeo was pronounced dead late Tuesday...
Nov 24, 2021 Zachary Yeo (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Georgia jury convicts three white men of Arbery murder, rejects self-defense
UPDATED 2:09 P.M. BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Reuters) - Three white men were convicted of murder on Wednesday for chasing and shooting a Black man named Ahmaud Arbery as he ran in their neighborhood, with a Geor...
Nov 24, 2021 Defendant Travis McMichael watches a video clip the jury asked to see as part of their deliberation during the trial of McMichael, his father Greg McMichael, and neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan in the Glynn County Courthouse, in Brunswick, Georgia, U.S., November 24, 2021. Stephen B. Morton/Pool via REUTERS
Hersey Hawkins becomes first Bradley Brave to enter the College Basketball Hall of Fame
Peoria, Ill -- It's a first for Bradley Basketball. Former Braves shooting guard Hersey Hawkins is now a member of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. The announcement was made on Sunday....
Nov 24, 2021 Bradley University
Thanksgiving dinner cost jumps with inflation on the menu, though deals remain
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Thanksgiving dinner will cost U.S. consumers an average of 14% more this year in the biggest annual increase in 31 years, the American Farm Bureau Federation said, though shoppers ...
Nov 24, 2021 Turkeys are displayed for sale at a Jewel-Osco grocery store ahead of Thanksgiving, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. November 18, 2021. REUTERS/Christopher Walljasper
