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Peoria Heights man arrested for attempted Bloomington robbery
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - A Peoria Heights man is facing criminal charges in Bloomington after attempting to hold up a restaurant there. Bloomington Police say Joel Perez, 31, is facing a charge of Attempte...
Nov 08, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Don't wait on vaccine rules, White House tells companies amid legal fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Monday urged employers to go ahead and push worker vaccinations, as legal challenges to President Joe Biden's vaccine rule work their way through the courts. ...
Nov 08, 2021 White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 8, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Peorian dead in Springfield shooting
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Authorities in Springfield say a Peoria man died over the weekend after a shooting there. Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon says the victim was Demarius Burnside, 28, and he died ...
Nov 08, 2021 Midwest Communications
Pritzker talks environment at U.N. conference in Scotland
GLASGOW, Scotland -- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says he's continuing to advance the environmental interests of Illinois while in Scotland. Pritzker Monday spoke during the United National Climate C...
Nov 08, 2021 1470/100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley (File Photo)
Peoria Symphony Orchestra to honor Peoria's own Betty Friedan
PEORIA, Ill. -- A world premiere in Peoria. "Everywoman: A Friedan Centennial Memoire, written by the Peoria Symphony Orchestra's Composer-In-Residence Stephanie Ann Boyd, will debut later this month....
Nov 08, 2021 (Peoria Symphony Orchestra.org)
White House plans tour to tout Biden's $1T U.S. infrastructure bill
(Reuters) - President Joe Biden and top officials in his Cabinet are hitting the road to promote the $1 trillion infrastructure bill passed in Congress last week, to explain when and where Americans c...
Nov 08, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The American Flag flies at the U.S. Capitol Building, as Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a State of Emergency due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
UPDATE: Motorcyclist dead after East Peoria crash
UPDATED 2:43 P.M. EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The driver of a motorcycle is dead after a collision Saturday night. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley says the accident happened around 6:30 p.m. near Meado...
Nov 08, 2021 Midwest Communications
Update: Teen killed in Peoria crash
PEORIA, Ill. - A two-vehicle accident late Saturday night at the intersection of War Memorial Drive and Sheridan Road has claimed a teen's life. Peoria County Corner Jamie Harwood has identified the v...
Nov 08, 2021 Midwest Communications
Probes launched, lawsuit filed in Houston rap festival stampede
HOUSTON (Reuters) -At least two investigations and one civil lawsuit were underway on Sunday into the deadly stampede during rap star Travis Scott's Astroworld music festival that killed at least eigh...
Nov 08, 2021 An ambulance is seen in the crowd during the Astroworld music festiwal in Houston, Texas, U.S., November 5, 2021 in this still image obtained from a social media video on November 6, 2021. Courtesy of Twitter @ONACASELLA /via REUTERS
Police say bomb threats at three elite U.S. universities not credible
(Reuters) -Police at three elite Ivy League universities in New York and Rhode Island gave the all clear and said activities could resume normally at the schools on Sunday after each received separate...
Nov 08, 2021 Law enforcement gather at Columbia University campus in response to a bomb threat in New York, New York, U.S., November 7, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs
