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Man charged in connection to Thanksgiving shooting death makes court appearance
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria man who turned himself in over the weekend for a fatal Thanksgiving Day shooting has appeared in court. Peoria County Circuit Court records indicate Martarius McGee, 24, appe...
Nov 29, 2021
Cullinan Properties to develop VA clinic in Florida
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria-based Cullinan Properties will be developing a new VA center in Florida. The company says in a news release it's been awarded a lease by the VA and General Services Administratio...
Nov 29, 2021 Cullinan Properties via 25 News
Farm Show returns to the Peoria Civic Center this week
PEORIA, Ill. -- Once a year, the Peoria Civic Center is filled with farmers. The Greater Peoria Farm Show, the biggest indoor show of its kind in Illinois, is celebrating it's 40th year November 30-De...
Nov 29, 2021
Biden warns against Omicron panic, pledges no new lockdowns
UPDATED 5:17 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden urged Americans on Monday not to panic about the new COVID-19 Omicron variant and said the United States was making contingency plans with p...
Nov 29, 2021 Dr. Anthony Fauci listens as U.S. President Joe Biden delivers an update on the Omicron variant at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 29, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey hands reins to technology chief Agrawal
UPDATED 5:12 P.M. (Reuters) - Twitter Inc Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey is stepping down from his role and Chief Technology Officer Parag Agrawal will now lead the company, the social networking...
Nov 29, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey addresses students during a town hall at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi, India, November 12, 2018. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo
Judas Priest to kick off tour at Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. - A band considered legendary in heavy metal music will be coming to the Peoria Civic Center in a few months. The civic center says Judas Priest will kick off the group's "50 Heavy Metal ...
Nov 29, 2021 LUIS BLANCO / CC
Sleeping resident rescued by Peoria firefighters
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters and paramedics were called to a building in the 700 block of Spring Street just before 3:30 a.m. Monday. First crews on-scene found fire and black smoke coming from...
Nov 29, 2021 Midwest Communications
Cyber Monday sales expected to slow as shoppers see fewer deals
(Reuters) - U.S. retailers are estimated to generate online sales of up to $11.3 billion on Cyber Monday, a decline in growth from a year earlier as fewer discounts and limited choices due to global s...
Nov 29, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Amazon packages are transported by conveyor belts inside of an Amazon fulfillment center on Cyber Monday in Robbinsville, New Jersey, U.S., December 2, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
Biden told it will take two weeks to have definitive data on Omicron variant
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. infectious disease official, Dr. Anthony Fauci, told President Joe Biden on Sunday it will take about two weeks to have definitive information on the new coronaviru...
Nov 29, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People enter the baggage claim area from the international arrivals terminal as the U.S. reopens air and land borders to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinated travellers for the first time since the COVID-19 restrictions were imposed, at Sea-Tac Airport in Seattle, Washington, U.S. November 8, 2021. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson
One man shot, another stabbed, in Farmington incident
FARMINGTON, Ill. - Two men have been hospitalized after a stabbing and shooting in rural Farmington early Saturday morning. The Fulton County Sheriff's Department says deputies found one male with gun...
Nov 28, 2021 Midwest Communications
