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Republicans capture Virginia governorship, dealing setback to Biden
FAIRFAX, Va. (Reuters) - Republicans won the Virginia governor's election and were within striking distance in New Jersey on Wednesday, a warning that President Joe Biden's Democrats are in trouble he...
Nov 03, 2021 Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin speaks during his election night party at a hotel in Chantilly, Virginia, U.S., November 3, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
City Council grants "moratorium" on short-term rental property violations
PEORIA, Ill. - Properties in Peoria that have been operating as short-term rentals without a special use permit, and those having been handed other sanctions in the recent past, are temporarily safe. ...
Nov 02, 2021 City of Peoria via YouTube
Pritzker gets COVID-19 booster, talks vaccine mandates
CHICAGO, Ill. - Governor JB Pritzker says he just doesn't understand what the big deal is about vaccine mandates, especially when it may come to those that may come down the line for children. Pritzke...
Nov 02, 2021 State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service
U.S. CDC advisers recommend COVID-19 vaccine for young children
(Reuters) - Advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday unanimously supported broad use of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11, with sh...
Nov 02, 2021 A medical worker prepares a dose of the "Comirnaty" Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in a vaccination center in Nantes, France, October 6, 2021. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/Files
Former Pekin Fire Captain charged with sex crime
PEKIN, Ill. - A retired captain in the Pekin Fire Department is now under arrest on felony sex charges. Our news partner 25 News reports Jamie Evans is being held in the Tazewell County Jail on a char...
Nov 02, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Tazewell County Sheriffs Dept. via 25 News
U.S., World leaders tackle climate change fight while China, Russia & India abstain
GLASGOW (Reuters) -Leaders at the COP26 global climate conference pledged on Tuesday to stop deforestation by the end of the decade and cut emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane to help slow ...
Nov 02, 2021 Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Democratic Republic of the Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi and U.S. President Joe Biden stand before speaking at "Action on Forests and Land-Use" event during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 2, 2021. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS
Heating bills in Morton expected to increase 30% this season
MORTON, Ill. - Heating bills for residents of Morton are going up again this winter. Our news partner 25 News reports natural gas prices are being impacted by increases in foreign markets. A 30 percen...
Nov 02, 2021 25 News
Salvation Army: Christmas basket sign-ups in Peoria "have been slow"
Peoria, Ill -- We're told sign-ups for this winter's Salvation Army Christmas Food & Toy Basket giveaways, "have been slow". That's according to an email from local Salvation Army leaders in Peori...
Nov 02, 2021
U.S. teen protest shooter Rittenhouse to testify at trial, lawyer says
KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) -The American teenager accused of fatally shooting two protesters in Wisconsin will testify in his own defense at trial, his lawyer suggested on Tuesday, as he sought to counte...
Nov 02, 2021 Kyle Rittenhouse sits for the start of opening arguments at his trial in Kenosha (Wisconsin) Circuit Court in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S. November 2, 2021. Mark Hertzberg/POOL via REUTERS
Peoria Fire Chief: Glen Oak Towers fire could have been much worse
Peoria, Ill -- We're told the three-alarm fire at Glen Oak Towers early Monday could have been much worse. The blaze sent 8 people to the hospital, including three with critical injuries. Peoria Fire ...
Nov 02, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
