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Illinois Senate approves bill designed to keep three nuclear power plants running
UPDATED 4:46 P.M. (Reuters) -The Illinois Senate on Monday saved two Exelon Corp nuclear power plants from closure by passing a bill that will provide $700 million in subsidies to the company over fiv...
Sep 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A bird flies over the Three Mile Island Nuclear power plant in Goldsboro, Pennsylvania, U.S. May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
State coalition investigation growing problem of organized retail crime
CHICAGO, Ill. - A form of crime the Illinois Attorney General says is growing is now one that his office is focusing on. Attorney General Kwame Raoul says retail theft is becoming more of a coordinate...
Sep 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
BU makes U.S. News and World Report "Best List" again
PEORIA, Ill. -- U.S. News and World Report has released its Best Colleges list for 2022, and Bradley University has been named best in Illinois in several categories. Bradley has made the top 10 Best ...
Sep 13, 2021 (Bradley University)
Former Peoria Park District director dies at 80
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bonnie Noble had a 43-year association with the Peoria Park District...as the board's first female member, board president, and eventually as executive director. Noble, 80, died Sept. ...
Sep 13, 2021 Peoria Park District
Biden to announce new COVID-19 steps ahead of U.N. meeting, surgeon general says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will announce new steps to slow the spread of COVID-19 before the U.N. General Assembly meets, Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy said Sunday. Murthy did n...
Sep 13, 2021 United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy delivers remarks during a news conference with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 15, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
House Democrats eye corporate tax rate hike, surtax on wealthy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House Democrats are expected to propose raising the corporate tax rate to 26.5% from 21% as part of a sweeping plan that includes tax increases on the wealthy, corporations,...
Sep 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Vehicles are parked outside the U.S. Capitol building the morning the Senate returned to session in Washington, DC, U.S., July 31, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
9/11 ceremony at Peoria City Hall
PEORIA, Ill. - (25 News) - Peoria Mayor Rita Ali and member of the Peoria City Council hosted a 9/11 remembrance ceremony Saturday outside City Hall near the Sonar Tide sculpture. A number of speakers...
Sep 12, 2021 25 News
Local 9/11 victim remembered
PEORIA, Ill. - (25 News) The Peoria Riverfront Museum honored the lives lost in the 9/11 terror attacks on the 20th anniversary of the tragedy. The museum also honored Charles "Chip" Chan of Peoria wh...
Sep 12, 2021 25 News
FBI releases declassified 9/11 document after Biden order
(Reuters) -The FBI on Saturday released the first document related to its investigation of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States and allegations of Saudi government support for the hijacker...
Sep 12, 2021 REUTERS/Go Nakamura
9/11 fishing record at Sankoty Lakes
SPRING BAY, Ill. - A famed fisherman, known as the "Marathon Man" of professional fishing has broken his own record. And he did it on the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Jeff Kolodzinski began fishing at Sa...
Sep 12, 2021 Supplied photo: Mike Bailey
