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Illinois Senate passes clean energy bill
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Senate passed a massive clean energy bill early Wednesday morning. The measure will close many private coal fire power plants by 2030, and it would close down municip...
Sep 01, 2021 Illinois Capitol - Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Catholic School returns to remote learning due to COVID-19
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria Catholic school says it's being forced to return to remote learning after what appears to be a COVID-19 outbreak there. Our news partner 25 News reports St. Jude Catholic Schoo...
Sep 01, 2021 25 News
Pope denies resignation report, says leads normal life after surgery
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis is not thinking of resigning and is living "a totally normal life" following intestinal surgery in July, he said in a radio interview broadcast on Wednesday. Spea...
Sep 01, 2021 Pope Francis speaks during an interview with Spanish radio station COPE at the Vatican City in this picture released September 1, 2021. Carlos Herrera en COPE/Handout via REUTERS
Evacuees urged not to return home after devastation from storm Ida
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Evacuees who fled Ida before the storm hammered southern Louisiana are being urged not to return home just yet as the long, arduous recovery is only beginning from one of the m...
Sep 01, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows destroyed houses in a flooded area after Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana, in Montegut, Louisiana, U.S. August 31, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello
State lawmakers approve revised legislative district maps
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois lawmakers are sending a revised legislative district map to Gov. J-B Pritzker. The House and Senate came back to Springfield on Tuesday to approve the new political bound...
Sep 01, 2021 Midwest Communications
Biden cites Afghan military, Trump role in messy Afghanistan exit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Tuesday rejected criticism of his decision to stick to a deadline to pull out of Afghanistan this week, a move that left 100 to 200 Americans in the countr...
Aug 31, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to deliver remarks on Afghanistan during a speech in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 31, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
West Peoria man faces child porn charges
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois State Police say they are not yet done investigating a West Peoria man accused of possessing child pornography. Our news partner 25 News reports in addition to the child p...
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Federal grant helps Illinois expand mental health services for farmers
DECATUR, Ill. - A pilot program that started in Central Illinois is now being expanded to the rest of the state, and it's one aimed at helping farmers. The Illinois Department of Agriculture says the ...
Aug 31, 2021
Mike Richards leaves executive producer role at Jeopardy!
UPDATE 12:04 P.M. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Mike Richards, who earlier this month stepped down as the new host of "Jeopardy!" after a backlash over past offensive comments, will no longer serve as execut...
Aug 31, 2021 An undated handout photo of new "Jeopardy!" host Mike Richards, who is also the executive producer of the long-running daily TV quiz show. Carol Kaelson/Sony Pictures Entertainment/Handout via REUTERS
Mississippi highway collapses in Ida's wake, Louisiana grapples with power, water woes
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) -Two people were killed and 10 injured when a deep crevasse opened up on a Mississippi highway in the wake of heavy rains unleashed by Hurricane Ida, a powerful storm that left p...
Aug 31, 2021 A destroyed car is seen under the debris of a building after Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana, U.S., August 31, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello
