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Congress still debating Biden's spending bills
WASHINGTON, D.C. (FOX NEWS) -- Congress is still debating the $1.2 trillion "Hard Infrastructure" bill already passed by the Senate, as well as the proposed $3.5 trillion "Human Infrastructure Reconci...
Oct 18, 2021 mwc
Fatal crash on I-74 Sunday morning
KNOX COUNTY, Ill. -- Illinois State Police say a man was killed and another man was injured in a head-on collision on I-74 early Sunday morning. The crash happened around 4:25 a.m., near mile marker 5...
Oct 18, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria's 25th homicide victim of 2021 identified
UPDATE - PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner has identified the victim of a Friday night homicide, Peoria's 25th homicide victim this year. Marteil Robinson, 31, of North Street in Peoria suffere...
Oct 17, 2021 (25 News)
Three of four Peoria fires in less than 24 hours caused by arson
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to four house fires between 6:13 a.m. Saturday and 4:23 a.m. Sunday. Three of the fires were determined to be caused by arson. The latest blaze sent firefi...
Oct 17, 2021 Midwest Communications
Hollywood film-crew union reaches tentative deal, averting strike
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A union that represents about 60,000 behind-the-scenes workers in film and television reached a tentative deal with producers on Saturday, averting a strike that threatened to ...
Oct 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Pope condemns attacks in Norway, Afghanistan and Britain, following Amess stabbing
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis on Sunday condemned recent attacks in Norway, Afghanistan and Britain, in an apparent reference to the stabbing death of parliamentarian David Amess. "Last week, v...
Oct 17, 2021 REUTERS/Remo Casilli
Houston deputy shot and killed in ambush at nightclub
HOUSTON (FOX NEWS) -- A Harris County deputy constable was shot to death and two other deputy constables were wounded early Saturday morning in what authorities are calling an ambush at a North Housto...
Oct 17, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Fund childcare to allow more moms to join workforce, Biden says
HARTFORD (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden touted a crucial part of his economic plan, funding for childcare that will free parents, mostly women, to work for pay, in a speech at a Connecticut chil...
Oct 17, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden is welcomed by children at the Capitol Child Development Center in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S., October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
No more 18th District in proposed Illinois Congressional Map
PEORIA, Ill. - If you believe what mostly Illinois Democratic lawmakers have just proposed, Congressman Darin LaHood just got himself drawn right out of a Congressional District. A proposed map releas...
Oct 15, 2021 Proposed Peoria-area Congressional Districts (Illinois General Assembly)
Pritzker: Indoor mask mandate still needed
CHICAGO, Ill. - Don't get your hopes up about the lifting of the state's latest indoor mask mandate, even though many places aren't even enforcing the mandate, and even though cases, hospitalizations,...
Oct 15, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
