Category Archives: Top Stories
State encourages replacing defective license plates
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - If your Illinois license plate is in bad shape, the State says it's probably time to replace it. If it's defective, that license plate can be replaced for free from the Illinois Se...
Sep 16, 2021 Illinois Secretary of State
U.S. retail sales unexpectedly rise in August; weekly jobless claims climb
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales unexpectedly increased in August, likely boosted by back-to-school shopping and child tax credit payments from the government, which could temper expectations ...
Sep 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective masks shop at Macy's Herald Square following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 26, 2020. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo
Biden backs top general Milley after reported 'secret' calls with China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday threw his support behind the top U.S. military officer, Mark Milley, a day after a new book said he went around civilian leaders to place secret ...
Sep 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Army General Mark Milley holds a news briefing at Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., August 18, 2021. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo
UPDATE: Morton accident leaves vehicle in flames, one person dead
UPDATED 3:19 P.M. MORTON, Ill. -- Emergency crews found at least one vehicle engulfed in flames on Queenwood Road in Morton Wednesday night due to an accident that is now being described as fatal. The...
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Biden met moderate U.S. Senate Democrats to discuss $3.5 trln spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden was meeting separately with moderate Democratic U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema on Wednesday to discuss Democratic-backed domestic spending legis...
Sep 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden gives remarks at Mather Airport, California, U.S., September 13, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
U.S. House panel advances Democrats' plan to raise taxes on the wealthy, corporations
UPDATED 5:28PM WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Legislation to raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations advanced out of a U.S. House of Representatives committee on Wednesday to help fund President Joe Biden'...
Sep 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is pictured in Washington, U.S., August 20, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Peoria Police seeking identifying man damaging ATMs
Peoria Police want the public's help identifying a man seen in surveillance photos trying to break into some ATMs. Police say the incident happened early September 5th at the Commerce Bank location, 8...
Sep 15, 2021 Peoria Police/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Unvaccinated children suffering COVID impact, Americas health agency warns
BRASILIA (Reuters) - As more adults get their COVID-19 vaccines, children who are not yet eligible for vaccination in most countries are representing a larger percentage of hospitalizations and even d...
Sep 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A 14-year-old boy gets a dose of the Soberana 02 vaccine during its clinical trials at a hospital amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Havana, Cuba, June 29, 2021. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini/File Photo
Gymnasts Biles, Maroney demand justice in botched FBI sex abuse probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney on Wednesday told U.S. lawmakers she feels betrayed by FBI agents, after they failed to investigate former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, des...
Sep 15, 2021 U.S. Olympic gymnast Simone Biles is sworn in to testify during a Senate Judiciary hearing about the Inspector General's report on the FBI handling of the Larry Nassar investigation of sexual abuse of Olympic gymnasts, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 15, 2021. Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS
Pekin Police raising awareness during National Recovery Month
PEKIN, Ill. -- September is National Recovery Month. Pekin Public Information Officer Billie Ingles says residents wanting to get into an addiction recovery program can come to the police station to t...
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