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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
"A message of resilience": Americans reflect on 20th anniversary of Sept. 11
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Twenty years after hijacked airliners smashed into New York City's World Trade Center and the Pentagon outside Washington, Americans will honor the nearly 3,000 lives lost on Sept...
Sep 11, 2021 REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Timeline: What happened on Sept. 11, 2001
(Reuters) - Here is a timeline for Sept. 11, 2001, when commercial airliners crashed into the New York World Trade Center twin towers, the Pentagon and, after passengers mounted a counterattack, a Pen...
Sep 11, 2021 REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Ray LaHood recalls being in Washington, D.C. on 9/11
PEORIA, Ill. - (25 News) - (WEEK) -- One of Peoria's most prominent citizens is remembering his 9//11 experience 20 years later. Ray LaHood, then a U.S. Congressman at the time, was in Washington D.C....
Sep 11, 2021 25 News
Mental health issues related to 9/11
PEORIA, Ill. (From: OSF Health Care) - "Where were you?" A question that is asked all across America every year on September 11th. Chances are you remember. You probably remember not only where you we...
Sep 11, 2021 OSF HealthCare
Small fire causes cancellation of Monday classes at South Pekin Grade School
SOUTH PEKIN, Ill. - The superintendent says a small fire at South Pekin Grade School that caused the school to be evacuated did minimal damage. In a Facebook post, Seth Mingus says a small fire late F...
Sep 10, 2021 Midwest Communications
Biden vaccine mandates: Republicans angry, business groups muted
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans on Friday vowed to fight U.S. President Joe Biden's new vaccine mandate covering big companies and federal employees, but business groups that often agree with them ...
Sep 10, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A sign against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandates is seen in the grass during a protest against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandates at Summa Health Hospital in Akron, Ohio, U.S., August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Stephen Zenner
37 year prison sentence for Peoria man convicted on Sex Trafficking charges
Federal prosecutors say they are pleased a judge didn't believe a Peoria man's claim that he was trying to investigate child sex trafficking, but instead was trying to get a child to have sex with him...
Sep 10, 2021 Oh-Berlin.com / CC
