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Memorial workout at Morton fitness center
MORTON, Ill - (25 News ) - A fitness center in Morton hosted a memorial workout for the 13 service members killed in a suicide bombing at Kabul Airport in Afghanistan. BRelentless Training and Sports ...
Ed Hammond Sep 05, 2021 25 News

Willard Scott, rollicking weatherman of TV's 'Today' show 35 years, dies at 87
(Reuters) - Willard Scott, the ebullient former "Today" show weatherman, venerator of centenarians, pitchman extraordinaire and the original hamburger-hawking Ronald McDonald, died on Saturday, his su...
Ed Hammond Sep 05, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

Pope hopes many countries take Afghan refugees and young are educated
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Sunday that he was praying that many countries take Afghan refugees and, in an apparent reference to the Taliban's past restrictions on schooling for wome...
Ed Hammond Sep 05, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

Biden to visit all three sites of Sept. 11 attacks - White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will visit all three sites of the Sept. 11, 2001, hijacking attacks next week to honor the nearly 3,000 people killed and mark the 20th anniversary of t...
Ed Hammond Sep 04, 2021 REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Homeowner transported to hospital after house fire
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria house fire results in one person being transported to a hospital. The fire was reported at 8:47 p.m. Friday at 610 East Corrington. Firefighters found the back of the one-and-a...
Ed Hammond Sep 04, 2021 Midwest Communications

Tennis - Osaka plans to take break from the sport
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two-time champion Naomi Osaka's U.S. Open title defense ended in tears on Friday, as she suffered a stunning defeat in the third round to Canadian Leylah Fernandez 5-7 7-6(2) 6-4,...
Ed Hammond Sep 04, 2021 Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports

Gov. Pritzker extends mandatory vaccine deadline
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. JB Pritzker and Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike Friday announced a two-week extension of vaccination requirements for individuals in high...
Dalton Kemper Sep 03, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD

Biden orders declassification reviews of documents related to Sept. 11 attacks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday ordered reviews of the potential declassification of documents from the FBI's investigation into the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United Stat...
Dalton Kemper Sep 03, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the August Jobs Report at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Pritzker signs executive order to address homelessness
CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has issued another executive order. But he says this one will deal with the growing problem of homelessness. The Governor says he's establishing a task fo...
Will Stevenson Sep 03, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD

Peoria Ameren workers among those assisting with power restoration after Ida
PEORIA, Ill. -- A caravan of Ameren Illinois bucket and line trucks arrived in Louisiana Friday to support power restoration efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, including two Peoria crew member...
Dalton Kemper Sep 03, 2021 Courtesy: Ameren Illinois


