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Reditus Labs CEO receives recognition from State of Illinois
PEKIN, Ill. -- Reditus Laboratories CEO Dr. Aaron Rossi was surprised Monday by a visit from Pekin Mayor and State Rep. Mark Luft. Luft was there to honor Reditus and Rossi for their contributions to ...
Jun 28, 2021 Photo Courtesy: Reditus Labs
College athletes one step closer to being paid
INDIANAPOLIS -- An NCAA advisory board has recommended the association lift its rules regarding student-athletes' ability to profit off their names, images, and likenesses (NIL). Should it pass, stude...
Jun 28, 2021 MWC-LOGO-Flicker
UPDATE: Peoria Police have found elderly man
UPDATE 5:55 P.M. -- McGhee has been found and is OK, according to Peoria Police. _____________________________________________ PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Police Department has issued a missing persons...
Jun 28, 2021 Midwest Communications
Transgender student wins as U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs bathroom appeal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a major transgender rights case, leaving in place a lower court's ruling that a Virginia public school board acted unlawfully...
Jun 28, 2021 REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
U.S. warplanes strike Iran-backed militia in Iraq, Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States said on Sunday it carried out another round of air strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq and Syria, this time in response to drone attacks by the militia ...
Jun 28, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Aerial view of the United States military headquarters, the Pentagon, September 28, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Reed/File Photo
Republicans Senate negotiators ready to move forward on infrastructure after Biden walkback
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican Senate negotiators on an infrastructure deal were optimistic about a $1.2 trillion bipartisan bill on Sunday after President Joe Biden withdrew his threat to veto the ...
Jun 28, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) walks along news reporters before attending a vote, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 23, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Three dead, three hospitalized after train hits minivan in Chicago
(Reuters) - Three people, including a five-year-old child, were killed and three others hospitalized after a train hit a minivan in East Chicago over the weekend, officials said on Sunday. The 2005 Ho...
Jun 28, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Peoria crews battle house fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- No injuries were reported in a weekend house fire in Peoria. Fire broke out in the 5200 block of N. Big Hollow Road around 12:45 p.m. Saturday. Firefighters found the home full of smok...
Jun 28, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
U.S. Senate Republicans press CDC to end mask mandate on airplanes, transit
(Reuters) - A group of Senate Republicans urged the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday to stop requiring fully vaccinated Americans to wear masks on public transportation, incl...
Jun 26, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Passengers wearing protective masks rides a bus near the Montefiore Medical Center Moses Division hospital during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, U.S., April 4, 2020. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Peoria Police say two victims in Sunday shooting shot each other
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have released more information regarding a shooting that left two men dead Sunday morning. According to Peoria Police, Josiah Hanson left an apartment to retrieve an item...
Jun 25, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
