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Ex-police officer Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22-1/2 years for George Floyd murder
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) -A Minnesota judge sentenced former police officer Derek Chauvin to 22-1/2 years in prison on Friday for the murder of George Floyd during an arrest in May 2020 on a Minneapolis ...
Jun 25, 2021 Pool via REUTERS
IDPH reports COVID outbreak at summer camp
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday reported a COVID outbreak occurred at a summer camp earlier in June. According to IDPH, more than 50 teens and adult staff a...
Jun 25, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. Justice Department to sue Georgia over state voting law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department will file a lawsuit on Friday challenging a Georgia election law that imposes new limits on voting, calling it a violation of civil rights, Attorney G...
Jun 25, 2021 REUTERS/Dustin Chambers
Peoria removing signs in public places
PEORIA, Ill. -- Beginning Friday, June 25, the City of Peoria's Public Works Department is cracking down on signs posted illegally in public places and right-of-ways. Thousands of signs are placed on ...
Jun 25, 2021 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Race to find survivors as death toll in Miami condo collapse rises
Surfside, Fla. (Reuters) -Rescue workers frantically scoured the rubble of a collapsed apartment block in a Miami suburb for signs of life on Friday, as the death toll from the disaster crept up and a...
Jun 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Emergency crews respond to a partially collapsed residential building in the rain in Surfside, near Miami Beach Florida, U.S. June 24, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Ex-policeman Derek Chauvin to be sentenced for George Floyd's murder
(Reuters) - Former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin will be sentenced on Friday for murdering George Floyd in May 2020 after a trial that was widely seen as a watershed moment in the history of U.S...
Jun 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin sits with his defense attorney Eric Nelson as the jury verdict is read, finding him guilty of all charges in his trial for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. April 20, 2021 in a still image from video. Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Fire crews respond to blaze Thursday morning at Alto Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. -- Pekin Fire responded Thursday morning around 7:30 a.m. to Alto Pekin LLC on reports of a cornmeal dryer on fire. The dryer that caught fire is used for the production of ethanol. Fires ...
Jun 24, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Cat adopters needed as PCAPS space 'severely limited'
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County Animal Protection Services (PCAPS) is in urgent need for cat fosters and adopters as they currently provide shelter and care for 170 cats. Due to the number of animals be...
Jun 24, 2021 Peoria County Animal Protection Services
Biden says deal reached on infrastructure plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday embraced a bipartisan Senate deal to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on infrastructure projects, building roads, bridges and highways a...
Jun 24, 2021 REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Pelosi announces creation of new committee to probe Jan. 6 attack on U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday there will be a new House committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, after Senate Repub...
Jun 24, 2021 REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
