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Charges filed in connection with officer-involved shooting
UPDATE - PEORIA, Ill. - Charges have been filed against a man in custody following an officer-involved shooting in West Peoria Friday. Peoria County State's Attorney Jodi Hoos says Shavaun Leemon, 20,...
Aug 01, 2021 Midwest Communications
Two people, including Peoria police officer, shot
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria police officer was one of two people shot in the city's North Valley. Sgt. Amy Dotson said the officer observed a large group of people fighting around 12:15 a.m. Sunday at Ada...
Aug 01, 2021 Midwest Communications
Fauci expects no new U.S. lockdowns despite surging Delta cases
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday he does not expect the United States will return to lockdowns, despite the growing risks of COVID-19 ...
Aug 01, 2021 Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Olympics - Italy's Jacobs takes stunning 100m gold
TOKYO (Reuters) -Lamont Marcell Jacobs claimed a stunning upset victory in the Olympic men's 100 meters final on Sunday, becoming the first Italian to take the most coveted title in athletics and doin...
Aug 01, 2021 REUTERS/Andrew Boyers
Teenage suicide attempts on the rise
PEORIA, Ill. - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been tracking a lot of data during the Covid-19 pandemic, including attempted suicides. Among those statistics is that suicide attempt...
Aug 01, 2021 OSF HealthCare
Olympics-Athletics-Brilliant Thompson-Herah leads Jamaican sweep in 100m
TOKYO (Reuters) -Defending champion Elaine Thompson-Herah led home a Jamaican clean sweep in the Olympic women's 100 meters final on Saturday, posting an amazing 10.61 seconds to become the second-fas...
Jul 31, 2021 Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Women's 100m - Final - OLS - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - July 31, 2021. Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica celebrates after winning gold REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
U.S. CDC chief says there will be no federal mandate on COVID-19 vaccine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said on Friday there will be no nationwide mandate for Americans to get a COVID-19 vaccine, clarify...
Jul 31, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention testifies during a U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing to examine the COVID-19 response on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 18, 2021. Susan Walsh/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
U.S. lawmakers fail to renew pandemic-related residential eviction ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives adjourned on Friday without renewing an 11-month-old pandemic-related federal moratorium on residential evictions set to expire on Saturday afte...
Jul 31, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A "For Rent" sign is placed in front of a home in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., June 8, 2021. REUTERS/Will Dunham/File Photo/File Photo
Arrest made in July 4 shooting that left one dead
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have arrested an 18-year-old in connection with a July 4 shooting that left one dead and three injured. Wednesday, July 28, members of the Peoria Police Department Target...
Jul 30, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
U.S. men's team backs women in equal pay lawsuit appeal
(Reuters) - Players for the U.S. men's national team said in an amicus brief filed on Friday that their counterparts on the women's squad not only deserve equal pay but are entitled to more compensati...
Jul 30, 2021 REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
