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Deer Creek man identified as Rt. 150 crash victim
MORTON, Ill. -- The Tazewell County coroner has identified the victim of a fatal crash on Rt. 150 between Deer Creek and Morton. Coroner Charles Hanley said 19-year-old Quinten Cremeens, of Deer Creek...
Feb 03, 2021 Midwest Communications
Trump lawyers challenge legitimacy of impeachment trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump's lawyers said on Tuesday the U.S. Senate lacks the authority to conduct his impeachment trial now that he has left office, while the Democratic la...
Feb 03, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a campaign rally in Dalton, Georgia, U.S., on the eve of the run-off election to decide both of Georgia's Senate seats January 4, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Bond set for man accused of murder of Mona Ellison
PEORIA, Ill. -- Christopher Sanders, the 42-year-old accused of killing Mona Ellison, has been charged with first-degree murder. Sanders allegedly beat and strangled Ellison to death, and his bond has...
Feb 02, 2021 (Peoria County Jail)
U.S. Democrats take first step to go it alone on Biden's COVID-19 aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday took the first step toward fast-tracking President Joe Biden's proposed $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill without Republican support. Th...
Feb 02, 2021 REUTERS/Brandon Bell
Bezos to step down as Amazon boss
By Jeffrey Dastin and Akanksha Rana (Reuters) - Amazon.com, Inc on Tuesday said founder Jeff Bezos would step down as CEO and become executive chairman, as the company reported its third consecutive r...
Feb 02, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Jeff Bezos, president and CEO of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post, speaks at the Economic Club of Washington DC's "Milestone Celebration Dinner" in Washington, U.S., September 13, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
White House plans to send millions of vaccines to pharmacies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House next week will start shipping coronavirus vaccines directly to retail pharmacies alongside ongoing deliveries to states, increasing weekly supplies of shots nati...
Feb 02, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Dead volume syringes filled with the COVID-19 vaccine are seen at a pop-up vaccination site in William Reid Apartments in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S., January 23, 2021. Mary Altaffer/Pool via REUTERS
Local COVID roundup 2/2: no deaths, low case count
PEORIA, Ill. -- In one of the lowest activity reporting periods in months, the Peoria City/County Health Department on Tuesday reported 50 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths. Peoria County had the h...
Feb 02, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. Senate confirms Buttigieg to head Transportation Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pete Buttigieg, a former mayor who challenged Joe Biden for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday on a 86-13 vote to head the ...
Feb 02, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Pete Buttigieg, U.S. secretary of transportation nominee for U.S. President Joe Biden, listens during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, DC, U.S., January 21, 2021. Stefani Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
State COVID roundup 2/2: Illinois reaches 1M vax mark
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A total of 32,559 COVID-19 vaccine doses were given between Monday and Tuesday to Illinoisans. With that, the state officially surpassed the mark of one million doses administered...
Feb 02, 2021 Midwest Communications
FBI agents killed in early-morning raid in Florida
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two FBI agents were killed and another three were wounded during an early morning raid on Tuesday at a Sunrise, Florida home as they were executing a court-ordered search warrant...
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