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MLB, sportsbooks limit pitch-specific bets after players charged in bet-rigging scheme
(Reuters) -Major League Baseball and its sportsbook partners moved to limit pitch-level wagering on Monday, a day after two players for the Cleveland Guardians were charged in a scheme to rig bets on ...
Nov 10, 2025 Jun 4, 2025; Bronx, New York, USA; Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Luis L. Ortiz (45) pitches in the first inning against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images
Peoria Man Charged with Home Invasion, Domestic Battery
A Peoria man is facing charges after allegedly breaking into his ex-girlfriend's home and attacking her over the weekend. Andre D. Johnson, 41, was charged with home invasion and domestic battery foll...
Nov 10, 2025
New Chemical Plant to Open Along Illinois River in Peoria
A new chemical manufacturing facility will soon begin operations on Peoria's south side. 25 News reports that Viridis Industrial Chemistry will operate along the Illinois River next to the former BioU...
Nov 10, 2025 Viridis Industrial Chemistry
Illinois Lawmakers React to Senate Vote on Government Shutdown
The record-long government shutdown may be coming to an end after a Senate vote Sunday. 25 News reports the Senate voted 60-40 on a deal that would potentially end the shutdown. Eight Democrats joined...
Nov 10, 2025 25 NEWS
Key Illinois Democrats at odds with Durbin over shutdown vote - again
Article Summary Illinois' Dick Durbin was one of eight Democrats in the U.S. Senate to support a plan on Sunday night to reopen the federal government. The plan angered many top Illinois Democrats suc...
Nov 10, 2025 U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin speaks at the Illinois Democratic County Chairs’ Association brunch on Aug. 13, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
US Senate compromise sets stage for end to government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The longest government shutdown in U.S. history could end this week after a compromise that would restore federal funding cleared an initial Senate hurdle late on Sunday, though ...
Nov 10, 2025 A member of security walks down the U.S. Capitol steps after the U.S. Senate advances a bill to end the government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 10, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Three Days Grace announces 2026 stop at Peoria Civic Center
Rock giants Three Days Grace will bring their Alienation World Tour to Peoria next year. The multi-platinum Canadian band will perform at the Peoria Civic Center Arena on November 3, 2026. I Prevail a...
Nov 10, 2025 Peoria Civic Center
US food aid benefits for 42 million hang on legal battles, shutdown
BOSTON (Reuters) -The availability of food aid for 42 million low-income Americans this month remained in question on Monday as legal wrangling over the benefits continued even as lawmakers take steps...
Nov 10, 2025 A sign for food stamps, as the U.S. President Donald Trump administration said it plans on Monday to partially fund food aid for millions of Americans after two judges ruled it must use contingency funds to pay for the benefits in November during the government shutdown, outside a grocery story in Baldwin, New York, U.S., November 3, 2025. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
US Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn same-sex marriage right
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday a bid by a former Kentucky county official to overturn its landmark 2015 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, as the justices steered cl...
Nov 10, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Supporters of gay marriage wave the rainbow flag after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry at the Supreme Court in Washington June 26, 2015. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Little Princess joining Queen for East Peoria Festival of Lights
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A Queen is being joined by a Princess for this year's East Peoria Festival of Lights. On Sunday, the festival hosted its first Little Princess Pageant at the Festival Building. The...
Nov 10, 2025
