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Cleanup complete at Pekin Township Office building collapse site, next steps to be discussed
PEKIN, Ill. - Discussions will soon begin about the future of what remains of the Pekin Township Office building. The south and west walls of the building on the 400-block of Elizabeth St. collapsed l...
TJ Carson Sep 14, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden attacks Republicans for 'MAGAnomics' as government shutdown looms
LARGO, Maryland (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Thursday warned that Republican-backed spending cuts would take a toll on the U.S. economy and voters, as the clock ticks down to a possible governmen...
Will Stevenson Sep 14, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his economic agenda at Prince George's Community College in Largo, Maryland, U.S. September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
UPDATE: Truck strikes house in North Peoria; one hurt
UPDATED 3:56 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - One person was sent to the hospital after a truck crashed into a house Thursday afternoon in North Peoria. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Tom Stimeling says the crash occ...
Will Stevenson Sep 14, 2023 A truck hit a house in North Peoria Thursday afternoon. (TJ Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Disney holds preliminary talks with Nexstar on ABC sale -sources
UPDATED 3:28 P.M. (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co has held exploratory discussions about selling its U.S. TV network ABC to regional TV station operator Nexstar Media Group Inc, people familiar with the ma...
Will Stevenson Sep 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A logo for ABC is pictured atop a building in Burbank, California February 5, 2014. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
UPDATE: U.S. auto workers target Detroit Three with first simultaneous strike
UPDATED 4:32 a.m. 9/15 DETROIT (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers union launched simultaneous strikes at three factories owned by General Motors, Ford and Chrysler owner Stellantis on Friday, kicking...
Will Stevenson Sep 14, 2023 United Auto Workers hold up strike signs as their fellow union members walk out of the job at the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, U.S., September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Eric Cox
Angry McCarthy goads House Republicans in government shutdown fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A visibly frustrated U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy profanely goaded recalcitrant fellow Republicans in a standoff over federal spending, warning that "nobody wins" if the go...
Will Stevenson Sep 14, 2023 House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 2, 2019. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File photo
Former trooper seeks restoration of driving privileges nearly 16 years after fatal crash
(Capitol News Illinois) - For years, former Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White blocked attempts by an ex-state trooper to regain his driving privileges after a high-speed crash that caused the de...
Will Stevenson Sep 14, 2023 (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Biden's son Hunter hit with criminal gun charge in US special counsel probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden was criminally charged on Thursday, after efforts to reach a plea deal failed, leading to the first ever prosecution of a sitting pre...
Will Stevenson Sep 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Hunter Biden walks to the motorcade after arriving at Fort McNair, after U.S. President Joe Biden spent the weekend at Camp David, in Washington, U.S., July 4, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File Photo
Biden says Republicans want to impeach him to shut down the government
(Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday said Republicans wanted to impeach him because they want to shut down the government, hours after the White House denounced plans to launch an impeachment i...
Julia Bradley Sep 14, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks to service members, first responders, and their families on the day of the 22nd anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, September 11, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
A pair of accidents on I-74 snarl traffic in Tazewell County
UPDATED 9:35 A.M. EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois State Police say two crashes were the cause of traffic delays Thursday morning in the westbound lanes of I-74 in East Peoria. The first accident happened...
Julia Bradley Sep 14, 2023 A pair of accidents on I-74 westbound near the Pinecrest exit led to traffic delays Thursday around 8 a.m. (Illinois Department of Transportation traffic camera)
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