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UPDATE: Pritzker defends denials of medical release requests from dying and disabled prisoners
(via Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker defended the number of dying and disabled prisoners released under a landmark law that went into effect early last year at a news conference Thu...
Will Stevenson Sep 01, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker visited Phoenix Community Development Services in Peoria to discuss his bill that, among other things, seeks to end homelessness in Illinois (File-T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Manhunt underway in Pennsylvania after convicted murderer escapes prison
WEST CHESTER, Penn. (FOX News) - A manhunt is on for a convicted murderer who has escaped from a Pennsylvania prison. FOX News reports a $10,000 reward is being offered in the manhunt for Danelo Caval...
TJ Carson Sep 01, 2023 Danelo Cavalcante (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/West Chester Borough Police Department)
'Surge' in organization efforts has labor leaders optimistic for the future
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - As workers in Illinois prepare to celebrate Labor Day this weekend, a new report shows there has been a surge in efforts to organize labor unions in workpla...
Will Stevenson Sep 01, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Ford to replace rear cameras in new recall, take $270 million charge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ford Motor said on Friday it will recall 169,000 U.S. vehicles to replace rearview cameras and update software and is taking a $270 million charge to address the callback. It was...
TJ Carson Sep 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The logo of Ford is seen on a 2020 Ford Explorer car at Ford's Chicago Assembly Plant in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. June 24, 2019.. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski
New Illinois program starting Friday aims to reduce time spent at the DMV
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Starting Friday, the time you spend at a DMV in Illinois could be decreased. The state's new "Skip the Line" program begins today. It makes the 44 busiest DMVs in Illinois, includi...
TJ Carson Sep 01, 2023 Christopher Schmidt / CC
Drought conditions stay the same in central Illinois, improve state-wide
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Drought conditions in central Illinois are holding steady. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor report shows levels stayed the same week-to-week in Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties...
TJ Carson Sep 01, 2023 (National Weather Service)
Florida's storm-struck Gulf Coast takes stock as Idalia soaks Carolinas
HORSESHOE BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Idalia drenched the Carolinas with heavy rain before departing the U.S. Eastern Seaboard on Thursday, while officials in Florida, where the tempest ...
Julia Bradley Sep 01, 2023 View of a damaged property after the arrival of Hurricane Idalia in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, U.S., August 31, 2023. REUTERS/Julio Cesar Chavez
UPDATE: US unemployment rate spikes to 3.8%; labor market still has momentum
UPDATED 1:49 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth picked up in August, but the unemployment rate jumped to 3.8% and wage gains moderated, suggesting that labor market conditions were easing and...
Julia Bradley Sep 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An employee hiring sign with a QR code is seen in a window of a business in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
UPDATE: U.S. airlines, travel industry gear up for Labor Day weekend surge
UPDATED 11:50 A.M. (Reuters) - U.S. airlines and airports have geared up for a busy weekend ahead of the Labor Day holiday as travelers plan to jet off to international locations and cooler destinatio...
Julia Bradley Sep 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A passenger walks along terminal 2 at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California , U.S., September 3, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Peoria home suffers significant damage in fire Thursday night
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria crews were called Thursday night to a home in the area of W. Verner Drive and W. Virden Court on reports of a fire. Acting Fire Battalion Chief Rick Waldron said they arrived jus...
Julia Bradley Sep 01, 2023 D4E / CC