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Ameren: State approves new electric transmission line for Peoria
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. - The Illinois Commerce Commission is giving the green light to Ameren for a project that is supposed to improve electric reliability in the Peoria area. Ameren says the ICC has app...
Will Stevenson Sep 11, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US FDA authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna's updated COVID shots
(Reuters) - The U.S. drug regulator on Monday authorized updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna that closely match the widely circulating Omicron variants, allowing the deployment of the sh...
TJ Carson Sep 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
US, Vietnam firms talk business during Biden visit; AI and Boeing deals unveiled
HANOI (Reuters) -Executives at top U.S. and Vietnamese firms in the semiconductor, tech and aviation sectors met on Monday seeking to forge business partnerships during U.S. President Joe Biden's visi...
TJ Carson Sep 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden attends a meeting with Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, at the Communist Party of Vietnam Headquarters in Hanoi, Vietnam, September 10, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Another juvenile arrested for gun crime in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Another juvenile arrested for what has otherwise been an adult crime. Peoria Police say they arrested a 15-year-old male they'd been investigation on multiple felony weapons-related cha...
Will Stevenson Sep 11, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Morocco earthquake toll passes 2,800 as rescuers search for survivors
UPDATED 2:35 P.M. TALAT N'YAAQOUB, Morocco (Reuters) -Villagers wept for lost relatives in the rubble of their homes on Monday as the death toll from Morocco's deadliest earthquake in more than six de...
TJ Carson Sep 11, 2023 Mohamed Sebbagh, 66, stands in front of his destroyed house, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Amizmiz, Morocco, September 10, 2023. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
UAW ready to negotiate around the clock as strike deadline nears
(Reuters) - United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said Monday the union is prepared to negotiate around the clock with the Detroit Three automakers with just four days before a potential strike of ...
TJ Carson Sep 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: UAW President Shawn Fain chairs the 2023 Special Elections Collective Bargaining Convention in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 27, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
New signs at Tazewell County polling places aim to improve voting numbers among disabled people
PEKIN, Ill. - Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman says a "silent voice" is about to be heard on election days in his county. Ackerman announced a $28,000 grant on Monday to improve signage at every po...
TJ Carson Sep 11, 2023 Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman discusses changes to make voting more accessible to disabled people at a news conference on Sept. 11th, 2023. (Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman)
UPDATE: Several hurt in ADM central Illinois plant blast; corn, soy processing down
UPDATED 2:23 P.M. CHICAGO (Reuters) -Several employees were hospitalized after an explosion and fire late on Sunday at a massive Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) facility in Decatur, Illinois, that severe...
Will Stevenson Sep 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The world's largest corn mill of global grain company Archer Daniels Midland is pictured in Decatur, Illinois, U.S., March 16, 2015. REUTERS/Karl Plume/File Photo
Coroner: Cause of death 'inconclusive' for Peoria County Jail inmate
PEORIA, Ill. - We're learning more about the death of a Peoria County jail inmate over the weekend. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood, however, says an autopsy on Erick Luncsford, 33, was inconclusi...
Will Stevenson Sep 11, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Gas prices falling slightly in central Illinois. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices are on a downward trend in central Illinois. GasBuddy is reporting the Peoria-area average for unleaded is $3.83/g, down 5.2 cents from last week. The average is 2.4 cents ch...
TJ Carson Sep 11, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC