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Stabbing in Peoria's East Bluff under investigation
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are looking for a suspect in a stabbing Monday night in the East Bluff. Officers responded to the area of Wisconsin Avenue and Seneca Place just before 10:00 P.M. They fou...
TJ Carson May 02, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: I-55 closed again as ISP asks for help in identifying victims of deadly crash; 7th victim confirmed
UPDATED: 5:51 p.m. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The chain-reaction crashes along Interstate 55 south of Springfield Monday have gotten worse. Illinois State Police say they now believe seven people were killed...
Julia Bradley May 02, 2023 (Illinois State Police via Facebook)
Seven bodies, including two missing teens, found in Oklahoma town
(Reuters) -The bodies of seven people, including two missing teens and a convicted sex offender, were found Monday afternoon on a property near the small Oklahoma city of Henryetta, the county sheriff...
Julia Bradley May 02, 2023 Tony Webster / CC
US may default on June 1 without debt ceiling hike; Biden, McCarthy to meet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday summoned the four top congressional leaders to the White House next week after the Treasury warned the government could run short of cash to p...
Julia Bradley May 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden talks with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as they depart following the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 17, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Hollywood writers to strike, triggering TV shutdowns amid streaming disruption
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Hollywood film and television writers will go on strike starting Tuesday, throwing Hollywood into turmoil as the entertainment business grapples with seismic changes triggered b...
Will Stevenson May 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The iconic Hollywood sign is shown on a hillside above a neighborhood in Los Angeles California, U.S., February 1, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot dies at 84
(Reuters) -Canadian musician Gordon Lightfoot, the prolific singer-songwriter known for such folk-pop hits as "If You Could Read My Mind" and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," died on Monday in a ...
Will Stevenson May 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Veteran Canadian singer and songwriter Gordon Lightfoot performs at the newly refurbished Massey Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November 25, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
State, national officials recall flour over salmonella risk
CHICAGO, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Public Health and federal officials are continuing to investigate how salmonella may have contaminated certain brands of flour. State officials say General M...
Will Stevenson May 01, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
Help wanted cleaning veterans' gravestones at Springdale Cemetery
PEORIA, Ill. - John Miller-Ross has potentially lofty, but completely admirable, goal. After starting with his grandfather's grave at Springdale Cemetery, Miller-Ross started a project to clean more s...
Will Stevenson May 01, 2023 (Facebook/Honor Their Sacrifice)
Medicaid renewals resume for first time since beginning of COVID-19 pandemic
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Medicaid recipients in Illinois should be on the lookout for correspondence from the state regarding their coverage as the normal renewal process resumes fo...
Will Stevenson May 01, 2023 Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services Director Theresa Eagleson is pictured in a Capitol News Illinois file photo.
Teen injured in Sunday night shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager was shot late Sunday night in Peoria's West Bluff area. Peoria Police say it happened around 10:45 p.m. near Glenwood and Ayres Avenues, after callers reported at least six r...
Will Stevenson May 01, 2023 Midwest Communications