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Peoria Police looking for suspects in Christmas Eve shooting
PEORIA Ill. - One man was hospitalized after being shot in Peoria, on Christmas Eve. Just before midnight on Tuesday, Peoria Police were dispatched to the 600 block of West Hillyer on a report of a pe...
Dec 26, 2024
Peoria Park District planning out Summer Camp on the riverfront for 2025
PEORIA, Ill. - Discussions continue to bring one of central Illinois' biggest music festivals to the Peoria riverfront during Memorial Day weekend. Peoria Park District Executive Director Emily Cahill...
Dec 26, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD -Rick Hirschmann)
New US jobless claims slip, but people are remaining unemployed for longer
(Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits dipped to the lowest in a month last week, consistent with a cooling but still-healthy U.S. labor market that is likely ...
Dec 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Illinois' minimum wage to increase to $15 on Jan. 1, completing 6-year transition
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The minimum wage in Illinois will increase to $15 an hour on Jan. 1, completing a six-year transition period since the increase was approved in 2019. Beginn...
Dec 26, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker holds a shirt commemorating the movement to raise the minimum wage to $15 after signing the bill on February 20, 2019. The wage hits $15 in 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
US holiday retail sales stronger than last year with online boost, Mastercard says
(Reuters) -U.S. retail sales rose 3.8% between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24, as intense promotion to drum up sales in what was expected to be a highly competitive holiday season for retailers prompted last-minu...
Dec 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: An item depicting Santa Claus hangs in a gift shop, in Bryant Park, in New York City, New York U.S., December 9, 2024. REUTERS/Kent Edwards/File Photo
New stores planned for Pekin's East Court Village next year
PEKIN, Ill. - Three new retailers are planned for Pekin's East Court Village in 2025. Cullinan Properties announced this week that Ross Dress for Less, Marshalls, and Five Below are scheduled to open ...
Dec 26, 2024 (Cullinan Properties)
Russia: It's up to Trump team to make first move to improve ties
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia is willing to work with Donald Trump's incoming administration to improve relations if the U.S. has serious intentions to do so but it is up to Washington to make the first mo...
Dec 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks to the media as he attends the 31st Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial Council in Ta'Qali, Malta, Dec. 5, 2024. REUTERS/Florion Goga/File Photo
Hamas and Israel blame each other for ceasefire delay
DUBAI/CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel traded blame on Wednesday over their failure to conclude a ceasefire agreement despite progress reported by both sides...
Dec 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The silhouettes of a military vehicle and a soldier are seen near the Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, in Israel, December 16, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo
Illinois State Trooper struck by moving vehicle, pronounced dead
ILLINOIS - An Illinois State trooper is dead -- after being struck by a moving vehicle Monday night, on I-55 NORTH. It occurred just before 9:45pm -- near Channahon. Trooper Clay Carns was outside of ...
Dec 24, 2024 (Illinois State Police)
Trump previews combative foreign policy with threats to Panama, Greenland
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Donald Trump's surprise threat to retake control of the Panama Canal and his expansionist declaration that the United States should own Greenland signals that the ...
Dec 23, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump gestures at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., December 22, 2024. REUTERS/Cheney Orr/File Photo
