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US groups sue to block Trump effort to rid parks of history, science information
BOSTON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Groups representing park conservationists, historians and scientists filed a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to prevent President Donald Trump's administration from scrubbing inf...
Feb 17, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters onboard Air Force One, on travel from West Palm Beach, Florida, to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., February 16, 2026. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Bears stadium package has 'positive momentum' in Springfield, but not in end zone
Article Summary Illinois lawmakers say a long-stalled proposal to help the Chicago Bears build a domed stadium in Arlington Heights is gaining "positive momentum," as negotiations intensify over a bil...
Feb 17, 2026 A conceptual image of a domed Chicago Bears stadium in Arlington Heights. (Courtesy of the Chicago Bears)
Sorensen listens to concerns from Peoria County leaders
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County leaders are seeking some help from the federal government for some of its programs. The leaders held a meeting with 17th District Congressman Eric Sorensen (D-Moline) on T...
Feb 17, 2026
Update: Peoria Chief: Six arrested after violent morning in stolen vehicle
Updated 12:35 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say six people - two adults and four juveniles - were arrested Tuesday morning following a "violent and reckless series of events" that began shortly af...
Feb 17, 2026
Olympics-LA Mayor Bass calls on LA28 chair Wasserman to resign
By Rory Carroll MILAN, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Monday said Casey Wasserman should step down as chairman of the committee organizing the 2028 Olympic Games following revelati...
Feb 17, 2026 Feb 12, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass speaks at NBA Cares Legacy Project Dedication at the Weingart YMCA. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
Pekin High School, city negotiating terms of school bus agreement
By Liz Lape PEKIN, Ill. (25 News) - An agreement that would hand over management of Pekin school buses was tabled by the city council on Feb. 9, as council members want the terms of the proposed agree...
Feb 17, 2026 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Arson destroys a vacant home in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Arson appears to be the cause of a fire Monday night in Peoria, with damage estimated at $75,000. Peoria firefighters were called to a home in the area of Fairholm Avenue and NE Adams S...
Feb 17, 2026 Midwest Communications
Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and US presidential hopeful, dies at 84
By Will Dunham Washington, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Charismatic U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an eloquent Baptist minister raised in the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Lut...
Feb 17, 2026 FILE PHOTO: Reverend Jesse Jackson addresses a Non-Governmental Organisation debate on racism in the media at the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) September 5, 2001. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo
Olympics-Bobsleigh-Meyers Taylor wins Monobob to finally get gold
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 16 (Reuters) - American Elana Meyers Taylor finally claimed an Olympic gold medal at the age of 41 on Monday when the mother of two snatched the Monobob bobsleigh title b...
Feb 16, 2026 Feb 16, 2026; Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy; Elana Meyers Taylor of the United States and Kaillie Armbruster Humphries of the United States celebrate after placing first and third in the women's bobsleigh monobob competition during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Cortina Sliding Centre. Mandatory Credit: Michael Madrid-Imagn Images
Guthrie family not suspects in Arizona kidnapping, sheriff says
TUCSON, Arizona, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Nancy Guthrie's family has been cleared as possible suspects in her abduction, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said on Monday, as the case involving the mother of "...
Feb 16, 2026 A banner with a growing collection of well-wishes from supporters reads "bring her home" (not pictured) and shows a photo of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who disappeared from her home nearly two weeks ago, outside of the KVOA newsroom in Tucson, Arizona, U.S., February 14, 2026. REUTERS/Rebecca Noble
