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Local gas prices higher than last week, lower than last year
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have gone up in the last week. That's according to both AAA and GasBuddy.com. AAA's Peoria-Pekin average currently sits at $3.57 for a gallon of unleaded -- more th...
Will Stevenson Mar 13, 2023 Orin Zebest / CC
Fly PIA, but parking lots nearly all full
PEORIA, Ill. - Spring Break is almost too good of a thing for the Peoria International Airport. Airport officials say the main parking lot at the airport is completely full. Airport officials say the ...
Will Stevenson Mar 13, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Hate crimes in US surged 11.6% in 2021, fueled by race, ethnic bias
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hate crimes in the United States surged 11.6% in 2021 from 2020, with the most frequent ones fueled by racial, ethnic and ancestral bias, the FBI said on Monday. The FBI in a new...
TJ Carson Mar 13, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An FBI logo is pictured on an agent's shirt in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S. October 19, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
UPDATE: Biden wants $886 billion defense budget with eyes on Ukraine and future wars
UPDATED 12:37 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's biggest peacetime U.S. defense budget request of $886 billion includes a 5.2% pay raise for troops and the largest allocation on record f...
TJ Carson Mar 13, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the news media after attending a closed Senate Democratic Caucus lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 2, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
North Korea launches missiles from submarine as U.S.-South Korean drills begin
SEOUL (Reuters) -Nuclear-armed North Korea test-fired two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine on Sunday, state news agency KCNA said on Monday, just as U.S.-South Korea military drills were due...
TJ Carson Mar 13, 2023 A general view as North Korea fired two missiles from a submarine striking an underwater target, according to state media, at an undisclosed location in North Korea March 12, 2023 in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS
Biden says US banking system is safe after SVB, Signature collapse
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden declared the US banking system "safe" and vowed stiffer bank regulation, after U.S. regulators were forced to step in with a series of emergency measures afte...
Julia Bradley Mar 13, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks about his budget for fiscal year 2024 at the Finishing Trades Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., March 9, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
UPDATE: Shots fired near West Peoria bar leaves three injured
UPDATED 8:22 A.M. WEST PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County deputies were called to the area near KG's Sports Bar & Grill on W. Farmington Road in West Peoria around 1:40 a.m. Monday morning on reports o...
Julia Bradley Mar 13, 2023 Midwest Communications
Trump looks to play catch-up to DeSantis on education in 2024 race
DAVENPORT, Iowa (Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has shown that waging cultural warfare over education can pay off with voters, and now Donald Trump is looking to get in on the action. The fo...
Julia Bradley Mar 13, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speak at midterm election rallies, in Dayton, Ohio, U.S. November 7, 2022 and Tampa, Florida, U.S., November 8, 2022 in a combination of file photos. REUTERS/Gaelen Morse, Marco Bello
Offbeat multiverse movie 'Everything Everywhere' dominates the Oscars
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -"Everything Everywhere All at Once" won the coveted best picture trophy at the Academy Awards on Sunday as Hollywood embraced an off-kilter story about a Chinese-American family...
Will Stevenson Mar 12, 2023 Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang win the Oscar for Best Picture for "Everything Everywhere All at Once" during the Oscars show at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 12, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Bradley invited to NIT; to play Wisconsin in Round 1
PEORIA, Ill. - The Bradley University men's basketball team will have a formidable foe when they start the big part of their playoff run. As expected, the Braves got invited to the National Invitation...
Will Stevenson Mar 12, 2023 (Bradley University)