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10 people displaced by fire in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a home on N. Flora Avenue late Monday night. Fire Battalion Chief Mike Ralston says when they arrived around 11:40 p.m., crews found flames coming fro...
Nov 19, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria man arrested in Tennessee after alleged family dispute
TIPTON COUNTY, Tenn. - A Peoria man has been arrested in Tennessee after an alleged family dispute. Tipton County Sheriff Shannon Beasley says deputies responded to a rural home on Charleston Gift Roa...
Nov 18, 2024
Tazewell County Board Chair announces retirement
TAZEWELL COUNTY Ill. - After 27-years of service Tazewell County Board Chair, David Zimmerman, is retiring. According to 25News, the long-time chair announced his retirement Monday. Zimmerman has been...
Nov 18, 2024 (25 News)
G20 summit kicks off with global pact to fight hunger, poverty
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva opened the summit of the Group of 20 major economies on Monday with the launch of a global alliance to combat poverty and hunger ...
Nov 18, 2024 Brazilian soldiers stand next to an armored vehicle at the Vila do Joao favela during the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil November 18, 2024. REUTERS/Aline Massuca
Israeli strike kills 5 in Beirut, US envoy expected in Beirut soon
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -An Israeli airstrike killed five people in central Beirut on Monday, Lebanon's health ministry said, the second day in a row Israel has hit a target within the capital as i...
Nov 18, 2024 A man carries his daughter to her school as he walks past a damaged building in the aftermath of an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Beirut's Mar Elias street, Lebanon November 18, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Judge dismisses biometric data privacy lawsuit citing revised state law
(Capitol News Illinois) - A clarification to Illinois' biometric data privacy law made by state lawmakers earlier this year limits the size of damages that can be claimed in lawsuits over Biometric In...
Nov 18, 2024 The Dirksen Federal Courthouse is pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Record 80 million Americans expected to travel for Thanksgiving holiday, industry group says
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans are expected to set a new record for Thanksgiving travel, with nearly 80 million to hit the roads, catch flights and board cruises over the holiday period, travel group ...
Nov 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: People walk through the O?Hare train station, as they travel for the Thanksgiving holiday at O?Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. November 22, 2023. REUTERS/Vincent Alban/File Photo
Biden administration urges Congress to fund disaster relief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's budget director called on U.S. lawmakers on Monday to quickly pass emergency disaster relief funding in the wake of damaging storms and said it would send ...
Nov 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Fire and Rescue members set up a ladder to go down on Broad River riverbank, following the passing of Hurricane Helene, in Bat Cave, North Carolina, U.S., September 30, 2024. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
Peoria council to address homelessness issue again Tuesday night
PEORIA, Ill. - A city ordinance that could potentially punish Peoria's homeless community with fines or jail time for camping outside will be discussed again at a special meeting of the city council T...
Nov 18, 2024 MSPhotographic / Depositphotos.com
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices still dropping ahead of Thanksgiving holiday
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped 7.6 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.14 a gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Prices in ...
Nov 18, 2024 Orin Zebest / CC
