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Baseball player/broadcaster Tim McCarver dies at 81
ST. LOUIS - A longtime baseball player-turned baseball broadcaster has died. Major League Baseball says Tim McCarver died Thursday at age 81 due to heart failure. McCarver started his major league car...
Will Stevenson Feb 16, 2023 Marianne O'Leary / CC
Witnesses in Trump election meddling probe may have lied under oath -grand jury
(Reuters) -Some witnesses may have lied under oath during a grand jury probe of former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia, according to excerpts from the ...
TJ Carson Feb 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Florence Regional Airport in Florence, South Carolina, U.S., March 12, 2022. REUTERS/Randall Hill/File Photo
ISU president resigns after less than two years
NORMAL, Ill. - She wasn't there long, but the president of Illiois State University is resigning. It's not clear why it happened, but Doctor Terri Goss Kinzy's resignation was effective Tuesday, thoug...
Will Stevenson Feb 16, 2023 (Illinois State University)
Peoria-area Republicans say there's not enough money for new programs
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Peoria-area Republican legislatures believe there's not enough money to fund new proposed spending from Governor J.B. Pritzker. In his State of the State and Budget address yesterd...
TJ Carson Feb 16, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Tuesday Morning to close Peoria location amid bankruptcy
PEORIA, Ill. - Another national retailer with a Peoria presence is closing its local store. The Peoria Tuesday Morning store is confirmed to be one of 264 nationwide closing, after the home goods reta...
Will Stevenson Feb 16, 2023 (Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Woman pleads guilty to fatal East Peoria DUI crash
PEKIN, Ill. - A former Bradley University student has pleaded guilty to a number of charges in connection with a fatal crash she caused last year. Tazewell County Circuit Court records indicate Stepha...
Will Stevenson Feb 16, 2023 (Tazewell County Sheriffs Department via 25 News)
After Pritzker's budget address, lawmakers jockey for their own spending priorities
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Even factoring in the possibility of a "mild recession" this year, the proposed budget Gov. JB Pritzker laid out on Wednesday includes nearly $50 billion in...
Will Stevenson Feb 16, 2023 State Rep. Will Davis, D-Homewood, speaks at a news conference with fellow members of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Wednesday in response to Gov. JB Pritzker's state budget address. (Credit: Blueroomstream.com)
U.S. lawmakers seek answers from egg companies on record-high prices
(Reuters) - Two U.S. lawmakers have sent letters to the country's top egg companies seeking answers for why egg prices have ballooned to record highs in recent months, according to copies of the lette...
TJ Carson Feb 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Safeway brand Lucerne eggs are seen at the store in Wheaton, Maryland February 13, 2015. REUTERS/Gary Cameron
Father of accused July 4th gunman to be arraigned in Chicago suburb
CHICAGO (Reuters) - An Illinois father will appear in court on Thursday to be arraigned on charges that he helped his underage son obtain the gun used to kill seven people at a Fourth of July parade n...
Julia Bradley Feb 16, 2023 Robert E. Crimo III listens to Judge Victoria A. Rossetti during a hearing in Lake County court, in Waukegan, Illinois, U.S., August 3, 2022. Nam Y. Huh/Pool via REUTERS
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall; monthly producer prices rebound
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, offering more evidence of the economy's resilience despite tighter monetary poli...
Julia Bradley Feb 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A sign advertising job openings is seen outside of a Starbucks in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., May 26, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly