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North Korea fires long-range missile after warning U.S., South Korea over drills
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea launched a long-range ballistic missile into the sea off Japan's west coast on Saturday, after Pyongyang warned of a strong response to upcoming U.S.-South Korea military...
TJ Carson Feb 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and daughter Kim Ju Ae attend a military parade to mark the 75th founding anniversary of North Korea's army, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea February 8, 2023, in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS/File Photo
A few more counties at elevated COVID risk in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday said a few more counties are at an elevated risk for COVID-19. The department says 19 counties are at a medium community level, c...
TJ Carson Feb 18, 2023 (Centers for Disease Control)
Earthquake death toll passes 45,000; many still missing in flattened apartments
ANTAKYA/KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey (Reuters) -More than 45,000 people have been killed in the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria, and the toll is expected to soar with some 264,000 apartments in Turke...
TJ Carson Feb 18, 2023 Mustafa Avci, 33, who was stuck under rubble for 261 hours, meets his daughter Almile for the first time and reunites with his wife Bilge, following the deadly earthquake, at a hospital in Mersin, Turkey February 17, 2023. Almile was born on the day of the earthquake. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
Ali: No deal between City, Civic Center, Rivermen yet
UPDATED 5:07 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The rumors of things getting better between the Peoria Civic Center and the Peoria Rivermen may have been greatly exaggerated. Peoria City Council Member Dennis Cyr to...
Will Stevenson Feb 17, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
White House defends Ohio train derailment response
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Friday defended its response to a Feb. 3 derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio that caused a fire and sent a cloud of...
Will Stevenson Feb 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A view of a caution tape as members of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (not pictured) inspect the site of a train derailment of hazardous material in East Palestine, Ohio, U.S., February 16, 2023. REUTERS/Alan Freed
UPDATE: Six dead as gunman goes on rampage in Mississippi town
UPDATED 3:47 P.M. ARKABUTLA, Miss. (Reuters) - A gunman went on a rampage in a small Mississippi town on Friday, killing six people in four locations before sheriff's deputies arrested him, local medi...
TJ Carson Feb 17, 2023 Midwest Communications
Doctor: Form of dementia like in Bruce Willis could happen to anyone
PEORIA, Ill. - The form of dementia that has been diagnosed in actor Bruce Willis could happen to anyone. That's according to Doctor Deepak Nair with OSF HealthCare's Illinois Neurological Institute, ...
Will Stevenson Feb 17, 2023 (OSF HealthCare)
Deere profit beats forecast, 2023 outlook raised; shares jump 6%
(Reuters) - Deere & Co raised its annual profit forecast on Friday after beating Wall Street estimates for the latest quarter on higher revenue for its high-horsepower tractors and an increase in ...
TJ Carson Feb 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Equipment for sale is seen at a John Deere dealer in Denver, Colorado, U.S. May 14, 2015. REUTERS/Rick Wilking
North Korea threatens military action as South, U.S. plan drills
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea threatened on Friday an "unprecedentedly persistent, strong" response as South Korea and the United States gear up for annual military exercises as part of efforts to fend...
TJ Carson Feb 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The South Korean and American flags fly next to each other at Yongin, South Korea, August 23, 2016. Picture taken on August 23, 2016. Courtesy Ken Scar/U.S. Army/Handout via REUTERS
861 area code to be issued starting next week
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Central Illinois residents will be seeing a new area code on local calls in the near future. The Illinois Commerce Commission says that starting on February 24th, new phone numbers...
TJ Carson Feb 17, 2023 Leonid Mamchenkov / CC
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