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Nikki Haley calls for new Republican leadership as she launches 2024 bid
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) -Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley said on Wednesday it was time to move past "stale ideas" and called for a new generation of leaders at the first stop of her campaign for...
Julia Bradley Feb 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former Trump administration U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley campaigns for Georgia Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Herschel Walker at a rally with supporters in Hiram, Georgia, U.S. November 6, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Rivermen get new opponents after Bobcats cease operations
PEORIA, Ill. - The loss of hockey in Danville means changes to the Peoria Rivermen's schedule. The Rivermen on Wednesday announced the changes after the Vermilion County Bobcats announced they were ce...
TJ Carson Feb 15, 2023
U.S. retail sales post biggest gain in nearly two years
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales increased by the most in nearly two years in January after two straight monthly declines as Americans boosted purchases of motor vehicles and other goods, poin...
Julia Bradley Feb 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Thanksgiving Day holiday shoppers line up with television sets on discount at the Target retail store in Chicago, Illinois, November 28, 2013. REUTERS/Jeff Haynes/File Photo
Cyr: A deal in the works to keep Rivermen at the Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. -- Denis Cyr led the Peoria Rivermen to the city's first professional hockey championship in 1984-85. Now the Peoria City Council member is leading the Rivermen, the Peoria Civic Center a...
Julia Bradley Feb 15, 2023 (Peoria Rivermen)
Arson suspected in Peoria fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Fire destroyed a home in Peoria early Tuesday night, and it appears it was intentionally set. Investigators said the fire on N. Linn Street, between W. Arcadia and W. Republic, was ars...
Julia Bradley Feb 15, 2023 (25 News)
Two people shot in Peoria late Tuesday night
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two people were wounded in shootings that happened Tuesday night in North Peoria. Peoria Police Spokesperson Semone Roth says officers were initially called to N. University and Coving...
Julia Bradley Feb 15, 2023 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Peoria ready to rework Sully's spot downtown
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria appears ready to move forward with a privately funded, multi-million dollar hotel project where Sully's now sits empty. The plan, approved Tuesday night, is to spend just over $...
Julia Bradley Feb 15, 2023 (25 News)
Ohio cleaning up toxic train derailment as pollution 'plume' moves downstream
(Reuters) - Cleanup is moving quickly after a train carrying toxic materials derailed in Ohio 11 days ago, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine said on Tuesday, while residents and observers questioned the healt...
Will Stevenson Feb 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An environmental company is removing dead fish downstream from the site of the train derailment that forced people to be evacuated from their homes in East Palestine, Ohio, U.S., February 6, 2023. REUTERS/Alan Freed
Woman sentenced to federal prison in connection with gun believed used in Peoria homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - A Washington woman who admitted buying a gun for her son that was later used in a homicide is going to federal prison. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Kristin Jackson, 40, was sentenced...
Will Stevenson Feb 14, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Grand jury charges man in January fatal DUI crash
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has formalized charges for a Hanna City man accused of committing a fatal crash in the area of the Shoppes at Grand Prairie about a month ago. The grand jury ...
Will Stevenson Feb 14, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail October 2022)