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Election officials to weigh whether Darren Bailey and GOP operative Dan Proft illegally coordinated
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A year and a half after Republican Darren Bailey lost his campaign to challenge Gov. JB Pritzker, state election officials are weighing whether he illegally col...
TJ Carson Apr 30, 2024 Conservative political operative Dan Proft (left) listens to testimony from former Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey (right) in a hearing over allegations that the two illegally coordinated messaging campaigns in 2022. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria man who died in traffic crash in Iowa Sunday night identified
SCOTT COUNTY, Iowa - The Peoria man who was the victim in a fatal accident in Iowa Sunday night has been identified. The Scott County Sheriff's Office says Eric Fraelle, 52, was pronounced dead at the...
TJ Carson Apr 30, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Walmart to shut all health clinics in US over lack of profitability
(Reuters) -Walmart said on Tuesday it will close all 51 of its health centers and shut its virtual health care operations, saying it could not see it as a sustainable business model to continue. "Heal...
Julia Bradley Apr 30, 2024 Shopping trolley is seen in front of Walmart logo in this illustration, July 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
UPDATE: Judge fines Trump $9,000, threatens jail for contempt in hush money trial
UPDATED 1:39 P.M. (Reuters) -The judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial fined the former U.S. president $9,000 for contempt of court on Tuesday and said he would consider jailing hi...
Julia Bradley Apr 30, 2024 Former U.S. President Donald Trump chats with his son Eric Trump during his criminal trial on charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in Manhattan state court in New York City, U.S. April 30, 2024 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Driver hospitalized after crash on I-74 Monday night. Here's what we know
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. - On Monday night, the Woodford County Sheriff's Office received multiple calls of a car going off I-74 and into a lake. Sheriff Matthew Smith said an eastbound vehicle on I-74 a...
Julia Bradley Apr 30, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: Netanyahu vows again to storm Rafah as Israel awaits Hamas reply to truce proposal
UPDATED 2:54 P.M. JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Tuesday to go ahead with a long-promised assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, whatever the respo...
Julia Bradley Apr 30, 2024 A pro-Israeli counter protestor holds up a sign as demonstrators gather outside of Columbia University to demand a ceasefire and the end of Israeli attacks on Gaza, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, during a protest in New York, U.S., April 20, 2024. REUTERS/Adam Gray/File Photo
UPDATE: Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy building at Columbia University - CNN
UPDATE 7:10 A.M. (Reuters) - Pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University were occupying a building on the New York City campus on Tuesday as officials limited access to students who live there a...
Julia Bradley Apr 30, 2024 Protesters barricade themselves inside Hamilton Hall at Columbia University, expanding their protest after a deadline issued in the afternoon by university officials to disband or face suspension, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 30, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs
Greater Peoria Honor Flight tours Washington D.C.
PEORIA, Ill. - The 30th Greater Peoria Honor Flight is scheduled to take off from Peoria International Airport early Tuesday morning, bound for Washington D.C. The plane, filled with 75 veterans and t...
Julia Bradley Apr 30, 2024 (Greater Peoria Honor Flight)
Teenager arrested by Peoria Police multiple times for same offense within a week
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager was arrested twice last week by Peoria Police for the same offense. Officers observed a vehicle driving recklessly Saturday just before 1:00 A.M. in the area of Peoria and Ne...
TJ Carson Apr 29, 2024
State health plans must cover gender-affirming surgery, US appeals court rules
(Reuters) - Health insurance plans run by U.S. states must cover gender-affirming surgeries for transgender people, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday. The 8-6 opinion from the Richmond, Virginia-ba...
TJ Carson Apr 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A supporter of "Billboard Chris", who opposes medical treatments for transgender youth, stands across the street from counter-protestors outside Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., September 18, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo