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Tazewell County Coroner identifies house fire victim from Friday in Marquette Heights
MARQUETTE HEIGHTS, Ill. - The victim in a house fire Friday morning in Marquette Heights has been identified. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley says 41-year-old Fiona McCormick was pronounced dea...
Aug 05, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Judge vacancy in Peoria County filled by "lifelong Peorian"
PEORIA, Ill. - A man who has spent his life in central Illinois will fill a vacancy on the Tenth Judicial Circuit. The Illinois Supreme Court announced on Friday that Timothy Cusack has been appointed...
Aug 05, 2024 Brian Turner / CC
Debby slams Florida's Gulf Coast, threatening Southeast with a week of rain
STEINHATCHEE, Fla. (Reuters) -Storm Debby made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane in the Big Bend region of Florida on Monday morning and began a slow crawl toward the Atlantic Coast, on track to unle...
Aug 05, 2024 A fallen sign lies in a flooded street, while Hurricane Debby affects the gulf coast in Steinhatchee, Florida, U.S., August 5, 2024. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo
Judge sets Trump 2020 election subversion case pretrial meeting for Aug 16
(Reuters) -U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan scheduled a pretrial meeting on Aug. 16 in the U.S. criminal case accusing Donald Trump of illegally trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat, a court d...
Aug 05, 2024 Cut-outs of Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump are placed at a stall of a street vendor in front of the venue where he and his running mate JD Vance will hold a campaign rally in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., August 3, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Emerging Markets equities slump as US recession fears spark global selloff
(Reuters) - Emerging market equities around the world tumbled on Monday, as fears of a recession in the United States sparked a global selloff and sent investors running for safer assets like the Japa...
Aug 05, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The Fearless Girl statue is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., July 3, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
PARIS OLYMPICS 2024: What you need to know right now
PARIS (Reuters) -Simone Biles missed out on a medal in the balance beam event but will have another shot at winning another Olympic medal in the floor exercise finals later on Monday on the last day o...
Aug 05, 2024 Paris 2024 Olympics - Artistic Gymnastics - Women's Vault Final - Bercy Arena, Paris, France - August 03, 2024. Simone Biles of United States reacts after her performance. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Iran says it does not want regional escalation but must 'punish' Israel
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran is not looking to escalate regional tensions but believes it needs to punish Israel to prevent further instability, the foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, following th...
Aug 05, 2024 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Commander-in-Chief Major General, Hossein Salami speaks during a ceremony in Tehran, Iran, August 4, 2024. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
Former employee prohibited from entering MTI campus
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A former employee is now banned from Midwest Technical Institute's East Peoria campus. In a Facebook post to students and staff, Campus President Cole Huff says they've been monito...
Aug 05, 2024 (Midwest Technical Institute-Facebook)
Kamala Harris to announce vice president pick before battleground states tour
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to announce her running mate by Tuesday after conducting interviews with top contenders at her Washington, D.C., residence over the week...
Aug 05, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a presidential election campaign event in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. July 30, 2024. REUTERS/Dustin Chambers/File Photo
GasBuddy: Peoria prices drop just a bit
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped 1.7 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.74 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Prices in Peoria ar...
Aug 05, 2024 Orin Zebest / CC
