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Pekin woman charged with first-degree murder in baby's death
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin Police have arrested a woman allegedly responsible for the death of a 10-month-old baby. The suspect, 21-year-old Makenna Rhodes, was booked into the Tazewell County Jail Thursday ...
Jul 19, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
State's largest privately owned water utilities seek rate increase amid lawmaker scrutiny
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The two largest privately owned water utilities in Illinois are seeking to raise rates for a combined 1.5 million customers around the state. Illinois Ameri...
Jul 19, 2024 An Illinois American Water water tower is pictured in Bolingbrook. The company is seeking to increase water rates beginning next year. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Biden weighs future, Trump airs grievances in convention speech
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) -Democratic President Joe Biden weighed his political future at his Delaware beach house on Friday, one day after Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination in a ...
Jul 19, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump's gestures at the end of Day 4 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 18, 2024. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Biden will return to campaign trail next week, campaign chairwoman says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will return to the campaign trail next week after isolating from mild COVID symptoms, the head of his reelection campaign said on Friday. "He is absolut...
Jul 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks as he announces a new plan for federal student loan relief during a visit to Madison Area Technical College Truax Campus, in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S, April 8, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Morton Dist. #709 superintendent announces retirement, replacement announced
MORTON, Ill. - Morton District #709 Superintendent Dr. Craig Smock has announced his retirement at the end of the 2024-25 school year. In 2007, Smock accepted the position of Assistant Superintendent ...
Jul 19, 2024 (Morton School District Unit 709)
Russian court jails US reporter Gershkovich for 16 years after convicting him of espionage, state media says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Friday found U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich guilty of espionage and jailed him for 16 years, state news agency RIA said, in a case that his employer, the Wall Str...
Jul 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who stands trial on spying charges, is seen inside an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing in Yekaterinburg, Russia June 26, 2024. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo
Ali to face challenger from within City Council
PEORIA, Ill. - A member of the Peoria City Council says he'll run for mayor, challenging Rita Ali, who announced on Tuesday that she's seeking a second term. John Kelly has been an at-large council me...
Jul 19, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/City of Peoria)
UPDATE: Global cyber outage grounds flights, hits banks, telecoms, media
UPDATED 6:48 A.M. (Reuters) - A software update wreaked havoc on computer systems globally on Friday, grounding flights, forcing some broadcasters off air and hitting services from banking to healthca...
Jul 19, 2024 Passengers wait at Barajas Airport, as Spanish airport operator Aena on Friday reported a computer systems "incident" at all Spanish airports which may cause flight delays, in Madrid, Spain July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Elena Rodriguez
Trump offers dramatic account of assassination attempt, accepts Republican nomination
MILWAUKEE/REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware (Reuters) -Donald Trump described on Thursday how he narrowly survived an attempt on his life, telling a rapt audience at the Republican National Convention in his f...
Jul 18, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump raises his fist from the stage on Day 4 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 18, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Once defiant, Biden is now 'soul searching' about dropping out of race, source says
REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden is taking calls to step aside as the Democratic presidential candidate seriously and multiple Democratic officials think an exit is ...
Jul 18, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden looks on at the 115th NAACP National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., July 16, 2024. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
