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St. Patrick's Day Parade in Peoria Sunday
PEORIA, Ill. - It's colder than the last few days, but the annual Saint Patrick's Day Parade will travel through parts of downtown Peoria nonetheless on Sunday. Peoria Police say parade lineup will be...
Mar 17, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Powerball jackpot rolls over after no one wins Saturday's drawing
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - There's still more than a billion dollars in multi-state lottery jackpots up for grabs, after no one won Saturday night's Powerball jackpot of $623 million. Powerball officials say...
Mar 17, 2024 (Powerball)
Netanyahu says Israel to press on with assault as truce talks to resume
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed international pressure on Sunday and said he would keep on with the military campaign against Hamas in Gaza, where aid ag...
Mar 17, 2024 Members of the crew and port personnel inspect the cargo ship loaded with humanitarian aid for Gaza in the port of Larnaca, Cyprus March 16, 2024. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou
TikTok urges US users to call senators to vote no on TikTok ban
(Reuters) -TikTok displayed a notification to some U.S. users on Friday, urging them to call their senators and ask them to vote no to a bill that would ban the popular short-form video app if it is n...
Mar 16, 2024 Giovanna Gonzalez of Chicago demonstrates outside the U.S. Capitol following a press conference by TikTok creators to voice their opposition to the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act," pending crackdown legislation on TikTok in the House of Representatives, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 12, 2024. REUTERS/Craig Hudson
Ukraine hits Russian city and oil refinery on day two of presidential vote
MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Ukrainian missile attack killed two people in western Russia and a separate drone strike set an oil refinery ablaze on Saturday, the second day of an election that President Vladim...
Mar 16, 2024 A man casts his ballot at a polling station during the Russia's presidential election, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, March 16, 2024. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Future of Logan Correctional Center uncertain after Governor's plan to rebuild it
LINCOLN, Ill. - The status of the future of the Logan Correctional Center is uncertain after plans have been announced to rebuild it. Governor J.B. Pritzker announced in a statement on Friday plans to...
Mar 16, 2024 (25 News)
Israel approves plan to attack Rafah but keeps truce hopes alive
GAZA STRIP/CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) - Israel on Friday approved a potential assault on the Gaza city of Rafah while also keeping ceasefire hopes alive with plans to send another delegation to Qatar for t...
Mar 16, 2024 Smoke rises following an Israeli strike as Palestinians fleeing north Gaza due to Israel’s military offensive move southward, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, at the central Gaza Strip, March 15, 2024. REUTERS/Ahmed Zakot
State Senator from Peoria sponsor of battery recycling bill
PEORIA, Ill. - A state bill sponsored by a Peoria legislator would establish a recycling program for batteries. Democrat State Senator Dave Koehler's bill, SB 3686, would require businesses who sell o...
Mar 16, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Mega Millions nears billion dollar jackpot after no winners Friday night
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - One of Illinois' multi-state lotteries is inching closer to a billion dollar payday. No one won Friday night's $815 million Mega Millions jackpot. The amount rolls over to an estim...
Mar 16, 2024 (Multi-State Lottery Association/Mega Millions)
Tensions rise in Haiti as leadership remains in balance
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Residents braced for another tense night in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince on Friday, as attacks continued across parts of the city in the aftermath of the resignation of Pr...
Mar 16, 2024 People wait along a street to collect water in buckets and containers after Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry pledged to step down following months of escalating gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti March 12, 2024. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol
