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Unions look to state for solutions after year of higher ed labor action
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - At public universities across the state, staff and faculty unions have faced a contentious year of negotiations and, in some cases, strikes. Pay has been a ...
Dec 27, 2023 CSU STRIKE: Valerie Goss, the head of the faculty union at Chicago State University, and Illinois Federation of Teachers President Daniel Montgomery embrace at an April 3 rally on the campus of Chicago State University. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
UPDATE: Body found outside Peoria home, coroner identifies victim
UPDATED 10:05 A.M. 12/28/23 PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police and now the Peoria County Coroner have released more information about a body found outside a Central Peoria home Wednesday morning. Peoria Pol...
Dec 27, 2023
Tom Smothers, half of American comedy duo the Smothers Brothers, dies at 86
(Reuters) - American comic Tom Smothers, one-half of the musical-comedy duo the Smothers Brothers, died on Tuesday at 86 at home in California after being diagnosed with cancer, his family said in a s...
Dec 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Comedians and brothers, Tom (L) and Dick Smothers, star of the television series "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Show" accept the Favorite Singing Siblings award at the 3rd annual TV Land Awards in Santa Monica, California March 13, 2005. The awards show honors classic television shows and performers. REUTERS/Fred Prouser FSP/File Photo
US buys 3 million barrels of oil for strategic reserve
(Reuters) - The United States has finalized contracts to purchase three million barrels of oil to help replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) after the largest sale in history last year, the ...
Dec 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An oil storage tank and crude oil pipeline equipment is seen during a tour by the Department of Energy at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Freeport, Texas, U.S. June 9, 2016. REUTERS/Richard Carson/File Photo
Apple wins bid to pause Apple Watch ban at US appeals court
(Reuters) -Apple scored a victory on Wednesday when a U.S. appeals court paused a government commission's import ban on some of the company's popular Apple smartwatches following a patent dispute with...
Dec 27, 2023 An Apple smartwatch is displayed as customers visit the Apple store in New York, U.S., December 26, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Three arrested after Christmas morning traffic stop in Peoria Heights. Here's what we know
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Three men were arrested on weapons charges after an early Christmas morning traffic stop in Peoria Heights. Peoria Heights Police say the stop occurred just before 1:30 A.M. Mon...
Dec 27, 2023 From left to right; Tramerreon Blakes, Robert Lawson, Marcus King. (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Strike closes Eiffel Tower down on 100th anniversary of creator death
PARIS (Reuters) - The Eiffel Tower was closed on Wednesday, the 100th anniversary of its creator's death, due to a strike, the company that oversees the tower, Societe d'Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel...
Dec 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: People walk in front of an illuminated Eiffel tower at a Christmas fair installed inside the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, France, December 18, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo
Bidens again to ring in new year in Virgin Islands
ST. CROIX, Virgin Islands - President Joe Biden is heading to the Virgin Islands with First Lady Jill Biden to celebrate the new year. According to FOX News, the Bidens will spend New Years there, bef...
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Woman accused of slashing car with machete Christmas Eve
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman has been arrested for the third time this month - in this instance, after she wielded what Peoria County Sheriffs Deputies called a machete at a South Peoria-area liquor ...
Dec 27, 2023 Andrea Hollins (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Illinois minimum wage goes on January 1. Here's what some had to say about it
PEORIA, Ill. - Another new year, another minimum wage hike in Illinois. As part of legislation passed several years ago that ramps up the state's minimum wage from $8.25 an hour in 2019, the minimum w...
Dec 27, 2023 Paul Sableman / CC
