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Caregiver charged with stealing money from elderly person
PEKIN, Ill. - A Creve Coeur woman is accused of stealing from an elderly woman she was tasked with taking care of. Heather White, 33, is facing charges in Tazewell County of Financial Exploitation of ...
Nov 06, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Man pleads guilty to Second Degree Murder, on day First Degree Murder trial was to start
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man pleaded guilty to a charge of Second-Degree Murder, on the day his trial on charges of First-Degree Murder was to start. Peoria County Court records indicate the First-Degr...
Nov 06, 2023 Chazier Johnson (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail June 2022)
Trump tangles with judge, complains of treatment at NY fraud trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump complained of unfair treatment in defiant and rambling testimony on the witness stand at the civil fraud trial about his New York business on Monday, prompting the jud...
Nov 06, 2023 Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023. Jabin Botsford/Pool via REUTERS
US struggles to curb Israel's Gaza bombardment, despite pressure at home and abroad
(Reuters) - As the death toll in Gaza tops 10,000, the Biden administration faces growing pressure at home and abroad to compel Israel to take steps to minimize civilian deaths in its drive to oust Ha...
Nov 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: People participate in a "pray-in", organized by the Franciscan Action Network, to call on U.S. President Joe Biden to support a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, amid the ongoing conflict between them, outside the White House in Washington, U.S., November 2, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
UPDATE: Academic programs, faculty proposed to be cut at Bradley University. Here's what we know
UPDATED 2:20 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - We're learning more about what may be cut or reduced at Bradley University as part of an announced $13 million in cuts. According to an e-mail to Bradley staff, later ...
Nov 06, 2023 (Bradley University)
Fire destroys part of former Kewanee Boiler Corporation plant; teens arrested
KEWANEE, Ill. - What could be considered part of a piece of local history in West Central Illinois was destroyed over the weekend by fire. Police in the Henry County city of Kewanee say two juveniles ...
Nov 06, 2023 (Courtesy Amy Belsky)
Tyson recalls 30,000 pounds of Dino Chicken Nuggets
(Reuters) -U.S. food company Tyson Foods has said it was voluntarily recalling approximately 30,000 pounds of frozen, fully cooked dinosaur-shaped chicken "Fun Nuggets" or Dino Chicken Nuggets. A limi...
Nov 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The logo of Tyson Foods is seen in Davos, Switzerland, May 22, 2022. Picture taken May 22, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo
Father of accused July Fourth gunman in Chicago suburb pleads guilty
(Reuters) -An Illinois father pleaded guilty on Monday to multiple counts of reckless conduct for helping his troubled underage son obtain a gun that the latter used to kill seven people at a Fourth o...
Nov 06, 2023 File photo: Robert E. Crimo III's mother Denise Pesina and father Robert Crimo Jr. attend a hearing for their son in Lake County court, in Waukegan, Illinois, U.S., August 3, 2022. Nam Y. Huh/Pool via REUTERS/File photo
Gas prices continue to shrink in central Illinois. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - It's not much compared to last week, but gas prices in central Illinois continue to fall. GasBuddy reports the average price of a gallon of unleaded in the Peoria area sits at $3.43/g, ...
Nov 06, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
Iowa Governor Reynolds to endorse DeSantis' presidential bid, source says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds will endorse Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's bid to be the Republican nominee in the 2024 presidential race on Monday, according to a source familiar ...
Nov 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis speaks next to Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds during a "Fair-Side Chat" hosted by the governor at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., August 12, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
