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Peoria receives first look at its next budget. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - The city of Peoria got its first look at the next spending plan. 25 News reports the city council received a letter from City Manager Patrick Urich and Financial Director Kyle...
Oct 15, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
New version of Abraham Lincoln mural to go up at Peoria County Courthouse
PEORIA, Ill. - Abraham Lincoln is getting a 21st century makeover at the Peoria County Courthouse. The "Abraham Blue" mural, which has been on the courthouse since 2018, was taken down last week. The ...
Oct 15, 2023 (25 News)
Amid international crises, US Congress handcuffed by Republican feud
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the flames of war burn in the Middle East and Ukraine, the U.S. Congress is immobilized by a brawl among Republicans, a dysfunction that even some in Donald Trump's party wor...
Oct 15, 2023 The U.S. Capitol is seen at sunrise as Republican House members will today continue their search to find a House speaker following the ouster of Kevin McCarthy, in Washington, U.S., October 13, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Israel urges Gazans south, as airstrikes continue ahead of ground assault
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Sunday it would continue to allow Gazans to evacuate south ahead of an expected ground assault by its forces on the Gaza Strip in retaliation fo...
Oct 15, 2023 A view shows the remains of a Palestinian house destroyed in Israeli strikes in the central Gaza Strip October 15, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa
UAW says new strikes at Detroit Three will come without notice
DETROIT (Reuters) -United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said on Friday that the union will not expand its strike against the Detroit Three automakers at the moment, but said its members would now ...
Oct 14, 2023 A United Auto Workers (UAW) union member wears a pin while picketing outside Ford's Kentucky truck plant after going on strike in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. October 12, 2023. REUTERS/Luke Sharrett
US House Republicans nominate Jim Jordan for speaker, testing hardline appeal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Representative Jim Jordan won the Republican nomination to lead the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday, but the hardline conservative appeared to be well short of the suppor...
Oct 14, 2023 House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), a prime contender in the race to be the next Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, arrives for a House Republican Conference meeting as Republicans work to restart their effort to pick a new leader for the U.S. House of Representatives after party infighting led nominee Steve Scalise to withdraw from the race for speaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 13, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Palestinians flee northern Gaza as Israel masses troops for assault
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Thousands of Palestinians fled the north of the Gaza Strip on Saturday from the path of an expected Israeli ground assault, while Israel pounded the area with more air strik...
Oct 14, 2023 Palestinians search for casualties under the rubble in the aftermath of Israeli strikes, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 14, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Arrest made in fatal September shooting in Central Peoria. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - An arrest has been made in connection to a fatal shooting last month in Central Peoria. Peoria Police says 25-year-old Amorta Nelson was taken in for questioning Thursday, after being i...
Oct 13, 2023 Amorta Nelson (1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Advocates push for guns to be taken from domestic abusers when order of protection served
CHICAGO (Capitol New Illinois) - As lawmakers prepare to return to Springfield later this month for their annual two-week fall veto session, advocates are pushing for a measure that would require law ...
Oct 13, 2023 (Flanked by domestic violence advocates and a pair of state senators, State Rep. Maura Hirschauer, D-Batavia, speaks at a Chicago news conference on Thursday announcing intentions to run a gun-related proposal during the General Assembly’s fall veto session later this month. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel) )
Layoffs occurring at WTVP as station works to get finances in order. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Peoria public television station WTVP is reducing its workforce to help get its finances in order. 25 News reports the station will be laying off nine people as part of $1.5 m...
Oct 13, 2023 (25 News)
