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Leaders in Metamora discuss planned facility with numerous athletic activities
METAMORA, Ill. - Leaders in Metamora are discussing a new facility that can get people active all year long. Village President John Cummings says the facility is planned on 135 acres of village-owned ...
Oct 12, 2023 (City of Metamora)
Illinois American Water making temporary changes to how it treats water
PEORIA, Ill. - Your water might taste a little different over the next couple weeks. Illinois American Water says starting Thursday through October 29th, a temporary change will take place in how wate...
Oct 12, 2023 Illinois American Water
US Senator Menendez charged with conspiring to act as foreign agent
(Reuters) -Prosecutors pursuing a corruption case against Bob Menendez on Thursday brought a new charge against the Democratic U.S. senator, accusing him of engaging in a conspiracy to act as a foreig...
Oct 12, 2023 U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) speaks to reporters while on his way to a vote following a Senate Democratic caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 28, 2023. REUTERS/Craig Hudson/File Photo
Republicans mull next move on Steve Scalise's US House speaker nomination
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives were set to meet behind closed doors on Thursday as Steve Scalise faced a test of whether he could gain enough support from his s...
Oct 12, 2023 House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) speaks to reporters after he won a majority of votes in the House Republican caucus to become their nominee for next Speaker of the House during a Republican meeting held behind closed doors in the Longworth House office building on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 11, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Blinken tells Netanyahu in Israel: U.S. not going anywhere
TEL AVIV (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday reassured Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu of Washington's support, during a trip to the Middle East that aims to preven...
Oct 12, 2023 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu make statements to the media inside The Kirya, which houses the Israeli Ministry of Defense, after their meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday Oct. 12, 2023. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS
WTVP financial concerns raised during special board meeting last month
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - We are learning more about the significant financial concerns facing WTVP. Records from the Sept. 6 special meeting of the WTVP Board of Directors advised more supervision of ...
Oct 12, 2023 (25 News)
UAW shuts down Ford's biggest plant; Stellantis talks resuming
DETROIT (Reuters) -U.S. auto workers are expected to return to talks with Chrysler maker Stellantis on Thursday, a tense day after a surprise walkout at Ford's biggest and most profitable plant sharpl...
Oct 12, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A newly remodeled Ford F250 Super Duty truck is displayed at the new Louisville Ford truck plant in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. September 30, 2016. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo
California player wins $1.77 billion Powerball jackpot, second largest in history
(Reuters) -A single-ticket holder from California was the sole winner of an estimated $1.77 billion Powerball drawing on Wednesday night, in the second-largest lottery jackpot in history, the lottery ...
Oct 12, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Powerball tickets are seen at a liquor store, in Washington, U.S., July 19, 2023. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Israel says no humanitarian break to Gaza siege unless hostages are freed
JERUSALEM/GAZA/ASHKELON (Reuters) -Israel said on Thursday there would be no humanitarian break to its siege of the Gaza Strip until all its hostages were freed, after the Red Cross pleaded for fuel t...
Oct 12, 2023 People walk on rubble in the aftermath of a strike amid the conflict with Israel in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, October 12, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Man sent to federal prison for machine gun possession
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager from Washington got nowhere near what he could have received after pleading guilty to Possession of Machine Guns. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Zavien Ross, 19, was given a...
Oct 11, 2023 Zavien Ross (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail November 2022)
