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City Council discussion on whether to buy back water system continues
PEORIA, Ill. - A public buyout of Peoria's water system would cost the city roughly $277 million, not taking into account borrowing costs or whether the purchase would lead to cheaper water rates for ...
Oct 11, 2023 Illinois American Water
Bat tests positive for rabies in Tazewell County
PEKIN, Ill. - It hasn't happened in three years in Tazewell County - until Wednesday. The Tazewell County Health Department says a bat testing positive for rabies was recently discovered in Pekin. Off...
Oct 11, 2023 Grand Canyon National Park / CC
Biden speaks again to Netanyahu, US eyes additional aid in wake of Hamas attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday as the U.S. administration pursued more aid for its ally and warned that the number of ...
Oct 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden leaves Mass at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington, U.S., October 7, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Retired judge from Rockford enters 17th Congressional District race as Republican
PEORIA, Ill. - A week after the only declared Republican candidate in the race for the 17th Congressional District dropped off, a new challenger has thrown his hat in the ring. Retired judge Joe McGra...
Oct 11, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Multiple fire departments respond to fire in Peoria Heights
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Crews from area fire departments were called in to assist the Peoria Heights Fire Department late Wednesday morning with a large fire at a mechanical garage. The fire call came ...
Oct 11, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: US House in limbo as Republican Scalise appears short of votes for speaker
UPDATED 7:43 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday nominated Steve Scalise to serve as speaker following last week's ouster of Kevin McCarth...
Oct 11, 2023 U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) speaks as he walks to a candidate forum at the Longworth House office building, after Kevin McCarthy was ousted as Speaker of the House, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 10, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
The UAW's 'record contract' hinges on pensions, battery plants
DETROIT (Reuters) - After nearly four weeks of disruptive strikes and hard bargaining, the United Auto Workers and the Detroit Three automakers have edged closer to a deal that could offer record-sett...
Oct 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The new GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 16, 2021.REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
Blinken headed to Israel to show U.S. solidarity, seek deterrence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was set to leave for Israel on Wednesday on a Middle East mission to prevent a wider war from erupting after an attack and hostage-taking b...
Oct 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on, as U.S. President Joe Biden (not pictured) speaks about the conflict in Israel, after Hamas launched its biggest attack in decades, while making a statement about the crisis, at the White House in Washington, U.S. October 7, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Israel forms unity government as Hamas armed wing says still fighting outside Gaza
JERUSALEM/GAZA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israel formed an emergency unity government on Wednesday as it pounded Gaza to root out Hamas and deploying forces north of the densely populated Palestinian encl...
Oct 11, 2023 Palestinians inspect the damage in the aftermath of Israeli strikes, in Gaza City, October 11, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
US producer prices increase in September on higher energy costs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. producer prices increased more than expected in September amid higher costs for energy products, but underlying inflation pressures at the factory gate continued to moderat...
Oct 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A woman shops for groceries at El Progreso Market in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C., U.S., August 19, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo
