Category Archives: Local News
U.S. to prioritize troop evacuation in last two days of Kabul operation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military will continue evacuating people from Kabul airport until an Aug. 31 deadline if needed, but will prioritize the removal of U.S. troops and military equipment on...
Julia Bradley Aug 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Marines provide assistance at an Evacuation Control Checkpoint (ECC) during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, August 22, 2021. Picture taken August 22, 2021. U.S. Marine Corps/Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla/Handout via REUTERS.
U.S. House approves voting rights bill, but outlook poor in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a voting rights measure that Democrats say would help counteract a wave of voting restrictions in Republican-led states, bu...
Julia Bradley Aug 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Unused privacy booths are seen at a voting site in Tripp Commons inside the Memorial Union building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on Election Day in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, U.S. November 3, 2020. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo
The Forge Steakhouse closes in Morton
MORTON, Ill. -- A Morton restaurant closed its doors for good on Tuesday. The owners of The Forge Steakhouse announced on Facebook that they want to sell the business for nearly $180,000. In the post,...
Julia Bradley Aug 25, 2021 (25 News)
Storms cause outages in Peoria area
PEORIA, Ill. -- A cluster of strong thunderstorms that moved through the Peoria metro area Tuesday night caused some power outages. Early Wednesday morning, the Ameren Illinois Outage Map showed sever...
Julia Bradley Aug 25, 2021 1470 &100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
PPD makes arrest following Tuesday morning homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police were called just before 4 a.m. Tuesday to the 700 block of NE Jefferson on reports of a man down in the street. "Officers arrived, they did locate a male with obvious trau...
Julia Bradley Aug 25, 2021 (25 News)
Greater Peoria EDC helping 'get back to business'
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Greater Peoria Economic Development Council (GPEDC) is out in the community trying to help businesses with new grant money available from the State of Illinois. Illinois launched t...
Dalton Kemper Aug 24, 2021 Greater Peoria Economic Development Council
Pritzker: Full approval of Pfizer COVID vaccine should mean more vaccinations
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Will the Food and Drug Administration giving full approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine lead to more people getting the shot? Pritzker says he sure hopes so, especially since he ...
Will Stevenson Aug 24, 2021 State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service
State: Peoria Civic Center COVID-19 testing site not reopening
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - The COVID-19 testing site at the Peoria Civic Center isn't re-opening after all. The Illinois Department of Public Health tells our news partner 25 News the site -- which was ...
Will Stevenson Aug 24, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Taliban say they have not agreed to U.S. pullout deadline extension
(Reuters) - Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers said on Tuesday they wanted all foreign evacuations from the country completed by an Aug. 31 deadline and they would not agree to an extension. The hardlin...
Julia Bradley Aug 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An evacuee from Afghanistan walks towards a transportation bus after landing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, August 22, 2021. U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Jan K. Valle/Handout via REUTERS
Afghan evacuation on 'war footing' as G7 meets on pullout deadline
(Reuters) - Western troops at Kabul airport worked frantically on Tuesday to evacuate people from Afghanistan before an Aug. 31 deadline as U.S. President Joe Biden faced growing pressure to negotiate...
Julia Bradley Aug 24, 2021 Afghans board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport plane during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, August 22, 2021. U.S. Air Force/Handout via REUTERS