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State Police identify more victims in fatal Interstate 55 pile-up from Monday
FARMERSVILLE, Ill. - The identities of five more victims from Monday's fatal pile-up have been released. Illinois State Police released the names and ages of the victim's on Saturday. One was previous...
TJ Carson May 06, 2023 (Courtesy WICS-TV/FoxIllinois.com)
Potential Presidential candidate to speak at now sold-out event in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A rumored Presidential candidate will be headlining a now sold-out event in Peoria on May 12th. Governor Ron DeSantis (R-Florida) will be the keynote speaker at the Peoria and Tazewell ...
TJ Carson May 06, 2023 Matt Johnson / CC
COVID spread risk low across Illinois
CHICAGO, Ill. - In what could be the final report of its kind, a state agency says the risk of COVID-19 spread in Illinois is low. The Illinois Department of Public Health says all 102 counties are at...
TJ Carson May 06, 2023 (Illinois Department of Public Health)
King Charles III crowned at London's Westminster Abbey
LONDON (Reuters) -King Charles III was crowned on Saturday in Britain's biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, a sumptuous display of pageantry dating back 1,000 years. In front of a congregation...
TJ Carson May 06, 2023 King Charles III arrives for his coronation at Westminster Abbey, London. Picture date: Saturday May 6, 2023. Andrew Matthews/Pool via REUTERS
Justice Department seeks 25-year prison sentence for Oath Keepers founder Rhodes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department asked a federal judge on Friday to sentence Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes to 25 years in prison for his conviction on seditious conspiracy and ...
TJ Carson May 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes is seen on video during the hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
U.S. Supreme Court halts execution of Oklahoma inmate Glossip
EDITOR'S NOTE: Glossip is a native of Galesburg, Illinois, in Knox County. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday halted the scheduled execution of Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Gl...
Will Stevenson May 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An anti-death penalty button is worn by a demonstrator attending a protest against the scheduled execution of convicted murderer Richard Glossip, at the state capitol in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma September 15, 2015. REUTERS/Nick Oxford
Man found on fire Friday morning identified
PEORIA, Ill. - Authorities have identified the body that was found dead and on fire early Friday monring in South Peoria. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood identifies the victim as Clarence Crooks, ...
Will Stevenson May 05, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Car hits Pekin restaurant
PEKIN, Ill. - A business in Pekin is closed at least temporarily after a car backed in to the building. Pekin Fire says damage appears to be so far minimal to the Fast Dragon Buffet on Court Street. T...
Will Stevenson May 05, 2023 (25 News)
WHO declares end to COVID global health emergency
LONDON (Reuters) -The World Health Organization ended the global emergency status for COVID-19 on Friday more than three years after its original declaration, and said countries should now manage the ...
TJ Carson May 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus is seen in an illustration released by the U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 29, 2020. Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM/CDC/Handout via REUTERS.
Biden says Republicans manufacturing a crisis over debt limit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden sharply criticized 'MAGA' Republicans for their refusal to vote in a higher federal debt ceiling, signaling that there would be little compromise from th...
TJ Carson May 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to attend Catholic Mass at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington, U.S., April 30, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz