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Louisville shooter legally purchased rifle - police
(Reuters) - The 23-year-old bank employee who shot dead five colleagues and wounded nine other people at his workplace in Louisville on Monday legally purchased the rifle, Louisville Police Chief Jacq...
Julia Bradley Apr 11, 2023 View of barricade tape as police deploy at the scene of a mass shooting outside an Old National Bank branch near Slugger Field baseball stadium in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. April, 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jeffrey Dean
UPDATE - Chicago to host 2024 U.S. Democratic National Convention
UPDATED 10:30 A.M. CHICAGO (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and his party selected Chicago to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention, tapping a large liberal city in the heart of the Midwest ...
TJ Carson Apr 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the Monterey Park shooting and his efforts to reduce gun violence at The Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley in Monterey Park, California, U.S., March 14, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Peoria Papa John's robbed at gunpoint
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police say a gunman robbed a Papa John's Pizza location near Bradley University Monday night. Police were called just after 8:30 p.m. to the restaurant near the corner of N. Bou...
Julia Bradley Apr 11, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Blickenstaff's Peoria area properties for sale
PEORIA, Ill. -- Central Illinois developer Kim Blickenstaff's KDB Group is selling several local properties he renovated, then scaled back on, laying off workers in January. A pair of realtor websites...
Julia Bradley Apr 11, 2023 (Courtesy Mark Davis)
Nashville board reinstates Black lawmaker expelled from Tennessee House
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) -A Nashville-area county council on Monday voted to reinstate Representative Justin Jones to the Tennessee House of Representatives, reversing Republican lawmakers who o...
Will Stevenson Apr 10, 2023 Representative Justin Jones leaves the Historic Metro Courthouse after being reinstated by the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County with 36-0 votes, after the Republican majority Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel two Democratic members, representatives Justin Pearson and Justin Jones, for their roles in a gun control demonstration on the statehouse floor, outside the Historic Metro Courthouse in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., April 10, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
Gas prices increase again in Peoria area
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices continue to rise in the Peoria area. That's according to both AAA and GasBuddy.com. GasBuddy says their survey shows an 8.9 cent week-over-week price hike. Their gallon of un...
Will Stevenson Apr 10, 2023 Orin Zebest / CC
Delavan man dies in rural Pekin car crash
PEKIN, Ill. - A Delavan resident is dead after an accident in rural Pekin Sunday evening. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley doesn't provide many details of the crash, except that Justin Defenbaug...
Will Stevenson Apr 10, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: Virginia mother of 6-year-old who shot teacher charged
UPDATED 4:09 P.M. (Reuters) -A Virginia grand jury on Monday indicted the mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot an elementary school teacher in Newport News in January on felony child neglect and a fire...
Will Stevenson Apr 10, 2023 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Durbin, judiciary committee, want investigation of Thomas' alleged wrongdoing
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Illinois' senior U.S. Senator is among those that are asking for a full investigation now that media reports claim Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas didn't disclose years of cru...
Will Stevenson Apr 10, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: U.S. Postal Service seeks to hike stamp prices by 5.4%
UPDATED 4:10 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States Postal Service (USPS) on Monday said it was seeking approval to hike the price of first-class mail stamps to 66 cents from 63 cents. USPS won...
Will Stevenson Apr 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A person enters a United States Postal Service (USPS) Post Office in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly