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Planned changes to Peoria mail distribution center moving forward
PEORIA, Ill. - A restructuring plan by the United States Postal Service that would affect operations in Peoria is moving forward. 25 News reports USPS is moving mail processing and distribution center...
TJ Carson Apr 18, 2024 mail and packages
US Congress moves ahead on bill to push TikTok's Chinese owner to sell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An effort to force TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the social media app or face a ban in the U.S. was gaining steam in Congress on Thursday, with the House of Represe...
TJ Carson Apr 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. flag is placed on a TikTok logo in this illustration taken March 20, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
PAAR: With fewer new homes on the market, competition for existing homes is fierce
PEORIA, Ill. - Finding a home in your price range and where you want isn't getting any easier. Leslie Rothan with Peoria Area Association of Realtors, or PAAR, says with a limited inventory of homes a...
Julia Bradley Apr 18, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy, File)
US announces new sanctions on Iran after missile and drone strike on Israel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday announced new sanctions on Iran targeting its unmanned aerial vehicle production after its missile and drone strike on Israel last weekend. The U.S...
TJ Carson Apr 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Israel's military displays what they say is an Iranian ballistic missile which they retrieved from the Dead Sea after Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel, at Julis military base, in southern Israel April 16, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo
US weekly jobless claims remain at low level
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits was unchanged at a low level last week, pointing to continued labor market strength. Labor market resilience, ...
TJ Carson Apr 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A "Help Wanted" sign sits in the window of a shop in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., February 11, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Education leaders seek added state funding to help districts accommodate influx of migrants
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The recent surge of international migrants arriving in Illinois has brought with it a host of new challenges for state and local officials. Those range from...
TJ Carson Apr 18, 2024 Rep. Fred Crespo, right, and Bridget Peach, executive director of the advocacy group ED-RED, testify in favor of special funding for the education of migrant students during a House committee hearing Tuesday, April 16. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Biden to win Kennedy family endorsement in Philadelphia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 15 members of the storied Kennedy political family will endorse U.S. President Joe Biden at a Philadelphia campaign event on Thursday in a rebuke of Robert F. Kennedy ...
Julia Bradley Apr 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a St. Patrick’s Day Brunch event inside the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 17, 2024. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
Peoria man sentenced to federal prison on drug and weapon charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been sentenced to federal prison on drug and weapons charges. 28-year-old Detrey Robinson received a term of 81 months yesterday Wednesday by Judge James Shadid, follow...
TJ Carson Apr 17, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Woman sentenced for 2022 murder in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman has learned her fate after being found guilty of second-degree murder in February. 25 News reports Kaitlyn Taylor was sentenced to 14 years in prison Wednesday in the sho...
TJ Carson Apr 17, 2024 (Peoria County Jail)
Solar investments take center stage as questions loom on state's renewable future
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A manufacturer in the southwest suburbs of Chicago received $2.6 million from electric utility Commonwealth Edison this week as part of a state program for ...
TJ Carson Apr 17, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at G&W Electric Co. in Bolingbrook to highlight its microgrid, which includes one of the largest batteries in the country. Also pictured (left to right): Bolingbrook Mayor Mary Alexander-Basta, Commonwealth Edison CEO Gil Quiniones, and G&W chair and owner John Mueller. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
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