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(Reuters) -A Minnesota judge has ruled that aggravating factors were involved in the death of George Floyd, opening the possibility of a longer sentence for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Cha...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Republicans on Wednesday voted to remove Liz Cheney from their leadership, punishing her for criticizing former President Donald Trump’...

PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria Women’s Club has received a donation of $1 million from entrepreneur and developer Kim Blickenstaff to help restore the historic building. In 2019, Blickenstaff d...

PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria will soon have a land bank. City Council voted on Tuesday night by a 9-1 count to adopt the ordinance that will establish it, thanks in part to a $300,000 grant from the Il...

ST. LOUIS — When the Route 66 Rivalry resumes, the St. Louis Cardinals will enjoy double the home field advantage they would have previously enjoyed. The St. Louis city health department has oka...

PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county on Tuesday added four deaths to its overall totals. A Tazewell woman in her 70s died. Peoria accounted for the other three, with a man in h...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Tuesday reported the state has surpassed 10 million vaccine doses administered. More than 58,000 doses were reported to have b...

PEORIA, Ill. — Local leaders held an informational meeting Tuesday for Peoria Bio-Made, a push to make the city a global hub in the biotech industry. Jacob Becraft, co-founder and CEO of Strand ...

PEORIA, Ill. — Jim Montelongo on Tuesday announced he has conceded the Peoria mayoral race to Mayor Rita Ali, but that he is also filing a lawsuit against the Election Commission. Montelongo los...

(Reuters) -U.S. regulators authorized Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in children as young as 12 and said they could begin receiving shots as soon as Thursday, widening the countr...