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Pekin City Council approves a new 5% utility tax and increases fees 'to put the failures of the past behind us"...

...Mayor Mary Burress and council members John Abel, Karen Hohimer and... ...Council members Rick Hilst, Dave Nutter and Lloyd Orrick cast the... ..., Normal, Champaign, Urbana, Rockford, Moline, Rock Island and Decatur... ...Manager John Dossey, delaying the next phase of the Derby Street...

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18-year-old sustains life-threatening injuries in overnight shooting Sunday

...Ivy Lake Road in Chillicothe around 1 a.m. early Sunday morning.... ...group fighting and shots fired came in from the Valley Lakes Center...

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Four adults displace, two animals dead after Saturday afternoon house fire in Peoria

...According to the Peoria Fire Department, officials responded to a... ...Arago Street just after 4 p.m. 11 cats and one dog were safely retrieved...

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Portions of Central Illinois under tornado watch, flash flood warning overnight Sunday

...The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch and a flash... ...The National Weather Service has also issued flood watches and warnings...

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Mike Johnson and the troubled history of recent Republican speakers

...Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.... ...When the House returns from its recess next week, Speaker Mike Johnson... ...Ryan, John Boehner, Dennis Hastert and Newt Gingrich) all saw their... ...The hard truth is that the five who preceded Johnson (McCarthy, Paul...

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UAW strike at Daimler Truck averted at 11th hour

...a favorable new contract deal for 7,300 Daimler Truck North America... ...The UAW first unionized workers at Daimler Truck starting in the... ...that would benefit both sides and "allow Daimler Truck North America... ...On May 13, workers at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance, Ala., will...

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Opinion: We do anything to make our kids smile

...named Ethel, yes, Ethel Mermaid, who pokes her head out of the swells... ...of Lake Michigan to sing, "You'll be swell!... ...They've written school papers on Shakespeare, Dickens, Laurie Halse... ...Anderson, The Great Gatsby, and Langston Hughes....

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Tornadoes collapse buildings and level homes in Nebraska and Iowa

...Updated April 27, 2024 at 9:19 AM ET OMAHA, Neb. — Tornadoes wreaked... ...Three people were hurt in Nebraska's Lancaster County when a tornado... ...of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas.... ...Fire Chief Kathy Bossman said....

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Midwest tornadoes cause severe damage in Omaha suburbs

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Out and About in Greater Peoria: International Night, The Great Catsby and a Spring Opera Recital

..., Germany; Benxi, China; Clonmel, Ireland; & Aytou, Lebanon) invite... ...you to join them at the Itoo Hall tonight at 5 p.m. for Peoria Sister... ...at the Peoria Riverfront Museum.... ...The full recital from the Opera Illinois League is presented by Miracle...