East Peoria Mayor John Kahl has reassured residents that the city will not use the property it is about to buy for a data center or solar project.

The group says such additional commercial barge navigation in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River system would require large additional water releases from the lake.

Former Jackson City Councilman Aaron Banks pleaded guilty in federal court in connection to Jackson's bribery scandal.

The federal government's submarine contract with a German company offers a "tremendous amount of opportunity" to propel British Columbia's shipping industry, political and business leaders say.