Author Archives: Dalton Kemper
U.S. House Democrats advance $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's push for a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill took a step forward on Friday as a U.S. House of Representatives committee unveiled the legislation Democrats...
Feb 20, 2021 REUTERS/Bing Guan
U.S. extends travel restrictions at land borders with Canada, Mexico through March 21
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. land borders with Canada and Mexico will remain closed to non-essential travel until at least March 21, the one-year anniversary of the restrictions to address COVID-19 tra...
Feb 19, 2021 REUTERS/Lars Hagberg
Pritzker's delivers third balanced budget proposal, doesn't increase income taxes
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- In Gov. J.B. Pritzker's annual State of the State/Budget Address Wednesday, he delivered a balanced budget proposal that does not include increases in income taxes. "I started wit...
Feb 17, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Caring for pets in winter weather
PEORIA, Ill. -- Dogs and cats, like people, are susceptible to frostbite and hypothermia in cold temperatures. For that reason, it's important to remember to care for pets in bitterly cold temperature...
Feb 16, 2021 Midwest Communications
Update: Washington woman found dead identified
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- A Washington woman, who died after she apparently fell into a creek Friday, has been identified by the Tazewell County coroner. "Pronounced deceased at the scene at 4:10 p.m. Frida...
Feb 15, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Peoria Salvation Army raises nearly $2 million during Tree of Lights
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Salvation Army Friday announced a successful Tree of Lights Campaign which raised money to support people struggling to get by in the Peoria area. The 2020 campaign in Peori...
Feb 12, 2021 (Salvation Army Heartland Division)
Louisville Slugger Sports Complex drops Morgan Wallen from lineup
PEORIA, Ill. -- After a video surfaced last week of country music star Morgan Wallen using a racial slur, he has been dropped from the Tailgate N' Tallboys lineup on June 3, 2021. The video was releas...
Feb 12, 2021
Dozens of former Republican officials in talks to form anti-Trump third party
(Reuters) - Dozens of former Republican officials, who view the party as unwilling to stand up to former President Donald Trump and his attempts to undermine U.S. democracy, are in talks to form a cen...
Feb 11, 2021 REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Expert: Trump won't be convicted, but the trial still has substance
PEORIA, Ill. -- Former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial began on Wednesday after the United States Senate voted 56-44 in favor of the trial being constitutional. Bradley University po...
Feb 11, 2021 Midwest Communications, Inc.
Local COVID roundup 2/10: Regional hospital statistics improving
PEORIA, Ill. -- Region 2 of Illinois, which encompasses Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford counties, had some much improved hospital statistics within the last 24 hours. ICU bed capacity jumped by 2% and n...
Feb 10, 2021 Midwest Communications
