Author Archives: Dalton Kemper
State COVID roundup 1/12: Hospitalizations remaining steady
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Tuesday reported 6,642 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 117 additional deaths. Hospitalizations,...
Jan 12, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 1/11: Fewer than 5,000 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday announced 4,776 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 53 additional deaths. In the last 24 hou...
Jan 11, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 1/11: 15 deaths over weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department Monday announced 15 area deaths took place over the weekend due to COVID-19. Tazewell County reported the majority of the new deaths with 12. P...
Jan 11, 2021 Midwest Communications
Washington Monument closed due to threats to disrupt Biden inauguration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Park Service said on Monday it has closed the Washington Monument through Jan. 24 due to continuing threats, from groups involved in last week's pro-Trump riot...
Jan 11, 2021 REUTERS/Al Drago/File Photo
Indonesian plane feared to have crashed with 62 aboard
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A Sriwijaya Air plane with 62 people on board lost contact after taking off from Indonesia's capital Jakarta on a domestic flight on Saturday and rescuers said suspected debris had...
Jan 09, 2021 Antara Foto/Jessica Helena Wuysang via REUTERS
Jaws of Life used to rescue person after Friday afternoon accident
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Jaws of Life had to be used Friday afternoon by the Peoria Fire Department in response to an accident in the 2800 block of SW Washington St. just before 2:00 p.m. that involved a s...
Jan 09, 2021 Julia Bradley/1470-100.3 WMBD
New Year's at the gym: Different in a pandemic
PEORIA, Ill. -- New Year's may look different to start 2021 for local gyms, but it also has a similar feel to previous years. According to Statista, exercising more is Americans top New Year's resolut...
Jan 08, 2021 Midwest Communications
Twitter permanently suspends President Donald Trump
Twitter has permanently suspended the account of President Donald Trump. Twitter released the following statement pertaining to the suspension: "After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonal...
Jan 08, 2021
Local missing kayaker found dead
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. -- Sarah Gray, a 45-year-old woman who went missing Thursday evening after kayaking in the Illinois River, has been found dead, according to Illinois Conservation Police. Gray's husb...
Jan 08, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Man who sat at Nancy Pelosi's desk faces charges; FBI probes officer's death
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A West Virginia state lawmaker and a man pictured sitting at U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's desk are among those facing federal charges stemming from the ...
Jan 08, 2021 REUTERS/Leah Millis
