Author Archives: Dalton Kemper
ZZ Top bassist dies at 72
HOUSTON -- Longtime ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill has died at 72. Hill passed away at his home in Houston, TX, according to band mates Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard. It's unclear if Hill's death is connec...
Jul 28, 2021 Midwest Communications
Google will require COVID-19 vaccine for U.S. employees to step into campuses
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Wednesday it would require employees in the United States to be vaccinated for stepping into its campuses, in an effort to get its workers immunized against C...
Jul 28, 2021 REUTERS/Paresh Dave/File Photo
Gov. Pritzker signs law expanding opportunity for special needs students
CHICAGO -- Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker today signed HB 40 and HB 2748 into law, expanding equity and fairness for special needs students. The laws will allow special education students to continue atten...
Jul 28, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Illinois Department of Public Health aligns with new CDC guidance
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced Tuesday it is fully adopting updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) masking recommendations. The CDC Tu...
Jul 27, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. CDC recommends vaccinated Americans wear masks indoors in many cases
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 should go back to wearing masks in indoor public places in regions where the coronavirus and especially the Delta variant are spreadin...
Jul 27, 2021 REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Biles uncertain if she will continue at Tokyo Games
TOKYO (Reuters) -Simone Biles was left weighing her Olympic future on Tuesday after dropping out of the women's gymnastics team final at the Tokyo Summer Games after one disappointing vault saying she...
Jul 27, 2021 REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
UPDATE: Juvenile killed last Wednesday was just 12; now being investigated as homicide
PEORIA, Ill. -- A 12-year-old boy was the victim of a shooting last Wednesday morning just after 5:00 a.m. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the victim as Deshawnteris Edwards, who li...
Jul 26, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
New Peoria County COVID-19 cases more than double; hospitalizations remain low
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department Monday reported 116 new cases of COVID-19 in the county in the last week, an average of more than 16 per day. Just one week ago, the average of...
Jul 26, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. veterans agency mandates COVID-19 shots for medical staff
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday mandated that its doctors and other medical staff get COVID-19 vaccines, becoming the first federal agency to impose such a requ...
Jul 26, 2021 REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Moderna in talks with FDA to expand COVID-19 vaccine pediatric study
(Reuters) -Moderna Inc is in talks with U.S. regulators to expand the size of an ongoing trial testing its COVID-19 vaccines in children aged between five and 11, the drugmaker said on Monday. The obj...
Jul 26, 2021 REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
