Author Archives: Julia Bradley
State COVID roundup 5/2: Positivity rate 3.4%
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) on Sunday reported 1,860 new cases of COVID-19, including 27 additional deaths. Between Saturday and Sunday, state labs reported 73...
May 03, 2021 Midwest Communications
Four dead when suspected migrant-smuggling boat breaks apart off San Diego
(Reuters) - Four people were killed and more than two dozen injured on Sunday when a boat suspected of attempting to smuggle migrants into California broke apart off Cabrillo National Monument at San ...
May 03, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Update: Driver cited for wreck on I-74 ramp
(UPDATED 7:58 a.m. ) TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. -- The ramp from I-155 to I-74 westbound near Morton was blocked Monday morning with the clean up of an overturned semi. The accident happened shortly after ...
May 03, 2021 (25 News)
Collins: A threat of severe weather late Monday
PEORIA, Ill. -- Strong storms are expected to make their way into the Peoria area late Monday afternoon. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins predicts a line of potentially severe th...
May 03, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. administers 245.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines: CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 245,591,469 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Sunday morning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Sunday. A t...
May 03, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Kaden Sweeten, 10, gets his coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine as part of Moderna's pediatric vaccine trial in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., on April 28, 2021. Velocity Clinical Research/Handout via REUTERS
Horse racing: Essential Quality early Kentucky Derby favorite
(Reuters) - Essential Quality was installed as the early 2-1 favorite for Saturday's Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville after drawing the 14th gate for the Run for the Roses on Wednesday....
Apr 30, 2021 Odds-on favourite Essential Quality is groomed on the Monday before the running of 147th Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. April 26, 2021. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston
Overnight shooting leaves one injured in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert just after 11:30 p.m. Thursday in the 500 block of Homestead Avenue. Upon arrival, officers located a victim with a gunshot wound to the ...
Apr 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
Crush at Israeli religious festival kills 44
MOUNT MERON, Israel (Reuters) -At least 44 people were crushed to death overnight on Friday at an overcrowded ultra-Orthodox religious festival in Israel with attendees describing scenes of chaos in w...
Apr 30, 2021 Medics and rescue workers attend to the Lag B'Omer event in Mount Meron, northern Israel, where fatalities were reported among the thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered at the tomb of a 2nd-century sage for annual commemorations that include all-night prayer and dance, at Mount Meron, Israel April 30, 2021. REUTERS/ David Cohen-JINIPIX
Exclusive: Pfizer begins to export U.S.-made COVID-19 shots, first doses sent to Mexico
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc's shipment of COVID-19 vaccine to Mexico this week includes doses made in its U.S. plant, the first of what are expected to be ongoing exports of its shots from the United State...
Apr 30, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A person walks past a Pfizer logo amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., April 1, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
PPS will return next fall with a 6-hour schedule
PEORIA, Ill. -- A shortened schedule will continue next fall for Peoria Public Schools. Students will attend class an additional 30 minutes per day at the start of the 2021-22 school year, with plans ...
Apr 29, 2021 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
