Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Tri-County pausing Johnson & Johnson vaccine clinics
***UPDATE*** 4/13/21 4:15 P.M. The Tazewell County Health Department has announced its pop-up clinic scheduled for Thursday will convert to a Pfizer site from its scheduled J&J site. It will run f...
Apr 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
Unrest flares again in Minnesota after fatal police shooting of Black motorist
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (Reuters) -A suburban Minneapolis police officer apparently drew her gun by mistake, instead of her Taser, when she shot a young Black man to death during a traffic stop, a poli...
Apr 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Tear gas is seen as officers stand guard outside Brooklyn Center Police Department with trash thrown at them by demonstrators at their feet after police allegedly shot and killed a man, who local media report is identified by the victim's mother as Daunte Wright, in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, U.S., April 11, 2021. REUTERS/Nick Pfosi
'A big momma's boy': Floyd's brother offers 'spark of life' testimony at Chauvin murder trial
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) -Prosecutors on Monday neared the end of their case in the murder trial of former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin, calling George Floyd's younger brother to the stand for emo...
Apr 13, 2021 Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill speaks with legal teams on the eleventh day of the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. April 12, 2021 in a still image from video. Pool via REUTERS
PCCHD offering COVID vaccinations at Heddington Oaks
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department is opening up COVID-19 vaccine appointment slots this week, April 13-17 at Heddington Oaks. The appointments are for first doses of the Moderna...
Apr 12, 2021 Midwest Communications
Collaboration of UnityPoint Health/Springfield Clinic will benefit patients
PEORIA, Ill. -- Springfield Clinic and UnityPoint Health --Central Illinois have announced a clinical collaboration agreement between the health systems in the Peoria area, including UnityPoint's thre...
Apr 12, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
State COVID roundup 4/11: Nearly 3,000 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday reported 2,942 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 16 additional deaths. W...
Apr 12, 2021 Midwest Communications
Analysis: Police testimony, bystander accounts bolster prosecution case in Chauvin murder trial
(Reuters) - Prosecutors will rest their case this week against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, bolstered by police testimony and emotional eyewitness desc...
Apr 12, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Chicago-based breathing expert Dr. Martin Tobin is questioned by prosecutor Jerry Blackwell, while Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill presides as images of George Floyd's arrest play on a screen, on the ninth day of the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. April 8, 2021 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
UPDATE: Driver identified in fatal Peoria County crash
UPDATE 5:45 p.m. -- Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the driver who died as 34-year-old David Carman of Kewanee. According to Illinois State Police, Carman was travelling southbound ...
Apr 12, 2021 Midwest Communications
Police fatally shoot Black man in traffic stop near Minneapolis, protests erupt
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (Reuters) -Protests erupted against police when an officer fatally shot a young Black man after stopping his vehicle for a traffic violation on Sunday about 10 miles from where ...
Apr 12, 2021 Cortez Rice holds up the rubber bullet that hit him in his side during a confrontation with police after police allegedly shot and killed a man, who local media report is identified by the victim's mother as Daunte Wright, in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, U.S., April 11, 2021. REUTERS/Nick Pfosi
Gas leak closes road in Limestone Township
LIMESTONE TOWNSHIP, Ill. -- The Limestone Fire Department shut down Closen Road just after 10:30 a.m. Monday between Maxwell and Limestone due to an active gas leak. Motorists were advised to use an a...
Mar 29, 2021
