Author Archives: Julia Bradley
UPDATE: Unemployment benefits expired Saturday after no approval from President Trump
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans lapsed overnight as President Donald Trump refused to sign an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill that had been cons...
Dec 26, 2020 AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File
Federal investigators identify possible person of interest in Nashville bombing
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Federal investigators have identified a person of interest in connection with the explosion that rocked downtown Nashville on Christmas Day and were searching a home associated...
Dec 26, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 12/26: hospital bed usage down again
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 3,293 new and probable COVID-19 cases on Saturday, as well as 66 deaths. State labs collected 54,462 specimens to be tested. 4,02...
Dec 26, 2020 Midwest Communications
East Peoria Police partnering with IDOT for holiday "drive sober or get pulled over" campaign
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- The East Peoria Police Department is partnering with the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and law enforcement throughout the state for a high-visiblity enforcement cam...
Dec 26, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Nashville bombing being called "intentional act"
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) -A motor home parked on a street exploded in downtown Nashville at dawn on Friday, moments after a recorded message emanating from the vehicle warned of a bomb, in what poli...
Dec 26, 2020 Elliott Anderson/Tennessean.com/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS.
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall; consumer spending declines in November
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, though remaining elevated as more businesses face restrictions and consum...
Dec 23, 2020 FILE PHOTO: Rose Carter, of Lexington, waits in a line outside a temporary unemployment office established by the Kentucky Labor Cabinet at the State Capitol Annex in Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S. June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston
Pfizer to supply U.S. with 100 million more COVID-19 shots by July
(Reuters) -Pfizer Inc will supply the United States with 100 million additional doses of its COVID-19 vaccine by July next year, the U.S. drugmaker said on Wednesday. The agreement brings the total nu...
Dec 23, 2020 A box of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is seen at Crown Heights Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, a nursing home facility in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., December 22, 2020. REUTERS/Yuki Iwamura
East Peoria home suffers extensive damage in early morning fire
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- It's unclear what caused an early morning garage fire that spread to an East Peoria home Wednesday morning. East Peoria Fire Chief John Knapp said the call came in just before 4 a...
Dec 23, 2020 (25 News)
Trump threatens to not sign COVID-19 bill, wants bigger stimulus checks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to not sign an $892 billion coronavirus relief bill that includes desperately needed money for individual Americans, saying it should...
Dec 23, 2020 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump departs on travel to West Point, New York from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 12, 2020. REUTERS/Cheriss May/File Photo
Vehicle crashes into Chillicothe-area church overnight
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. -- Peoria County Sheriff's deputies were called just before 3:45 a.m. Tuesday to Crossroads Church in Rome. Sheriff Brian Asbell said a vehicle struck the church on N. Broadway and t...
Dec 22, 2020 Midwest Communications
