Author Archives: Julia Bradley
CityLink to resume fare collection in January
PEORIA,Ill. -- The Greater Peoria Mass Transit District will resume collecting bus fares beginning Monday, January 4. "That includes all of our transportation services, CityLink fixed-routes, CityLift...
Dec 22, 2020 Courtesy of Kevin Bessler/WMBD
Peoria home suffers damage in dryer fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters and emergency crews were called around 4:00 p.m. Monday to a home in the 3500 block of W. Lodi Court on reports of a structure fire. Crews found heavy smoke coming ...
Dec 22, 2020 Midwest Communications
U.S. Congress approves $892 billion COVID-19 relief package
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress on Monday approved an $892 billion coronavirus aid package, throwing a lifeline to the nation's pandemic-battered economy after months of inaction, while also ...
Dec 22, 2020 Dusty Johnson, (R-SD), with the Problem Solvers Caucus and other members speak at a news conference on the forthcoming passage of the bipartisan emergency COVID-19 relief bill in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
U.S. COVID-19 vaccination drive heads to nursing homes
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. government and two of the nation's largest pharmacy chains kick off a nationwide campaign to vaccinate nursing home residents against COVID-19 on Monday, a week after the ...
Dec 21, 2020 FILE PHOTO: Bob Atighechi administers the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination to Margaret Dubois, 87, a resident at The Reservoir nursing facility, in West Hartford, Connecticut, U.S., December 18, 2020. Stephen Dunn/Pool via REUTERS
Trump campaign will again ask U.S. high court to upend election results
(Reuters) - President Donald Trump's campaign said on Sunday it would again ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn results from the Nov. 3 election, its latest long-shot effort to subvert the electora...
Dec 21, 2020 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump poses on the Truman Balcony of the White House after returning from being hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment, in Washington, U.S. October 5, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott
State COVID roundup 12/20: Over 6,000 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health announced over 6,000 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, and 79 additional deaths. A Chicago-area hospital plans to resume giving health care worke...
Dec 21, 2020 Midwest Communications
Canton fire leaves one dead
CANTON, Ill. -- The Canton Fire Department responded to a structure fire around 5:30 a.m. Sunday in the 700 block of E. Chestnut Street. Crews found one person inside the home, who was transported to ...
Dec 21, 2020 Midwest Communications
U.S. Congress reaches deal on COVID-19 aid package, plans votes for Monday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. congressional leaders reached agreement on Sunday on a $900 billion package to provide the first new aid in months to an economy and individuals battered by the surging coro...
Dec 21, 2020 (Reuters)
Congress works through the weekend to finalize COVID aid package
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Washington were working through the weekend to complete a $900 billion coronavirus aid bill for American individuals and businesses strugg...
Dec 19, 2020 REUTERS/Erin Scott
Friday night crash leaves three injured in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Three people were injured Friday night when the driver of an SUV crashed into three parked cars in Peoria. Police and emergency crews were called to the scene just after 7 p.m. to the ...
Dec 19, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
