Author Archives: Julia Bradley
U.S. COVID-19 deaths soar as vaccinations grow
(Reuters) - Daily U.S. deaths from COVID-19 surpassed 3,000 for the third time in a week as the country expanded its vaccination program and the U.S. Congress progressed toward approving financial rel...
Dec 16, 2020 FILE PHOTO: Sammie Michael Dent, Jr., the grandson of Florence Bolton, a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive patient that died on November 2nd at Roseland Community Hospital, looks at her casket at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 9, 2020. Picture taken December 9, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
East Peoria's Festival of Lights competes in "Light Fight"
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- East Peoria's Festival of Lights will be featured on national television Wednesday night. FOLEPI lights will compete in the Great Christmas Light Fight on ABC at 7 p.m. The footag...
Dec 16, 2020 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Peoria sees first significant snow of the season
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria crews were out treating roads early Wednesday morning after the first measurable snowfall of the season, although accumulation was expected to be minor. Peoria Public Works Depu...
Dec 16, 2020 1470- 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Peoria signs off on consent degree with the EPA
PEORIA, Ill. - The City of Peoria has signed off on a long-range plan that aims gradually to eliminate its use of combined sewer overflow. The $109 million plan aims to fully reduce CSO by Dec. 31, 20...
Dec 16, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
McConnell congratulates Joe Biden as president-elect
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell congratulated Democrat Joe Biden on Tuesday as the president-elect. The Republican leader said the Electoral College "has spoken." The Republic...
Dec 15, 2020 Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP
Illinois House panel ends probe of powerful Speaker Madigan
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois House committee has ended its consideration of a breach of trust claim against House Speaker Michael Madigan, voting down further proceedings that could have led t...
Dec 15, 2020 In this photo taken on Monday, May 19, 2014, llinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, speaks to lawmakers while on the House floor during session at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield Ill. As it becomes increasingly difficult to muster 60 votes for the extension of the states income tax increase, some lawmakers are pitching other options to consider, including a gradual roll back of tax rates as more a politically viable alternative. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
Democrats squeezed as COVID-19 relief talks continue
WASHINGTON (AP) - Top Washington negotiators continue to reach for a long-delayed agreement on COVID-19 relief, but rank-and-file Democrats appear increasingly resigned to having to drop a demand for ...
Dec 15, 2020 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Illinois electors choose Biden as president, 20-0
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois members of the Electoral College have chosen Joe Biden for president. The 20-0 vote in favor of the Democratic president-elect on Monday was announced by the Illinois...
Dec 14, 2020 President-elect Joe Biden, right, and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, left, share a laugh during an event to announce several choices for positions in the Biden administration at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Illinois SNAP recipients have new online option with ALDI
CHICAGO -- Over 2 million Illinois families have a new place to shop online for groceries using SNAP. Gov. J-B Pritzker on Monday announced a partnership with ALDI, where SNAP recipients will be able ...
Dec 14, 2020 (Mark Peterman/AP Images for ALDI)
'Relieved': US health workers start getting COVID-19 vaccine
(AP) -- The largest vaccination campaign in U.S. history is underway with health workers getting the first shots. "Relieved" is the reaction of one of the first health workers to get the shot Monday. ...
Dec 14, 2020 Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage, Mich., Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool)
