Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Congress stuck, McConnell resists state aid in COVID-19 deal
WASHINGTON (AP) - An emerging $900 billion COVID-19 aid package from a bipartisan group of lawmakers all but collapsed Thursday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Republican senators won't s...
Dec 11, 2020 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, speaks during a news conference following a weekly meeting with the Senate Republican caucus, Tuesday, Dec. 8. 2020 at the Capitol in Washington. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP)
Man arrested for second armed robbery this week
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called to the Circle K gas station in the 4200 block of N. Knoxville Tuesday night on reports of an armed robbery. Officers were told the suspect entered the busines...
Dec 11, 2020 (Peoria Police Department)
Harwood: Peoria County's morgue is running out of space
PEORIA, Ill. --Rising COVID-19 deaths in Central Illinois are forcing the Peoria County coroner to consider activating a mobile morgue. The numbers have the Peoria County morgue close to capacity, acc...
Dec 10, 2020 Peoria County Coroner's Office
US jobless claims jump to 853,000 amid resurgence of virus
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people applying for unemployment aid jumped last week to 853,000, the most since September, evidence that some companies are cutting more jobs as new virus cases spiral...
Dec 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
PPD urges residents to lock their vehicles
PEORIA, Ill. -- In the last month, a rash of stolen vehicles have been reported in Peoria. In response, police are reminding residents to lock their vehicles, homes and garages. Peoria Public Informat...
Dec 10, 2020
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine faces last hurdle before US decision
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine faces one final hurdle before an expected decision to greenlight the shot for use in millions of Americans. Food and Drug Administration advisers meet Thurs...
Dec 10, 2020 A phial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Royal Victoria Hospital, in Belfast, Tuesday Dec. 8, 2020. The United Kingdom, one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus, is beginning its vaccination campaign, a key step toward eventually ending the pandemic. (Liam McBurney/Pool via AP)
50% of Americans ready for vaccine shot
WASHINGTON -- A new poll find only about half of Americans are ready to roll up their sleeves for COVID-19 vaccines even as states prepare to begin months of vaccinations. The survey from The Associat...
Dec 09, 2020 A nurse administers the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy's Hospital in London, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. U.K. health authorities rolled out the first doses of a widely tested and independently reviewed COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, starting a global immunization program that is expected to gain momentum as more serums win approval. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool)
BBB warns of puppy scams
PEORIA, Ill. -- Puppy scams are nothing new, but due to COVID-19, the scams are seeing new life. Jessica Tharp, with the Better Business Bureau of Central Illinois, said that's especially true as we a...
Dec 09, 2020 Midwest Communications
Delta officially terminates service to PIA
PEORIA, Ill. -- Delta Airlines service from Peoria has become a casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic. Peoria's Metropolitan Airport Authority has been notified that as of last week, Delta has changed the...
Dec 09, 2020 (flypia.com)
Trump looks past Supreme Court loss to new election lawsuit
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says his campaign will join an improbable case before the Supreme Court challenging election results in Pennsylvania and other states that he lost. That word c...
Dec 09, 2020 In this Nov. 5, 2020, file photo, the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court has rejected Republicans' last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania’s certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the electoral battleground. The court without comment Tuesday, Dec. 8, refused to call into question the certification process in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
