Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Pearl Harbor ceremony to honor those killed in 1941 attack
HONOLULU (AP) - Officials are scheduled to gather in Pearl Harbor to remember those killed in the 1941 Japanese attack. But public health measures adopted because of the coronavirus pandemic mean no s...
Dec 07, 2020 FILE - This Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017 file photo shows the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. On Friday, May 25, 2018, officials said damage to the memorial is worse than expected and it will remain closed indefinitely. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
State COVID roundup 12/6: Nearly 7,000 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday reported 7,598 new and probable cases of COVID-19 and 76 additional deaths. The IDPH said Illinois' total number of coronavirus ...
Dec 07, 2020 Midwest Communications
Health officials warn Americans to not let their guard down
(AP) -- With a COVID-19 vaccine perhaps just days away in the U.S., most of California headed into another lockdown on Sunday because of the surging outbreak. And, top health officials are warning Ame...
Dec 07, 2020 Midwest Communications
Trump lawyer Giuliani in hospital after positive virus test
WASHINGTON (AP) - More people around President Donald Trump keep coming down with COVID-19. Now Trump says his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for the coronavirus. A person familia...
Dec 07, 2020 FILE - Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters, Thursday Nov. 19, 2020, in Washington. President Donald Trump says his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for coronavirus.
The president on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020 confirmed in a tweet that Giuliani had tested positive for the virus. Giuliani has traveled extensively to battleground states in effort to help Trump subvert his election loss. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, file)
Two injured in Sunday night crash
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighters used the jaws of life to help rescue a woman from a car involved in a crash Sunday night. Fire Battalion Chief Rick Morgan said the accident occurred at the interse...
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US reaches daily high of nearly 228,000 cases
WASHINGTON - Coronavirus infections continue to spread at record levels in the United States, reaching a new daily high of nearly 228,000 cases on Friday. The 227,885 cases eclipses the previous high ...
Dec 05, 2020 Midwest Communications
Former Morton teacher faces sex abuse charges
MORTON, Ill. -- A former Morton High School teacher who resigned in September after an investigation of an "inappropriate relationship" with a student, has been charged with two counts of aggravated c...
Dec 05, 2020
COVID-19 relief: What's on the table as Congress seeks deal
WASHINGTON (AP) - Under pressure from moderates in both parties, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have initiated late-game negotiations in hopes of combining a rel...
Dec 05, 2020 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, of Calif., speaks during her weekly briefing, Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
US hiring slows sharply to 245,000 jobs as virus intensifies
WASHINGTON (AP) - America's employers scaled back their hiring last month as the viral pandemic accelerated across the country, adding 245,000 jobs, the fewest since April and the fifth straight month...
Dec 04, 2020 Midwest Communications
Police investigating two incidents on NE Monroe
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just after 8 p.m. Thursday to a home in the 1400 block of NE Monroe regarding trouble with a male. A caller told police the male was down inside the home. "Up...
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