Author Archives: Julia Bradley
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...
Dec 07, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
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...
Dec 04, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
US virus deaths top 3,100 in a single day for the first time
(AP) -- The U.S. has recorded over 3,100 COVID-19 deaths in a single day, obliterating the record set last spring. The number of Americans hospitalized with the virus has eclipsed 100,000 for the firs...
Dec 03, 2020 Midwest Communications
US jobless claims remain high at 712,000 as virus escalates
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to a still-high 712,000, the latest sign that the U.S. economy and job market remain under stress from the i...
Dec 03, 2020 Midwest Communications
One dead overnight in Peoria County crash
***UPDATE*** Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has released the name of the deceased passenger. He said 36-year-old Shannon Sommer-Affeldt was ejected from the vehicle and died instantly. __________...
Dec 03, 2020 Midwest Communications
Next for Biden: Naming a health care team as pandemic rages
WASHINGTON (AP) - Up soon for President-elect Joe Biden: naming his top health care officials as the coronavirus pandemic rages. It's hard to imagine more consequential picks. Biden is expected to ann...
Dec 03, 2020 In this Dec. 1, 2020, photo, President-elect Joe Biden speaks as Vice President-elect Kamala Harris listens at left, during an event to introduce their nominees and appointees to economic policy posts at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. Up soon for Biden: naming his top health care officials as the coronavirus pandemic rages. It’s hard to imagine more consequential picks. Biden is expected to announce his choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services next week. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
