Author Archives: Julia Bradley
State COVID roundup 11/22: over 10,000 new cases statewide
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Public Health reported an additional 10,012 new and probable cases of COVID-19, including 76 additional deaths on Sunday. As of Saturday night, 6,072 peo...
Nov 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
Biden expected to nominate Blinken as secretary of state
WASHINGTON (AP) - A longtime national security aide to President-elect Joe Biden is expected to become Biden's nominee for secretary of state. Multiple people familiar with the Biden team's planning t...
Nov 23, 2020 FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, file photo, Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Syria. Blinken is the leading contender to become President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for secretary of state, according to multiple people familiar with the Biden team's planning. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Georgia Secretary of State to certify election for Biden
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's top elections official said he will certify that Joe Biden won the state's presidential election. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger spoke after a hand tally stemming from ...
Nov 20, 2020 Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks during a news conference on Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, in Atlanta. Georgia’s top elections official said he will certify that Joe Biden won the state's presidential election after a hand tally stemming from a mandatory audit affirmed the Democrat's lead over Republican President Donald Trump. Raffensperger said during a news conference Friday that he believes the numbers his office has presented are correct.(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Pfizer seeking emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine in US
(AP) -- Pfizer is set to ask U.S. regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine, starting a process that could bring first shots as early as next month. Friday's step comes days after Pfiz...
Nov 20, 2020 FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2020, file photo, pedestrians walk past Pfizer world headquarters in New York. Pfizer announced Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, more results in its ongoing coronavirus vaccine study that suggest the shots are 95% effective a month after the first dose. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
Irked Illinois governor to Speaker: End 'political circus'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois governor says the speaker of the House should answer questions about a bribery scheme in which federal prosecutors have implicated him, or resign. Gov. J.B. Pritz...
Nov 20, 2020 AP Photo/Seth Perlman
Stabbing on CityLink bus leaves driver and suspect injured
PEORIA, Ill. -- The driver of a CityLink bus was stabbed in the neck Thursday night by a passenger he'd earlier kicked off the bus, according to Peoria Police. Emergency crews were called to the scene...
Nov 20, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
PPD closes lobby, some services still available
PEORIA, Ill. -- In accordance with other City of Peoria closures due to Tier 3 mitigation measures, the Peoria Police Department Lobby is now closed. Several PPD services are suspended due to the clos...
Nov 19, 2020
IDPH: COVID-19 is overwhelming our hospitals
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- State officials say too many many in Illinois still believe COVID-19 is a hoax. Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, Dr. Ngozi Ezike, said during Wednesday's dail...
Nov 19, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
US jobless claims increase to 742,000 as pandemic worsens
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid rose last week to 742,000, the first increase in five weeks and a sign that the resurgent viral outbreak is likely slowing the econom...
Nov 19, 2020 Midwest Communications
Most Peoria County departments closing temporarily
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- Most Peoria County government offices will be closed to the public beginning Friday in compliance with the state's Tier 3 mitigation recommendations to combat a surge in COVID-1...
Nov 19, 2020
