Author Archives: Kristina Leahy
State COVID roundup 5/18: new contact tracing program introduced
CHICAGO -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday the state is building a tech-based approach to contact tracing. "That way larger health departments can assist where smaller departments need help," Pritzker ...
May 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
J.C Penney pushed into bankruptcy
NEW YORK (AP) - The coronavirus pandemic has pushed troubled department store chain J.C. Penney into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth major retailer to meet that fate. As part of its reorganiza...
May 15, 2020 (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Illinois passes 90,000 cases of COVID-19 as Peoria gets set for new testing site
CHICAGO -- Illinois has reached a total of 90,369 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 2,432 new cases reported. There were 130 new deaths reported in the last 24 hours, bringing the state's total to 4,0...
May 15, 2020 Midwest Communications
Trump announces Operation Warp Speed for COVID-19 vaccine
WASHINGTON -- From the Rose Garden Friday, President Donald Trump announced Operation Warp Speed, a plan to find a vaccine for coronavirus. Trump said he hopes a vaccine could be developed by the end ...
May 15, 2020 (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
The recovery rate increased to 73% in Tri-County
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Tri-County region has reached 222 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Only one new case was reported in the last 24 hours, the case is in Peoria County. Peoria County has 149 confirmed ca...
May 14, 2020 Midwest Communications
Gov. Pritzker launches Get Hired Illinois
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker said supporting workers and families during this time is a top priority. Pritzker said that the Illinois Department of Employment Security will start processing fil...
May 14, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria's third homicide victim has been identified
PEORIA, Ill. -- The victim of Peoria's third homicide of 2020 has been identified as 22-year-old Brein Metts of Peoria. Peoria Police responded Wednesday around 7:15 p.m. to the 1700 block of N. Great...
May 14, 2020
Burr steps aside as Senate intelligence chair amid FBI probe
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Richard Burr stepped aside as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee after the FBI served a search warrant for his phone as part of an ongoing insider-trading investigati...
May 14, 2020 (Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
Pride for Peoria: Richwoods teacher and coach says remote learning is a lesson for everyone
PEORIA, Ill. -- Another school year is almost in the books. Richwoods High School teacher and coach, Patrick Hogan, said when the pandemic started and classes were moved online, teachers received five...
May 13, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Ezike: Expect increase in cases with increased testing in Illinois
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Dr. Ngozi Ezike with the Illinois Department of Public Health shared pride for local health departments and said local health officials are making decisions based on science. Ezike sa...
May 13, 2020 Midwest Communications
