Category Archives: Local News
U.S. job growth picks up in May; unemployment rate falls to 5.8%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers boosted hiring in May as the easing pandemic, helped by vaccinations, pulled more people back into the labor force, offering assurance that the economy's recovery...
Jun 04, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud
Racing to salvage infrastructure deal, Biden to reconvene with Republican negotiator
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will meet with the main Republican negotiator on infrastructure spending on Friday as they try to craft a deal that can satisfy their sharply divided camps. ...
Jun 04, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden gestures toward Senator Shelley Capito (R-WV) during an infrastructure meeting with Republican Senators at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 13, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
KDB Group presents InterPlay Park to community Thursday
PEORIA, Ill. -- Kim Blickenstaff's KDB Group held a presentation Thursday night that allowed for community feedback on his idea of InterPlay Park, a park that would be built over I-74 between Adams St...
Jun 03, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
PCCHD talks return to normalcy as Phase 5 looms
PEORIA, Ill. -- As COVID-19 new cases, hospitalizations, and vaccinations continue to trend in the right direction in the tri-county area and Illinois, a return to some sort of normalcy looms on June ...
Jun 03, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
State COVID roundup 6/3: hospital beds in use drop below 1k
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Thursday reported 674 new COVID-19 cases throughout the state, to go along with 24 new deaths. A total of 997 Illinoisans as of Wednesd...
Jun 03, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 6/3: ICU patient count remains in single digits
PEORIA, Ill. -- No deaths and only 15 new cases highlighted Thursday's Peoria City/County Health Department COVID-19 report. 10 of the new cases belong to Tazewell County, and all others are of Peoria...
Jun 03, 2021 Midwest Communications
Biden says U.S. to send 25 million COVID-19 vaccines around the world
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Thursday laid out how the United States would share some 25 million of a planned 80 million COVID-19 vaccine doses with the rest of the world. The United S...
Jun 03, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled "Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine" are seen in this illustration picture taken May 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
County stars set to perform at Tailgate N' Tallboys festival
PEORIA, Ill. -- One of the Midwest's first outdoor music festivals of the summer begins Thursday night at Peoria's Louisville Slugger Sports Complex. Tailgate N' Tallboys Organizer Wayne Klein, with U...
Jun 03, 2021
Netanyahu, battling for political life, attacks deal to unseat him
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday fought back against an agreement by his political opponents for a government of left-wing, centrist and right-wing parties ai...
Jun 03, 2021 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on after a special session of the Knesset whereby Israeli lawmakers elected a new president, at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem June 2, 2021. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
Biden to speak again with Republican Senator Capito on Friday on infrastructure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden and Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito had a "constructive and frank" discussion on Wednesday about revitalizing U.S. infrastructure and agreed to talk a...
Jun 03, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the U.S. economy in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
