Category Archives: Local News
Illinois lawmakers pass ethics reforms bill
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A series of ethics reforms made it through the Illinois House and Senate in the final hours of the spring legislative session that ended Monday night. The measure bans political f...
Jun 01, 2021 Midwest Communications
Biden to visit Tulsa massacre site as U.S. confronts racial legacy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Joe Biden on Tuesday will become the first sitting U.S. president to visit the site of the massacre of hundreds of Black Americans by a white mob in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as he marks...
Jun 01, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at an annual Memorial Day Service at Veterans Memorial Park, Delaware Memorial Bridge, New Castle, Delaware, U.S., May 30, 2021. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
State lawmakers pass Illinois' $42 billion budget
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- State lawmakers approved a more than $42 billion Illinois state budget for the new fiscal year late Monday night. The budget passed the Illinois House and Senate along party lines...
Jun 01, 2021
State COVID roundup 5/31: Just 521 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday reported just 521 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 33 additional deaths. It's the lowest number of COVID cases r...
May 31, 2021 Midwest Communications
Monday morning apartment fire causes $20,000 in damage
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics were dispatched Monday morning around 4:40 a.m. to 6831 N. Frostwood Pkwy on reports of smoke in a two-story apartment building. Once they arrived, fire c...
May 31, 2021 Midwest Communications
Shooting overnight in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- A shooting early Monday morning in Peoria left one person injured. Peoria Police said multiple shots were fired around 12:10 a.m. in the 700 block of E. Arcadia. A short time later, PP...
May 31, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. travelers hit the road again with Memorial Day holiday still subdued by pandemic
NEW YORK (Reuters) - With half the country at least partially protected against the coronavirus, Americans were fleeing their pandemic doldrums over the three-day holiday weekend that traditionally un...
May 31, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Travelers flock to Las Vegas ahead of Memorial Day weekend at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., May 28, 2021. REUTERS/Bridget Bennett/File Photo
State COVID roundup 5/30: 50% of IL adults fully vaccinated
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) on Sunday reported 602 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 18 deaths. In addition, 67% of Illinois adults have received at...
May 31, 2021 Midwest Communications
Motor racing-Castroneves wins Indianapolis 500 for fourth time
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) -Helio Castroneves won the Indianapolis 500 for a record-equalling fourth time on Sunday, in front of the largest crowd to attend a sporting event in the United States since the...
May 31, 2021 May 30, 2021; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Meyer Shank Racing driver Helio Castroneves (6) can be seen embracing a fan before the 105th running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Marc Lebryk-USA TODAY Sports
Gunmen kill two, wound 20 outside Florida concert
(Reuters) -Assailants opened fire on a crowd outside a concert in Florida early on Sunday, killing two people and wounding more than 20, police and media reports said. Three people got out of a white ...
May 31, 2021 Midwest Communications
