Category Archives: Local News
Shooting in Peoria leaves one injured
PEORIA, Ill. -- One person was injured in a shooting late Thursday night in Peoria. Police said it happened around 10:45 p.m. near the intersection of Trewyn and Montana. Peoria Public Information Off...
May 28, 2021 Midwest Communications
BU updates COVID guidelines
PEORIA, Ill. -- With Bradley University's summer break having started and concurrent summer class sessions about to begin, the university on Thursday released a series of new COVID-19 directions. The ...
May 27, 2021 MWC-Bradley Campus 2020
Overnight shooting leaves one dead in Peoria, victim ID'ed
***UPDATE*** 5/27/21 3:45 P.M. 20-year-old Kandon Bonner has been identified as the victim. An autopsy showed Bonner suffered multiple gunshots to his thorax. _________________________________________...
May 27, 2021 (25 News)
Next Morton Supt. picked
MORTON, Ill. -- Just two days after announcing Superintendent Jeff Hill would be retiring at the end of the 2021-2022 school year, Morton District 709 announced who will fill Hill's shoes. Assistant S...
May 27, 2021
State COVID roundup 5/27: Fewer than 900 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Thursday reported 891 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 42 additional deaths. More than 63,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine...
May 27, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 5/27: 3 additional deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- After reporting zero area deaths related to COVID-19 on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Peoria City/County Health Department Thursday reported three such deaths. A Peoria County male in his...
May 27, 2021 Midwest Communications
FEMA assisting local health departments with COVID-19 outreach
PEORIA, Ill. -- A team from the Federal Emergency Management Agency is working with local health departments to raise awareness about the availability of COVID-19 vaccine clinics and various recovery ...
May 27, 2021 Midwest Communications
Biden to push $6 trillion U.S. budget for next fiscal year - NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will seek $6 trillion in U.S. federal spending for the 2022 fiscal year, rising to $8.2 trillion by 2031, the New York Times reported on Thursday, a day befo...
May 27, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about jobs and the economy at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
U.S. weekly jobless claims drop sharply
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped more than expected last week as layoffs subsided, with companies desperate for workers to meet surgin...
May 27, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Hundreds of people line up outside a Kentucky Career Center hoping to find assistance with their unemployment claim in Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S. June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo
Update: California transit worker kills 9, extending U.S. mass shooting epidemic
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) - A California transit employee killed nine co-workers before taking his own life on Wednesday, the latest in a spate of deadly U.S. mass shootings, prompting the state's go...
May 27, 2021 Police secure the scene of a mass shooting at a rail yard run by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority in San Jose, California, U.S. May 26, 2021. REUTERS/Peter DaSilva
