Category Archives: Local News
State COVID roundup 3/31: Key metric met for Bridge Phase
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Wednesday reported 2,592 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 28 additional deaths. 70% of Illinois residents 65 and older ...
Mar 31, 2021 Midwest Communications
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine safe, effective on adolescents in trial, companies say
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE said on Wednesday their COVID-19 vaccine was safe and effective and produced robust antibody responses in 12- to 15-year olds, paving the way for them to...
Mar 31, 2021 REUTERS/Marko Djurica
Rep. Bustos holds town hall, discusses equality and voting rights
PEORIA, Ill. -- Representative Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., Tuesday night joined members of Equality Illinois and Peoria Proud via Zoom for the Peoria LGBTQ Town Hall to discuss the Equality Act, as well as ...
Mar 30, 2021
Rep. Darin LaHood tours Meals on Wheels, talks current vaccination rate
PEORIA, Ill. -- United States Representative Darin LaHood (IL-18) was in Peoria Tuesday to tour the Meals on Wheels facility that provides meals to people that are unable to prepare their own meal. Ne...
Mar 30, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
State COVID roundup 3/30: IDPH says Bridge Phase must keep waiting
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Tuesday continued to warn residents as long as COVID-19 numbers are unsatisfactory, the state will not enter the "Bridge Phase" from Ph...
Mar 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 3/30: ICU metric teeters just above line
PEORIA, Ill. -- Local and regional COVID-19 numbers released Tuesday continued to show undesirable trends. 195 residents of the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county found out between Monday and Tuesday...
Mar 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
Witness to deadly arrest of George Floyd returns to stand in Derek Chauvin murder trial
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A professional mixed martial arts fighter who witnessed the deadly arrest of George Floyd in Minneapolis last May returned to the stand on Tuesday for the second day of testimo...
Mar 30, 2021 REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo
Volkswagen will not change name of U.S. operations: sources
***UPDATE*** 3/30/21 3:15 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG's U.S. unit will not change its name even after the German automaker issued a statement on Tuesday saying it would, three sources br...
Mar 30, 2021 REUTERS/Stephen Lam
BioNTech-Pfizer raise 2021 vaccine output goal to 2.5 billion doses
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - BioNTech said on Tuesday that it and partner Pfizer expect to increase manufacturing capacity of their COVID-19 vaccine to 2.5 billion doses by the end of 2021, after bringing a ...
Mar 30, 2021 REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen
PPD looking into 2 Monday shootings
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police as of Tuesday morning were gathering information regarding two Monday night shootings in South Peoria. The first happened around 7, in the area of Starr and Griswold. Two...
Mar 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
