Category Archives: Local News
Local COVID roundup 3/26: everyone eligible a week early
PEORIA, Ill. -- On the day the Illinois Department of Public Health told local health departments they could open up eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine to anyone 16 and older as long as there was en...
Mar 26, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 3/26: IDPH opens up conditional open eligibility
***UPDATE*** 3/26/21 2:00 P.M. Peoria City/County Health Department has announced all people 16 and older will be eligible for the vaccine on Apr. 5, one week ahead of the state's Apr. 12 open eligibi...
Mar 26, 2021 Midwest Communications
New study to test Moderna vaccine in transmission prevention among college students
(Reuters) - College students in the United States, vaccinated with Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine, will be part of a new study to test its effectiveness in curbing the spread of the virus, the COVID-1...
Mar 26, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A health worker prepares a syringe with a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Marcq-en-Baroeul as part of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination campaign in France, March 21, 2021. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
ISP mourns officer killed in on-duty crash
PESOTUM, Ill. -- Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly on Thursday announced the on-duty death of ISP District 10 Trooper Todd Hanneken. On March 25, at approximately 10:42 a.m., Trooper Hannek...
Mar 26, 2021 (Illinois State Police)
Dominion Voting Systems sues Fox News for $1.6 billion over election claims: AP
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dominion Voting Systems has filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, accusing the cable news network of falsely claiming the voting company rigged the 2020 elec...
Mar 26, 2021 FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A Fox News channel sign is seen on a television vehicle outside the News Corporation building in New York City, in New York, U.S. November 8, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/
U.S. Supreme Court weighs taking up major gun rights case
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday will discuss taking up a major new gun rights case involving a National Rifle Association-backed challenge to a New York state law that restricts ...
Mar 26, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Seized handguns are pictured at the police headquarters in New York, New York August 19, 2013. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/
Local COVID roundup 3/25: 1 new death
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Tazewell County man in his 70s passed away between Wednesday and Thursday from COVID-19. His living situation was not reported. Overall, 164 residents of Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodfo...
Mar 25, 2021 Midwest Communications
Three dogs die in Peoria house fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Three dogs died in a fire Thursday afternoon just before 2:45 p.m. in the 2800 block of W. Wyoming St. Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics were called to the scene. There was originally beli...
Mar 25, 2021 Midwest Communications
Attempted murder at One Stop Corner Market on Friday; 15-year-old suspect in custody
***UPDATE*** 3/25/21 4:55 P.M. A 15-year-old male who may have been involved in the shooting has been arrested. The teen was nabbed after a Monday report of a male who had a gun in the 100 block of N....
Mar 25, 2021
Health Department sees rise in cases among younger population
PEORIA, Ill. -- The tri-county has seen an uptick in COVID-19 cases since the beginning of March, especially in the past week, according to the Peoria City/County Health Department. Public Health Admi...
Mar 25, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
