Category Archives: Local News
Beyonce, Taylor Swift make Grammy history as women dominate big prizes
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish took the top prizes at the Grammy Awards on Sunday but Beyonce was the big winner on a history making night marked by multiple wins for women. Be...
Mar 15, 2021 Taylor Swift wins the Grammy for Album of the Year for "Folklore" in this screen grab taken from video of the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 14, 2021. CBS/Handout via REUTERS
Peoria home destroyed by early morning fire
PEORIA,Ill. -- Firefighters were called to the 2200 block of W. Howett early Monday morning on reports of a house fire. Fire Battalion Chief Ralph Phillips said crews found heavy fire and smoke coming...
Mar 15, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
State COVID roundup 3/14: Over 4 million doses administered
CHICAGO - Illinois health officials reported 1,484 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, including 19 additional deaths statewide as Illinois has administered more than 4 million vac...
Mar 15, 2021 Midwest Communications
Bradley Women's Basketball team headed to NCAA tournament
PEORIA, Ill. -- With a 78-70 win over Drake in the championship game of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, the Bradley Braves Women's Basketball team is headed to the NCAA tournament. Bradley ...
Mar 15, 2021 Bradley University
Biden wants to await outcome of sexual misconduct probe of Cuomo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden declined on Sunday to call on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign over sexual misconduct allegations, saying he wanted to await the outcome of an invest...
Mar 15, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden walks across the South Lawn of the White House towards reporters, in Washington, U.S., March 14, 2021. REUTERS/Cheriss May
Marvelous Marvin Hagler dies at 66
(Reuters) - Marvelous Marvin Hagler, who dominated boxing's middleweight division in the 1980s, has died at the age of 66, his wife Kay Hagler said on Saturday. The cause of death was not immediately ...
Mar 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former world middleweight champion Marvin Hagler poses on the red carpet as he arrives for the Laureus World Sports Awards at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi February 7, 2011. REUTERS/Jumana El-Heloueh/File Photo
Biden administration enlists FEMA to help at the border
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Saturday ordered an emergency agency that usually responds to floods, storms and other major disasters to help care for a growing num...
Mar 14, 2021 Asylum seeking migrant families and unaccompanied minors from Central America take refuge in a makeshift U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing center under the Anzalduas International Bridge after crossing the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico in Granjeno, Texas, U.S., March 12, 2021. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
Saturday afternoon house fire causes smoke damage
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics Saturday afternoon responded to a report of an outside fire near 2325 W. Butler. "It was a dead-end street that kind of came to an odd intersection with a...
Mar 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 3/13: new vax record set
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Saturday reported 1,675 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, including 23 additional deaths. In the past 24 hours, laborat...
Mar 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
Another COVID-19 vax expected to file for emergency use authorization
CHICAGO (Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc. is preparing to file for U.S. emergency use authorization (EUA) for its COVID-19 vaccine later this month or early April after accumulating enough data to judge th...
Mar 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A vial and syringe in front of an AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
