Category Archives: Local News
Local COVID roundup 1/25: Positivity rate under 6%
PEORIA, Ill. -- The rolling seven-day positivity rate across Region 2 of Illinois has continued to decrease and now sits at 5.6%. Since the region has been below 6.5% for three consecutive days, the I...
Jan 25, 2021 Midwest Communications
Biden overturns ban on transgender people serving in the U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Monday overturned a controversial ban by his predecessor on transgender individuals serving in the U.S. military, a move that fulfills a campaign promise ...
Jan 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, after his inauguration as the 46th President of the United States, U.S., January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
Region 2 returning to Phase 4 Restore Illinois mitigations
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health announced on Monday that Region 2, which includes Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford Counties, will return to Phase 4 of the Restore Illinois guidel...
Jan 25, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. Supreme Court ends anti-corruption lawsuits against Trump
(Reuters) - Five days after the end of Donald Trump's presidency, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday halted lawsuits accusing him of violating the U.S. Constitution's anti-corruption provisions by maint...
Jan 25, 2021 U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he arrives at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Tazewell Co. Coroner releases homicide autopsy results
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. -- The Tazewell County Coroner has released autopsy results related to a recent homicide case. Coroner Charles Hanley said that 50-year-old Mona Ellison's death was caused by blu...
Jan 25, 2021 (Peoria Police Department)
'We can't wait:' Biden administration fights for $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Officials in President Joe Biden's administration tried to head off Republican concerns that his $1.9 trillion pandemic relief proposal was too expensive on a Sunday call with R...
Jan 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about his administration's plans to fight the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic during a COVID-19 response event as Vice President Kamala Harris listens at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
State COVID roundup 1/24: Illinois positivity rate 4.8%
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday reported 3,292 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, including 40 additional deaths. Between Saturday and Sunday, state ...
Jan 25, 2021 Midwest Communications
Trump's coming impeachment trial aggravates rift among Republicans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The coming second impeachment trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump on a charge of inciting the deadly storming of the Capitol has aggravated a rift among his fellow Repub...
Jan 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) arrives at a luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 23, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo
Collins forecasts winter storms for the Peoria area
PEORIA, Ill. -- UPDATED: A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect through noon Tuesday. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins forecasts a wintry mix including freezing rain which w...
Jan 24, 2021 Midwest Communications
Biden to take more action on climate change
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration next week will release more policies it believes are needed to tackle climate change and is urging China to toughen one of its targets ...
Jan 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about his administration's plans to fight the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic during a COVID-19 response event as Vice President Kamala Harris, Dr. Anthony Fauci and COVID-19 czar Jeff Zients listens at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
