Category Archives: Local News
Biden takes sweeping Day One action on energy, climate, immigration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday began signing 15 executive actions addressing the coronavirus pandemic, climate change and racial inequality, and undoing some policies put...
Jan 20, 2021 REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Local COVID roundup 1/20: hospital bed capacity grows again
PEORIA, Ill. -- A combined nine residents of Peoria and Tazewell Counties died between Tuesday and Wednesday from COVID-19 complications. Tazewell reported the deaths of a man in his 60s, one in his 7...
Jan 20, 2021 Midwest Communications
Bustos speaks on Biden, Harris
WASHINGTON - Illinois 17th District Rep. Cheri Bustos has released a statement regarding the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris: Today, I had the honor of joining my ...
Jan 20, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
State COVID roundup 1/20: almost 22k vaccines given each day over past week
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois as a state during the most recent reporting period saw 4,822 new cases of COVID-19 and 107 deaths. 3,284 hospital beds as of Tuesday night were being occupied by COVID pa...
Jan 20, 2021 Midwest Communications
LaHood congratulates new POTUS, VP
WASHINGTON - Illinois 18th District Rep. Darin LaHood has issued a statement regarding the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris: I congratulate President Joe Biden and ...
Jan 20, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Joe Biden becomes the 46th U.S. President
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Joe Biden was sworn in as president of the United States on Wednesday, assuming the helm of a country reeling from deep political divides, a battered economy and a ragi...
Jan 20, 2021 Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th President of the United States on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Trump, praising his own record, leaves White House ahead of Biden's inauguration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican President Donald Trump hailed his administration's record as he left the White House for the last time on Wednesday, hours before President-elect Joe Biden assumes th...
Jan 20, 2021 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Biden to assume U.S. presidency amid deep divisions, raging pandemic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, assuming the helm of a country beset by deep political divides and battered by a rag...
Jan 20, 2021 U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event at Major Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III National Guard/Reserve Center at New Castle County Airport in New Castle, Delaware, U.S. January 19, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
East Peoria appoints new police chief
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- The East Peoria City Council on Tuesday night appointed Rich Brodrick as Chief of Police. Brodrick has been serving as interim chief since former Chief Steve Roegge resigned in Oc...
Jan 20, 2021 (File/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Trump pardons ex-aide Bannon but not himself or family
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump granted clemency to former White House aide Steve Bannon as part of a wave of pardons and commutations issued in his final hours in office, but did n...
Jan 20, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon exits the Manhattan Federal Court, following his arraignment hearing for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S. August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
