Category Archives: Local News
Peoria council approves liquor, gaming parlor relief
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City Council voted Tuesday night on two measures that will cut 2021 license renewal fees in half for establishments with indoor video gaming and on-site liquor consumption. For ...
Jan 12, 2021 Midwest Communications
Pence says he opposes removing Trump with 25th Amendment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said in a letter to House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday that he is opposed to invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President...
Jan 12, 2021 J. Scott Applewhite/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Democrats poised to impeach defiant Trump over storming of U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A fiery debate opened in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday over a Democratic-led effort to remove President Donald Trump from office for inciting supporters who storm...
Jan 12, 2021 REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Driver who crashed into Pekin home arrested for DUI
PEKIN, Ill. -- A driver that rammed into a Pekin home on N 11th St. early Tuesday morning was reportedly under the influence, according to the City of Pekin Police Department. Pekin Police were dispat...
Jan 12, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Local COVID roundup 1/12: hospitalizations rise again
PEORIA, Ill. -- After an increase of COVID-19 hospitalized patients in area hospitals of 10 over the weekend, the Peoria City/County Health Department reported Tuesday 11 more hospital beds are in use...
Jan 12, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 1/12: Hospitalizations remaining steady
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Tuesday reported 6,642 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 117 additional deaths. Hospitalizations,...
Jan 12, 2021 Midwest Communications
Trump says impeachment moves causing anger, but "I want no violence"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, under pressure to resign after his supporters carried out a deadly breach of the U.S. Capitol last week, said there was tremendous anger about moves...
Jan 12, 2021 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One to depart Washington on travel to visit the U.S.-Mexico border Wall in Texas, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., January 12, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Democrats press ahead with drive to impeach Trump after Capitol siege
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats will give President Donald Trump one last chance on Tuesday to leave office days before his term expires or face an unprecedented second impeachment over his supporter...
Jan 12, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A mob of supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Trump administration to deliver guidelines to speed up vaccinations - Axios
(Reuters) - The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump will deliver new guidelines on Tuesday aimed at getting coronavirus vaccinations moving faster, Axios reported https://www.axios.com/trump...
Jan 12, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at Queens Police Academy in the Queens borough of New York, U.S., January 11, 2021. Jeenah Moon/Pool via REUTERS
Allegiant adds new flights at PIA
PEORIA, Ill. -- Soon, you'll be able to fly from the General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport to two new U.S. cities. Allegiant Airlines announced Tuesday morning that it's adding flights...
Jan 12, 2021 (flypia.com)
