Category Archives: Local News
State lawmakers approve sweeping education reforms
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- State lawmakers have approved a massive reform bill designed to address racism and inequities in Illinois' education system. The legislation approaches the problem from several an...
Jan 12, 2021 Midwest Communications
Regions likely to move to Tier 2 mitigation by Friday
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Regions of Illinois successfully containing the coronavirus may be able to ease up on COVID-19 restrictions starting Friday, Jan. 15. Some areas of the state may be getting good n...
Jan 12, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Impeachment consideration to begin Wednesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives expects to begin considering a second impeachment of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, a top Democrat said on Monday after the president was...
Jan 11, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence stand while making remarks about early results from the 2020 U.S. presidential election in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 4, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
State COVID roundup 1/11: Fewer than 5,000 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday announced 4,776 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 53 additional deaths. In the last 24 hou...
Jan 11, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 1/11: 15 deaths over weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department Monday announced 15 area deaths took place over the weekend due to COVID-19. Tazewell County reported the majority of the new deaths with 12. P...
Jan 11, 2021 Midwest Communications
Madigan suspends campaign for House Speaker
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan on Monday announced he's "suspending" his campaign for a 19th term as Speaker. In a statement, Madigan said, "This is not a withdrawal." Madiga...
Jan 11, 2021 (Illiniois General Assembly)
PGA severs ties with Trump's Bedminster course
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Late Sunday night, the Professional Golf Association of America's Board of Directors voted to terminate an agreement to play the 2022 PGA Championship at President Trump's Bedminst...
Jan 11, 2021 Midwest Communications
Biden nominates longtime U.S. diplomat Burns to lead CIA
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will tap a former career diplomat in William Burns to lead the CIA, his transition team said on Monday, as the Democrat races to put a natio...
Jan 11, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns makes remarks at the start of the Ecopartnership event of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) at the State Department in Washington July 11, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Illinois Black Caucus pushes for police reforms
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Legislative Black Caucus said during a press conference on Sunday, now is the time for police and criminal justice reforms. Senator Elgie Sims, of Chicago, said it's ...
Jan 11, 2021
State COVID roundup 1/10: Statewide positivity down
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois health officials reported 4,711 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, including 81 additional deaths as the state's positivity rate dropped following a recent increase. As of ...
Jan 11, 2021 Midwest Communications
