Category Archives: Local News
Local COVID roundup 1/6: Still meeting all criteria
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department Wednesday reported 212 new cases of COVID-19 throughout the tri-county of Peoria, Woodford and Tazewell. In addition, six deaths were also repo...
Jan 06, 2021 Midwest Communications
Pro-Trump protesters swarm Capitol amid challenge to his election loss
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Protesters supporting Donald Trump swarmed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, putting it on lockdown, as Vice President Mike Pence rebuffed the president's demand to overturn his los...
Jan 06, 2021 REUTERS/Stephanie Keith
Despite Trump pressure, Pence will not block Biden's election certification: advisers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to help overturn his election loss, Vice President Mike Pence will stick to his ceremonial duties and not block Wednesday's cer...
Jan 06, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Vice President Mike Pence finishes a swearing-in ceremony for Senators in the Old Senate Chamber at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S. January 3, 2021. J. Scott Applewhite/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Biden selects Judge Merrick Garland for attorney general: official
(Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden intends to nominate federal appeals court Judge Merrick Garland, who was once President Barack Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court, to serve as the next U.S. at...
Jan 06, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Appeals Court Judge Merrick Garland speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House after being nominated by President Barack Obama (not pictured) to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., March 16, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Reditus Labs' equipment will catch COVID variants
PEKIN, Ill. -- Pekin-based Reditus Labs' testing equipment will catch the new COVID-19 variants, according to the company's CEO. In a news release on Wednesday, Dr. Anthony Rossi said Reditus has adde...
Jan 06, 2021 Midwest Communications
Trump supporters crowd into Washington to protest Congress certifying Biden's victory
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump, including members of far-right militia groups, gathered in Washington in protest at a meeting of Congress on Wednesday to...
Jan 06, 2021 A supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump protests against the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress in front of the U.S. Capitol Building, in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
Family Video Closing all locations
GLENVIEW, Ill. -- It's an end of an era. One of the nation's last video rental companies is closing its doors. Family Video President Keith Hoogland made the announcement Monday, saying the company is...
Jan 06, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Jeremy Scott
Pere Marquette and Courtyard by Mariott under new management
ATLANTA - Hospitality management company Davidson Hotels & Resorts has been tapped by National Real Estate Advisors to manage the Peoria Marriott Pere Marquette and Courtyard by Marriott Peoria. L...
Jan 06, 2021 MWC
Democrats on brink of U.S. Senate control, winning one Georgia race and leading in second
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Democrats won one U.S. Senate race in Georgia and surged ahead in another on Wednesday, moving closer to a stunning sweep that would give them control of the chamber and the power ...
Jan 06, 2021 Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Raphael Warnock speaks on his campaign's Youtube account after the runoff election against Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 6, 2021. Warnock for Georgia/Social Media via REUTERS.
Semi accident closes ramp on I-474
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- The Peoria County Sheriff confirms an accident shut down the eastbound ramp to Interstate 474 at the Farmington Road Exit early Wednesday morning. A semi caught fire. Motorists ...
Jan 06, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
