Category Archives: Local News
Village of Morton lifts boil order
MORTON, Ill. -- The Village of Morton lifted its city-wide boil order Sunday morning, according to the Village of Morton Facebook page. Customers no longer need to boil their water prior to consumptio...
Jan 03, 2021
Man shot at Greenbriar Apartments Saturday night
PEORIA, Ill. -- A shooting Saturday night at the Greenbriar Apartments is being investigated by Peoria Police. The shooting took place shortly after 7:00 p.m. One man was shot in the torso and taken t...
Jan 03, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 1/02: hospital bed utilization down
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 4,762 new and probable COVID-19 cases on Saturday, along with 29 additional deaths. State labs collected 61,987 specimens to be t...
Jan 02, 2021 Midwest Communications
Morton District 709 COVID-19 update: cases and quarantines down as second semester set to begin
MORTON, Ill. -- 14 students within Morton School District 709 were diagnosed with COVID-19, and 26 were in quarantine, as of Jan. 1. One staff member had coronavirus and four were in isolation, as of ...
Jan 02, 2021
Village of Morton issues boil order, effective immediately
MORTON, Ill. -- The Village of Morton issued a city-wide boil order, effective immediately, on Jan. 2, 2021, according to the Tazewell County Health Department. A temporary loss of power at the Water ...
Jan 02, 2021
Rejecting Trump veto, Republican-led Senate backs defense bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump suffered a stinging rebuke in the U.S. Senate on Friday when fellow Republicans joined Democrats to override a presidential veto for the first time in his ...
Jan 02, 2021 A person walks through the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building, Washington, December 28, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis
U.S. judge dismisses lawmaker lawsuit against Pence over electoral count
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday rejected a lawsuit from a Republican congressman that sought to allow Vice President Mike Pence to reject Electoral College votes for Joe Biden when Con...
Jan 02, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks after receiving the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 18, 2020. REUTERS/Cheriss May
State COVID roundup 1/1: Statewide positivity up slightly
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday reported 7,201 new confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases and 157 virus-related deaths in its daily report. As of Thursday night,...
Jan 02, 2021 Midwest Communications
Romney floats sweeping vaccine plan as U.S. nears 20 million COVID-19 cases
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Mitt Romney on Friday urged the U.S. government to immediately enlist veterinarians, combat medics and others in a sweeping proposal to administer coronavirus vaccinatio...
Jan 01, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) walks through the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., December 17, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott
Ice storm brings outages in the tri-county area
Ameren Illinois' Outage Map early Friday afternoon showed over 3,800 customers in Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford Counties were without power. Icy conditions left many power lines taxed or out of servic...
Jan 01, 2021 Midwest Communications
