Category Archives: Local News
Trump pardons former campaign chairman Manafort, associate Roger Stone
PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued full pardons to his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, associate Roger Stone, and Charles Kushner, a real estate devel...
Dec 23, 2020 REUTERS/Leah Millis
Peoria fire crews rescue four stuck on church roof
PEORIA, Ill. -- Six people replacing a Peoria church's roof Wednesday afternoon got stuck on the roof, prompting a call to Peoria Fire and Rescue. Crews were dispatched around 3:00 to St. Joseph's Cat...
Dec 23, 2020 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
East Peoria Police issue phone scam warning
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- It appears East Peoria residents' generosity is under attack by a few Grinches. The East Peoria Police Department on Wednesday reported a recent barrage of phone scammers posing a...
Dec 23, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Local COVID roundup 12/23: ICU bed capacity remains below line
PEORIA, Ill. -- Intensive care unit bed capacity remained the concern Wednesday for Region Two. Of all four metrics that must be met by the region in order for the Illinois Department of Public Health...
Dec 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 12/23: bed usage slightly up
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Wednesday reported 6,762 new cases of COVID-19 since Tuesday throughout Illinois, as well as 135 additional deaths. Illinois laboratori...
Dec 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall; consumer spending declines in November
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, though remaining elevated as more businesses face restrictions and consum...
Dec 23, 2020 FILE PHOTO: Rose Carter, of Lexington, waits in a line outside a temporary unemployment office established by the Kentucky Labor Cabinet at the State Capitol Annex in Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S. June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston
Pfizer to supply U.S. with 100 million more COVID-19 shots by July
(Reuters) -Pfizer Inc will supply the United States with 100 million additional doses of its COVID-19 vaccine by July next year, the U.S. drugmaker said on Wednesday. The agreement brings the total nu...
Dec 23, 2020 A box of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is seen at Crown Heights Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, a nursing home facility in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., December 22, 2020. REUTERS/Yuki Iwamura
East Peoria home suffers extensive damage in early morning fire
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- It's unclear what caused an early morning garage fire that spread to an East Peoria home Wednesday morning. East Peoria Fire Chief John Knapp said the call came in just before 4 a...
Dec 23, 2020 (25 News)
Trump threatens to not sign COVID-19 bill, wants bigger stimulus checks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to not sign an $892 billion coronavirus relief bill that includes desperately needed money for individual Americans, saying it should...
Dec 23, 2020 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump departs on travel to West Point, New York from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 12, 2020. REUTERS/Cheriss May/File Photo
Bradley men's basketball MVC opener against Valpo postponed
VALPARAISO, Ind. -- Bradley men's basketball's first two Missouri Valley Conference games against Valparaiso University have been postponed. The games were scheduled to take place on Dec. 28 and 29. V...
Dec 22, 2020 Bradley University
