Category Archives: Local News
Congress works through the weekend to finalize COVID aid package
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Washington were working through the weekend to complete a $900 billion coronavirus aid bill for American individuals and businesses strugg...
Dec 19, 2020 REUTERS/Erin Scott
Friday night crash leaves three injured in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Three people were injured Friday night when the driver of an SUV crashed into three parked cars in Peoria. Police and emergency crews were called to the scene just after 7 p.m. to the ...
Dec 19, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Moderna vaccine approved for emergency use by FDA
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc's coronavirus vaccine on Friday became the second to receive emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, welcome news to a nation with a stagg...
Dec 18, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos's ex-wife, donates $5 million to Goodwill of Central Illinois
PEORIA, Ill -- MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, has gifted $5 million to Goodwill of Central Illinois. Over the last four months, Scott has gifted more than $4 bi...
Dec 18, 2020 1470/100.3 WMBD-Mike Sabol
State COVID roundup 12/18: 112k tested
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The statewide COVID-19 rolling seven-day positivity rate fell between Thursday and Friday to an even 8%. 112,292 people during the period got tested, as 7,377 people received posi...
Dec 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 12/18: staying under 10% positivity rate
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health's (IDPH) Region 2, which encompasses Peoria; Tazewell; and Woodford counties, rolling seven-day positivity rate continues to remain below 10%. ...
Dec 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
Tony Award winning actor helping Peoria Players Theatre
PEORIA, Ill. -- Add this to the list of reasons why 2020 can be considered one long episode of "The Twilight Zone:" Ebenezer Scrooge is being generous this holiday season. As music and theatre enthusi...
Dec 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
Pence, wife Karen, get COVID-19 vaccine injections
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Mike Pence was vaccinated for COVID-19 on Friday in a live-television event aimed at reassuring Americans the vaccine is safe. "The American people can be confident: w...
Dec 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
1,260 COVID-19 vaccination doses estimated to be administered by end of Thursday
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department announced an estimated 1,260 total doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will have been administered across UnityPoint and OSF hospitals by the end of ...
Dec 17, 2020
U.S. FDA advisory panel sets stage for Moderna vaccine authorization
(Reuters) - A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday overwhelmingly endorsed emergency use of Moderna Inc's coronavirus vaccine, virtually assuring a second opt...
Dec 17, 2020 REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Ilustration
