Category Archives: Local News
Illinois fires coach Lovie Smith after 5 seasons
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Illinois has fired coach Lovie Smith with one game left in its ninth consecutive losing season. Smith became Illinois' first Black head football coach when he was hired by athle...
Dec 14, 2020 Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz, left, and Illinois head coach Lovie Smith shakes hands after an NCAA college football game Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, in Champaign, Ill. Iowa won 35-21. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
State COVID roundup 12/13: Over 7,000 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 7,216 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 848,904. Sunday's report included 115 deat...
Dec 14, 2020 Midwest Communications
US agencies hacked in monthslong global cyberspying campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. government agencies were ordered to scour their networks for malware and disconnect potentially compromised servers after authorities learned that the Treasury and Commerce depa...
Dec 14, 2020 FILE - The U.S. Treasury Department building viewed from the Washington Monument, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Washington. Hackers got into computers at the U.S. Treasury Department and possibly other federal agencies, touching off a government response involving the National Security Council. Security Council spokesperson John Ullyot said Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020 that the government is aware of reports about the hacks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, file)
Electors meeting to formally choose Biden as next president
WASHINGTON (AP) - Presidential electors are meeting across the United States on Monday to formally choose Joe Biden as the nation's next president. Monday is the day set by law for the meeting of the ...
Dec 14, 2020 FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2016, file photo members of the Mississippi Electoral College sign certificates of vote in the process of formally casting their electoral votes in the 2016 General Election for President and Vice President of the United States at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Presidential electors are meeting across the United States Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, to formally choose Joe Biden as the nation's next president. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
Morton District 709 weekly COVID-19 update
MORTON, Ill. -- Morton School District's COVID-19 numbers from the week of Dec. 11 to the week of Dec. 18 remained relatively consistent, but student quarantines decreased dramatically because of the ...
Dec 13, 2020 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
State COVID roundup 12/12: 127 more deaths
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health reported Saturday 8,737 new and probable COVID-19 cases to go along with 127 additional deaths. Testing labs across the state collected 12...
Dec 12, 2020 Midwest Communications
Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in states Monday
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's first COVID-19 vaccine will begin arriving in states Monday morning, U.S. officials said Saturday, after the government gave the final go-ahead to the shots needed to en...
Dec 12, 2020 Midwest Communications
President Trump supporters to rally in Washington D.C. Saturday
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supporters of President Donald Trump are returning to Washington on Saturday for a pair of rallies to back his efforts to subvert the election results. The rallies come a month after...
Dec 12, 2020 Supporters cheer as President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at the Orlando Sanford International Airport Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, in Sanford, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Illinois State Fair announces 2021 show lineup
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- After being forced to cancel performances at the Illinois State Fair in 2020, the fair announced Friday the lineup of performers confirmed so far for 2021. This is the first time ...
Dec 12, 2020 Midwest Communications
U.S. government approves COVID vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. gave the final go-ahead Friday to the nation's first COVID-19 vaccine, marking what could be the beginning of the end of an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans...
Dec 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
