Category Archives: Local News
FDA advisers approve emergency use of COVID vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) - A U.S. government advisory panel has endorsed Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine, in a major step toward an epic vaccination campaign that could finally conquer the outbreak. The Food and ...
Dec 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
LaHood throws support behind Texas lawsuit
***UPDATE*** LaHood has released a statement: I joined over 100 of my Republican colleagues to sign onto an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the case filed by the Attorney General ...
Dec 10, 2020 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Local COVID roundup 12/10: youngest area person to date dies
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Metro experienced five deaths between Wednesday and Thursday related to the coronavirus, including the area's youngest COVID-related death to date. The Peoria City/County Health...
Dec 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 12/10: almost 200 die
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Nearly 200 people in the state of Illinois between Wednesday and Thursday died from COVID-19 complications. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 11,101 new positive c...
Dec 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
Harwood: Peoria County's morgue is running out of space
PEORIA, Ill. --Rising COVID-19 deaths in Central Illinois are forcing the Peoria County coroner to consider activating a mobile morgue. The numbers have the Peoria County morgue close to capacity, acc...
Dec 10, 2020 Peoria County Coroner's Office
US jobless claims jump to 853,000 amid resurgence of virus
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people applying for unemployment aid jumped last week to 853,000, the most since September, evidence that some companies are cutting more jobs as new virus cases spiral...
Dec 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
PPD urges residents to lock their vehicles
PEORIA, Ill. -- In the last month, a rash of stolen vehicles have been reported in Peoria. In response, police are reminding residents to lock their vehicles, homes and garages. Peoria Public Informat...
Dec 10, 2020
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine faces last hurdle before US decision
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine faces one final hurdle before an expected decision to greenlight the shot for use in millions of Americans. Food and Drug Administration advisers meet Thurs...
Dec 10, 2020 A phial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Royal Victoria Hospital, in Belfast, Tuesday Dec. 8, 2020. The United Kingdom, one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus, is beginning its vaccination campaign, a key step toward eventually ending the pandemic. (Liam McBurney/Pool via AP)
State COVID roundup 12/9: positivity rate remains below double digits
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The death toll between Tuesday and Wednesday form COVID-19 throughout Illinois was a relatively high 179. That number came form the Illinois Department of Public Health, which als...
Dec 09, 2020 Midwest Communications
Chiefs get promoted
PEORIA, Ill. -- While Wednesday was judgment day for 42 Minor League Baseball teams who did not receive invitations to continue their affiliations with their Major League Baseball teams, the Peoria Ch...
Dec 09, 2020 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley)
