Category Archives: Local News
State COVID roundup 12/7: Positivity rate remaining steady
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday announced 8,691 new and probable cases of COVID-19 throughout the state, including 90 additional deaths. In the past 24 hour...
Dec 07, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 12/7: 10 deaths over weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department Monday announced 10 area deaths due to COVID-19 over the weekend. Seven of the deaths were in Tazewell County, and two were residents of long-t...
Dec 07, 2020 Midwest Communications
Multiple departments respond to Washington fire
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- Several local fire departments responded to a structure fire in Washington Monday morning. Crews were called to the scene just after 8 a.m. in the 1300 block of School Street, find...
Dec 07, 2020 (25 News)
Senator says Trump, McConnell likely to back COVID-19 relief
WASHINGTON (AP) - A proposed COVID-19 relief bill is expected to get backing from President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell but it won't include $1,200 in direct payments to mo...
Dec 07, 2020 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McMcConnell of Ky., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. (Bill O'Leary/Pool via AP)
Pearl Harbor ceremony to honor those killed in 1941 attack
HONOLULU (AP) - Officials are scheduled to gather in Pearl Harbor to remember those killed in the 1941 Japanese attack. But public health measures adopted because of the coronavirus pandemic mean no s...
Dec 07, 2020 FILE - This Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017 file photo shows the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. On Friday, May 25, 2018, officials said damage to the memorial is worse than expected and it will remain closed indefinitely. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
State COVID roundup 12/6: Nearly 7,000 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday reported 7,598 new and probable cases of COVID-19 and 76 additional deaths. The IDPH said Illinois' total number of coronavirus ...
Dec 07, 2020 Midwest Communications
Health officials warn Americans to not let their guard down
(AP) -- With a COVID-19 vaccine perhaps just days away in the U.S., most of California headed into another lockdown on Sunday because of the surging outbreak. And, top health officials are warning Ame...
Dec 07, 2020 Midwest Communications
Trump lawyer Giuliani in hospital after positive virus test
WASHINGTON (AP) - More people around President Donald Trump keep coming down with COVID-19. Now Trump says his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for the coronavirus. A person familia...
Dec 07, 2020 FILE - Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters, Thursday Nov. 19, 2020, in Washington. President Donald Trump says his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for coronavirus.
The president on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020 confirmed in a tweet that Giuliani had tested positive for the virus. Giuliani has traveled extensively to battleground states in effort to help Trump subvert his election loss. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, file)
Two injured in Sunday night crash
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighters used the jaws of life to help rescue a woman from a car involved in a crash Sunday night. Fire Battalion Chief Rick Morgan said the accident occurred at the interse...
Dec 07, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Saturday afternoon fire on Frye Avenue
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighters and Paramedics responded to reports of a structure fire Saturday afternoon on Frye Avenue. Once they arrived at the scene, firefighters discovered flames emerging f...
Dec 06, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
