Category Archives: Local News
Chamber full: Peoria Council swears in new member
PEORIA, Ill. -- After the Peoria City Council decided two Saturdays ago it would name Dr. Kiran Velpula to fill the at-large seat vacated when Dr. Rita Ali became mayor, the seat Tuesday night officia...
Jun 22, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Reditus Labs in Pekin detects more cases of Delta variant
PEKIN, Ill. -- Reditus Labs in Pekin has identified two additional cases of the B.1.167.2 variant of COVID-19, also known as the Delta variant. The variant was first identified in India, carries 13 mu...
Jun 22, 2021 Credit: Reditus Labs
Senate Democrats' election reform bill blocked on party-line vote
By Richard Cowan and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the narrowly divided U.S. Senate on Tuesday blocked an election reform bill that Democrats said is critical to democracy, arguing...
Jun 22, 2021 REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
White House to concede U.S. likely to miss July 4 COVID-19 vaccine target - NBC News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is preparing to acknowledge it will not meet President Joe Biden's goal of delivering at least one COVID-19 vaccination dose to 70% of U.S. adults by July 4, U.S...
Jun 22, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A woman receives a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination, at Jordan Downs in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
Peoria's Labor Day Parade cancelled
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Labor Council of West Central Illinois has announced that the 2021 Labor Day parade has been cancelled. "After much thought regarding the safety of our residents, we made the tough...
Jun 22, 2021 Midwest Communications
Officer among 3 killed in Denver-area shooting
ARVADA, Colo. -- A gunman among the dead in a shooting that also claimed the life of a police officer and another person in a Denver suburb. Police said an officer, a 19-year veteran of the department...
Jun 22, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Democrats' voting rights plan faces long odds in U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A proposal to reform U.S. elections that Democrats say is vital to protecting Americans' right to vote hits the Senate floor on Tuesday, where it faces opposition from Republica...
Jun 22, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Voting stickers are seen at the Franklin County Board of Elections in Columbus, Ohio U.S., October 28, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Biden says he has concerns about bipartisan infrastructure plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden held separate talks on Monday with two key Democratic senators about a bipartisan infrastructure plan and told them he was encouraged by the proposal bu...
Jun 22, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Construction workers are seen at the site of a large public infrastructure reconstruction project of an elevated roadway and bridges in upper Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., April 22, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar
UPDATE: Two killed in Peoria shooting identified
UPDATE 3:30 P.M. 6-21-21 -- The male who died at the scene has been identified by Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood as 19-year-old Rashad Williams, of Peoria Heights. Harwood said Williams suffered ...
Jun 21, 2021 Midwest Communications
Boys & Girls Clubs bringing fireworks to Peoria July 4
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Peoria will be holding a 4th of July Family Fun Fest on Independence Day this year, which will include fireworks. The festival will be held on Wat...
Jun 21, 2021 Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Peoria Facebook
