Category Archives: Local News
State COVID roundup 12/1: hospitalizations down slightly
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- 12,542 people throughout Illinois tested positive between Monday and Tuesday for the coronavirus. The state's death toll from the virus rose during that period by 125. Testing rem...
Dec 01, 2020 Midwest Communications
European regulator could OK 1st COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 29
BERLIN (AP) - European regulators may approve a coronavirus vaccine developed by drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech within four weeks, the EU's drug agency said Tuesday, a time frame that could mean the s...
Dec 01, 2020 Midwest Communications
Crews respond to Tuesday morning South Peoria fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics were on the scene of a blaze around 7:00 Tuesday morning in the 2500 block of Starr St. Multiple engines responded to the call at a two-story home. The fi...
Dec 01, 2020 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Pritzker says mitigations won't be lifted for next few weeks
CHICAGO -- Even though positive cases are lower across the state due to fewer tests over the Thanksgiving weekend, hospitalizations are still at a high level across Illinois. Because of this, Gov. J.B...
Nov 30, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Wisconsin confirms Joe Biden as winner following recount
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Joe Biden's victory in battleground Wisconsin was confirmed Monday following a partial recount that only added to his 20,600-vote margin over President Donald Trump, who has promi...
Nov 30, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 11/30: 14 deaths over Thanksgiving weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department Monday announced 14 deaths that occurred over the Thanksgiving weekend due to COVID-19. Eight deaths were Peoria County residents, five deaths ...
Nov 30, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 11/30: Lower numbers as expected
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- As expected over the Thanksgiving weekend, fewer people received COVID-19 tests. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday, as a result, reported only 6,190 new confi...
Nov 30, 2020 Midwest Communications
Holiday air travel surges despite dire health warnings
(AP) -- The TSA says nearly 1.2 million people went through U.S. airports on Sunday. That's the highest number since the coronavirus pandemic gripped the country back in March. And the uptick came des...
Nov 30, 2020 FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020 file photo, a traveler wears a mask as she walks through Terminal 3 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. The Transportation Security Administration said nearly 1.2 million people went through U.S. airports on Sunday, the highest number since the coronavirus pandemic gripped the country back in March, despite the pleadings of public health experts for people to stay home over Thanksgiving. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
NTFPD contracts with Washington Fire for upgraded ambulance service
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- Northern Tazewell Fire Protection District has provided ambulance service in Sunnyland since 1970, but, as of December 1, the fire district will contract with the Washington Fire D...
Nov 30, 2020
Moderna asking US, European regulators to OK shots
(AP) -- Moderna Inc. says it will ask U.S. and European regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine as new study results confirm the shots offer strong protection. Multiple vaccine candi...
Nov 30, 2020 FILE - In this July 27, 2020, file photo, nurse Kathe Olmstead prepares a shot that is part of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., in Binghamton, N.Y. Moderna said Monday, Nov. 16, 2020, its COVID-19 shot provides strong protection against the coronavirus that's surging in the U.S. and around the world. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
