Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Man hit by car Monday evening ID'd
UPDATE 11/24/20 8:00 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the man who died after being hit by a car Monday night on Knoxville as 68-year-old Michael McIntosh of Peor...
Nov 23, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
US agency ascertains Biden as winner, lets transition begin
WASHINGTON (AP) - The General Services Administration ascertained Monday that President-elect Joe Biden is the "apparent winner" of the Nov. 3 election, clearing the way for the start of the transitio...
Nov 23, 2020 AP Photo/Susan Walsh
Man survives gunshot to face in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man who was shot in the face Monday afternoon in Peoria was expected to survive. A little before 1:30, Peoria Police officers responded to Main and Kumpf regarding a multi-vehicle ac...
Nov 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
Portion of downtown Peoria business building collapses
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Police Department and Building Code Enforcement were looking into what caused the Monday morning partial collapse of a brick business building. Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics...
Nov 23, 2020
Michigan certifies Biden win
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan election officials on Monday certified Democrat Joe Biden's 154,000-vote victory in the state. The Board of State Canvassers, which has two Republicans and two Democrats...
Nov 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 11/23: weekend case count over 1k
PEORIA, Ill. -- 1,043 Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford County residents found out between Friday and Monday they tested positive for COVID-19. Tazewell was hit the hardest, with 471 new cases and five d...
Nov 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 11/23: another sizable positivity rate drop
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois's Sunday-Monday COVID-19 reporting period saw 8,322 people receive positive test results. 47 people across the state during that time were reported to have died. The Illi...
Nov 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
Hy-Vee brings back reserved shopping hour
WEST DES MOINES, IA - Beginning Monday, Nov. 23, Hy-Vee reinstated its reserved shopping hour for customers deemed high risk. This is in response to the recent increase in COVID-19 cases through the M...
Nov 23, 2020
Biden builds out national security picks with Blinken, Kerry
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Joe Biden is building out his administration with several key picks for national security and foreign policy roles. John Kerry, a former secretary of state, will lead...
Nov 23, 2020 FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2020, file photo former Secretary of State John Kerry smiles while speaking at a campaign stop to support Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden at the Biden for President Fort Dodge Office in Fort Dodge, Iowa. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Victim of Peoria crash identified
PEORIA, Ill. -- The victim of a two-vehicle crash Friday morning has been identified as 34-year-old Aries Terrell of Peoria. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said Terrell was pronounced dead at 11:...
Nov 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
