Category Archives: Local News
Donald Trump Jr. tests positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) - A spokesman says President Donald Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., has been infected with the coronavirus. The spokesman says the younger Trump learned his diagnosis earlier thi...
Nov 20, 2020 AP Photo/Eric Gay
Local COVID roundup 11/20: double digit death count
PEORIA, Ill. -- 11 area residents died between Thursday and Friday from COVID-19 complications. Woodford County experienced the deaths of two Apostolic Christian residents. One was a male in his 90s a...
Nov 20, 2020 Midwest Communications
King formally concedes election
EAST MOLINE, Ill. -- Esther Joy King, Republican challenger for the 17th District Congresssional seat, has officially conceded the race to Rep. Cheri Bustos. "The 2020 election has been like no other ...
Nov 20, 2020 Esther for Congress
Illinois teen charged in protest slayings posts $2M bail
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - A 17-year-old from Illinois who is charged with killing two people during a protest in Wisconsin and whose case has become a rallying cry for some conservatives posted $2 million ...
Nov 20, 2020 Antioch Police Department/Chicago Tribune via AP
Severe Friday morning accident claims life
PEORIA, Ill. -- One person has died following injuries sustained from a Friday morning accident that occurred at 10:37 a.m. Peoria Police and Fire responded to Reservoir and Rochelle regarding a rollo...
Nov 20, 2020 Midwest Communications
Illinois State Police and IDOT staying ready for different holiday travel
PEORIA, Ill. -- Holiday travel throughout the United States may look different this year due to COVID-19, but the Illinois State Police and Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) will be followi...
Nov 20, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 11/20: positivity rate dips
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Even as over 13,000 Illinoisans tested positive between Thursday and Friday for COVID-19, the state's rolling seven-day positivity rate has gone down by half a percentage point. I...
Nov 20, 2020 Midwest Communications
Georgia Secretary of State certifies election for Joe Biden
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's top elections official on Friday certified election results showing Joe Biden won the presidential election after a hand tally stemming from a mandatory audit affirmed the Dem...
Nov 20, 2020 Midwest Communications
Georgia Secretary of State to certify election for Biden
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's top elections official said he will certify that Joe Biden won the state's presidential election. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger spoke after a hand tally stemming from ...
Nov 20, 2020 Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks during a news conference on Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, in Atlanta. Georgia’s top elections official said he will certify that Joe Biden won the state's presidential election after a hand tally stemming from a mandatory audit affirmed the Democrat's lead over Republican President Donald Trump. Raffensperger said during a news conference Friday that he believes the numbers his office has presented are correct.(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Pfizer seeking emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine in US
(AP) -- Pfizer is set to ask U.S. regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine, starting a process that could bring first shots as early as next month. Friday's step comes days after Pfiz...
Nov 20, 2020 FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2020, file photo, pedestrians walk past Pfizer world headquarters in New York. Pfizer announced Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, more results in its ongoing coronavirus vaccine study that suggest the shots are 95% effective a month after the first dose. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
