Category Archives: Local News
Is Georgia's upcoming ballot 'audit' a recount?
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia says it's going to be tallying, by hand, nearly 5 million ballots that were cast in its very close presidential election on Nov. 3. It's a bit confusing, but essentially county ...
Nov 13, 2020 Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks during a news conference with Fran Leathers, Director and Chair Oconee County Board of Elections reflected at right, on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020, in Atlanta. Georgia election officials have announced an audit of presidential election results that will trigger a full hand recount. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Tazewell Co. Jail experiences COVID-19 outbreak
PEKIN, Ill. -- Tazewell County Sheriff Jeff Lower confirms that the Tazewell County Jail is currently experiencing an outbreak of COVID-19. Lower said 39 inmates and six staff members have tested posi...
Nov 13, 2020 1470/100.3 WMBD --Mike Sabol
Woman shot in face Thursday evening
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded just before 5:30 p.m. Thursday to the 2100 block of Oregon Street on a ShotSpotter alert indicating five shots were fired. Upon arrival, police found a woman in...
Nov 12, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Pritzker hints another mandatory stay-at-home could be coming
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker didn't mince words Thursday during his daily COVID-19 news conference. Speaking about the state's numbers which, this week, have seen record numbers, P...
Nov 12, 2020 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Local COVID roundup 11/12: area reaches 14 days
PEORIA, Ill. -- After being placed last Wednesday into tier one COVID-19 mitigation protocols, Region Two's numbers have kept rising. On Thursday, the region reached 14 consecutive days of a rolling s...
Nov 12, 2020 Midwest Communications
The Weeknd to perform at Super Bowl halftime show
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Weeknd will bring his popular falsetto vocals to the 2021 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show. NFL, Pepsi and Roc Nation announced Thursday that the three-time Grammy Award winner wi...
Nov 12, 2020 Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP, File
State COVID roundup 11/12: over 5.2k in hospitals
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- COVID-19 hospitalizations statewide grew from Wednesday to Thursday by a couple hundred. Illinois Department of Public Health said 5,258 people as of Wednesday night were in hospi...
Nov 12, 2020 Midwest Communications
Cut it out: BU to offer cardboard stand-ins for basketball
PEORIA, Ill. -- Living, breathing fans won't be allowed into Carver Arena and Renaissance Coliseum to start the 2020-2021 Bradley men's and women's basketball seasons because of COVID-19 restrictions....
Nov 12, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470WMBD
709,000 seek US jobless aid as pandemic escalates
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 709,000, the fourth straight drop and a sign that the job market is slowly healing. The figures coincide with a s...
Nov 12, 2020 Midwest Communications
Virus surge engulfs US with millions of new cases
(AP) -- Texas has become the first state with more than 1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases. And California is nearing that mark as a surge of infections engulfs the country. Across the U.S., over 10.3...
Nov 12, 2020 FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2020, file photo, Rachel Arden instructs a student on how to self-administer a rapid COVID-19 test at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. The U.S. has recorded about 10.3 million confirmed infections, with new cases soaring to all-time highs of well over 120,000 per day over the past week. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
