Category Archives: Local News
State COVID roundup 11/5: 10k deaths, nearly 10k cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- 10,000 was the number on Thursday to keep in mind, as Illinois hit one dubious COVID-19 milestone and nearly hit another. The Illinois Department of Public Health said with 97 dea...
Nov 05, 2020 Midwest Communications
State of the race: still too close to call
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat Joe Biden pushed closer Thursday to the 270 Electoral College votes he needed to win the White House, securing victories in the "blue wall" battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Mi...
Nov 05, 2020 AP Photo/Evan Vucci
Challenger King won't concede to Bustos
EAST MOLINE, Ill. -- The Associated Press on Thursday declared incumbent Democrat Cheri Bustos has been re-elected to Illinois' 17th Congressional district, but her Republican opponent, Esther Joy Kin...
Nov 05, 2020 Esther for Congress
OSF’s Hammerton backs out of Bradley job
PEORIA, Ill. - OSF HealthCare President Tom Hammerton has announced he will not be joining Bradley University as Vice President for Advancement. The university on Thursday morning issued a statement, ...
Nov 05, 2020 Bradley University
751,000 seek US jobless benefits as virus hobbles economy
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell slightly last week to 751,000, a still-historically high level that shows that many employers keep cutting jobs in the face...
Nov 05, 2020 Midwest Communications
Pritzker: Blame tax-plan opponents for coming budget pain
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois governor has lashed out at "special interests" and "billionaires" who he says "told lies" about the impact of a constitutional amendment allowing for a graduated ...
Nov 05, 2020 Illinois.gov
Update: One dead in officer-involved shooting in Fulton County
***UPDATE*** Fulton County Coroner Steve Hines has ID'ed the deceased man as 26-year-old Justin Hammack. Hines said Hammack was shot in the chest. UPDATE: Fulton County Sheriff Jeff Standard confirms ...
Nov 05, 2020 (25 News)
Local COVID roundup 11/4: positivity % reaches 10
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City/County Health Department on Wednesday reported a COVID-19 outbreak at Sharon Healthcare Pines. 40 of Peoria County's 116 new cases came from the facility. Tazewell County r...
Nov 04, 2020 Midwest Communications
Trump campaign asking U.S. Supreme Court to halt PA vote counting
WASHINGTON -- The campaign of President Donald Trump announced Wednesday it is asking the U.S.'s highest court to step in and stop more votes from being counted in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In...
Nov 04, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
State COVID roundup 11/04: Over 7,500 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Wednesday reported another hefty new case total, including 55 additional deaths. 7,538 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the s...
Nov 04, 2020 Midwest Communications
