Category Archives: Local News
Local COVID roundup 5/12: another sub-100 case day
PEORIA, Ill. -- For the second day in a row, the 24-hour Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford COVID-19 case count remained below triple digits. 74 people tested positive. 34 live in Peoria, 30 are in Tazewell, an...
May 12, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria Council looks to fill open seat
PEORIA, Ill. -- Since former At-Large Peoria Council Person Rita Ali was elected Peoria Mayor, her seat has become vacant. The City of Peoria has officially posted for the seat. The posting says anyon...
May 12, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
U.S. CDC panel backs COVID-19 vaccine now cleared for adolescents
(Reuters) -U.S. states are set to begin using the vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE to inoculate younger adolescents against COVID-19 after advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and P...
May 12, 2021 REUTERS/Tami Chappell/File Photo
U.S. fuel shortages worsen on Day Six of pipeline outage
(Reuters) -Fuel shortages worsened in the southeastern United States on Wednesday, as the shutdown of the largest U.S. fuel pipeline network entered its sixth day and Washington officials pledged to h...
May 12, 2021 Martin Brossman via REUTERS
State COVID roundup 5/12: another sub-2k case count
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A total of 1,795 Illinoisans between Tuesday and Wednesday tested positive for COVID-19. 26 died. 1,899 COVID patients as of Tuesday night were in hospital beds throughout the sta...
May 12, 2021 Midwest Communications
Minnesota judge rules aggravated factors in George Floyd murder
(Reuters) -A Minnesota judge has ruled that aggravating factors were involved in the death of George Floyd, opening the possibility of a longer sentence for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Cha...
May 12, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Children hold signs while people react after the verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, found guilty of the death of George Floyd, at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., April 20, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones
Cheney excommunicated from Republican leadership for Trump criticism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Republicans on Wednesday voted to remove Liz Cheney from their leadership, punishing her for criticizing former President Donald Trump's claims tha...
May 12, 2021 U.S. Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) speaks to the media as she arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 12, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Peoria Women's Club receives $1M donation
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Women's Club has received a donation of $1 million from entrepreneur and developer Kim Blickenstaff to help restore the historic building. In 2019, Blickenstaff donated $500...
May 12, 2021 (KDB Group)
Analysis-Cyberattack exposes lack of required defenses on U.S. pipelines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The shutdown of the biggest U.S. fuel pipeline by a ransomware attack highlights a systemic vulnerability: Pipeline operators have no requirement to implement cyber defenses. Th...
May 12, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Holding tanks are seen in an aerial photograph at Colonial Pipeline's Dorsey Junction Station in Woodbine, Maryland, U.S. May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Drone Base
Peoria Land Bank a go
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria will soon have a land bank. City Council voted on Tuesday night by a 9-1 count to adopt the ordinance that will establish it, thanks in part to a $300,000 grant from the Illinoi...
May 11, 2021 Jeremy Scott/WMBD
