Category Archives: Local News
Pence to keep up travel despite contact with infected aides
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Mike Pence plans to maintain an aggressive campaign schedule this week despite an apparent outbreak of the coronavirus among his senior aides, the White House said Sat...
Oct 25, 2020 AP Photo/Steve Cannon
New US virus cases top 83,700 for 2nd day in row
BALTIMORE - A day after the U.S. set a daily record for new confirmed coronavirus infections, it came very close to doing it again. Data published by Johns Hopkins University shows that 83,718 new cas...
Oct 25, 2020 Lino Mirgeler/dpa via AP
State jumpstarts unclaimed money outreach
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- If you get a letter in coming days from the Illinois Department of Revenue, it may be because you have money waiting for you. IDOR has launched an initiative to increase participa...
Oct 24, 2020 Midwest Communications
US sets coronavirus infection record; deaths near 224,000
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The U.S. coronavirus caseload has reached record heights with more than 83,000 infections reported in a single day, the latest ominous sign of the disease's grip on the nation, as ...
Oct 24, 2020 AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File
Local COVID roundup 10/23: 3 deaths, exactly 100 new cases
PEORIA, Ill. -- Tazewell County accounted for all three COVID-related deaths reported Friday by the Peoria City/County Health Department. One death was to a long-term care facility resident, who was a...
Oct 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 10/23: Half the state at warning level
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Exactly half the state is at warning level for COVID-19, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) said Friday. 51 of the state's 102 counties currently have two or more ris...
Oct 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
Trump: Sudan to join UAE, Bahrain in recognizing Israel
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump announced Friday that Sudan will start to normalize ties with Israel, making it the third Arab state to do so as part of U.S.-brokered deals in the run-up to E...
Oct 23, 2020 AP Photo/Evan Vucci
Police arrest two men in Pekin stabbing
PEKIN,Ill. -- Pekin Police were called to the area of 18th and Market Streets just before 9 p.m. Thursday on reports of a male being stabbed. Two male suspects fled the scene, but were located a short...
Oct 23, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Gunshot victim located near Glen Oak Community Learning Center
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded around 3:45 p.m. Thursday afternoon to a report of a gunshot victim near the intersection of N. Delaware St. and E. Republic St. There were two ShotSpotter aler...
Oct 22, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Local COVID roundup 10/22: one new death, triple digit case count
PEORIA, Ill. -- Health officials say all eleven regions of Illinois are showing over six days of continued positivity rates at or above 8% for COVID-19. Region 2, which includes the tri-county area, h...
Oct 22, 2020 Midwest Communications
