Category Archives: Local News

President Trump leaves hospital after three days
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - President Donald Trump on Monday walked out of the military hospital where for three days he had been receiving an unprecedented level of care for COVID-19. Wearing a mask, Trump ...
Dalton Kemper Oct 05, 2020 AP Photo/Evan Vucci

Local COVID roundup 10/5: 2 weekend deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- A pair of Tazewell County residents passed away over the weekend from complications related to coronavirus. The Peoria City/County Health Department on Monday reported a female in her ...
Rick Hirschmann Oct 05, 2020 Midwest Communications

State COVID roundup 10/5: over 1,800 positive
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,853 people in the state between Sunday and Monday received positive COVID-19 test results. 14 deaths were reported during that ...
Rick Hirschmann Oct 05, 2020 Midwest Communications

President tweets he's leaving hospital
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - President Donald Trump said Monday he's leaving the military hospital where he has been treated for COVID-19 and will continue his recovery at the White House. He said he's feelin...
Rick Hirschmann Oct 05, 2020 AP Photo/Evan Vucci

Trump, moving to show strength, aims for Monday release
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - President Donald Trump hoped for a Monday discharge from the military hospital where he is being treated for COVID-19, a day after he briefly ventured out while contagious to salu...
Rick Hirschmann Oct 05, 2020 Tia Dufour/The White House via AP

LaHood/Bustos sound off on Trump's COVID diagnosis
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Donald Trump could be released from the Walter Reed Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland as soon as Monday. Illinois 18th Dist. Congressman Darin LaHood has said...
Julia Bradley Oct 05, 2020 1470/100.3 WMBD

Trump Aide tests positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) - White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany says she has tested positive for COVID-19. This comes days after President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus. McEnany says...
Julia Bradley Oct 05, 2020 White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, is interviewed by Fox News, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Caterpillar set to acquire Weir Oil & Gas
DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Caterpillar has signed an agreement to acquire Weir Oil & Gas, a Scotland-based company. Headquartered near Fort Worth, Texas, Weir Oil & Gas produces a line of pumps, flow ...
Julia Bradley Oct 05, 2020 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD

Trump leaves hospital to greet supporters, could be released Monday
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - President Donald Trump briefly left the hospital Sunday in his car to wave to supporters gathered outside. The president's visit came shortly after he promised his supporters "a s...
Julia Bradley Oct 05, 2020 President Donald Trump drives past supporters gathered outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020. Trump was admitted to the hospital after contracting COVID-19. (AP Photo/Anthony Peltier)

State COVID roundup 10/4: over 1,400 new cases, positivity rate 3.3%
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois public health officials are reporting 1,453 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 17 deaths. The state topped 300,000 cases over the weekend. The Illinois Department of Public He...
Julia Bradley Oct 05, 2020 Midwest Communications


