Category Archives: Local News
State COVID roundup 10/2: 72k get tested
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- 2,206 people throughout Illinois between Thursday and Friday found out they had COVID-19. 47 deaths were reported during that time to Illinois Department of Public Health. 72,691 ...
Oct 02, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 10/2: four fatalities
PEORIA, Ill. -- Four people in Woodford and Tazewell Counties passed away between Thursday and Friday from coronavirus complications. In Woodford County, a female in her 70s with comorbidities succumb...
Oct 02, 2020 Midwest Communications
US hiring slows for 3rd month but jobless rate falls to 7.9%
WASHINGTON (AP) - America's employers added 661,000 jobs in September, the third straight month of slower hiring and evidence from the final jobs report before the presidential election that the econo...
Oct 02, 2020 AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez
Pence and his wife test negative for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence tested negative for COVID-19 Friday morning, hours after President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were diagnosed with...
Oct 02, 2020 AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall
Moore to seek third term
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City Council member Denise Moore has announced she's running to retain her First District seat. Moore made the announcement she plans to serve another four years during a Thursd...
Oct 02, 2020 (File-1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy)
ISP confirms Thurs. night 474 fatal crash; teen killed
***UPDATE*** The ISP has released more information regarding the accident. The agency said the accident occurred when 18-year-old Trenton R. Mitchell of Mackinaw, who was traveling eastbound, left the...
Oct 02, 2020 Midwest Communications
President Trump at hospital; new cases emerge among allies
***UPDATE*** 8:00 A.M. 10/3/20 WASHINGTON (AP) - A feverish and fatigued President Donald Trump was spending the weekend at a military hospital for treatment of COVID-19, as new cases emerged among so...
Oct 02, 2020 AP Photo/Alex Brandon
Top Trump aide Hope Hicks tests positive for coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trump's closest aides, has tested positive for the coronavirus. Hicks, who serves as counselor to the president and traveled with him to a rally W...
Oct 01, 2020 AP Photo/Alex Brandon
Local COVID roundup 10/1: woman in her 40s succumbs
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria County woman in her 40s became the latest area casualty of coronavirus, after passing away during the Wednesday-Thursday reporting period. The woman did not live in a long-ter...
Oct 01, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 10/1: 65k tested
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A plethora of tests administered highlight Thursday's COVID-19 report from the Illinois Department of Public Health. IDPH said 65,615 specimens were taken between Wednesday and Th...
Oct 01, 2020 Midwest Communications
