Category Archives: Local News
NFL postpones Titans-Steelers game to later in the season
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The NFL has announced the Steelers-Titans game, originally scheduled for this Sunday, will be played later in the season another Titans player and staff member tested positive for ...
Oct 01, 2020 Midwest Communications
U.S. layoffs remain elevated as 837,000 seek jobless aid
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits declined last week to a still-high 837,000, evidence that the economy is struggling to sustain a tentative recovery that began ...
Oct 01, 2020 Midwest Communications
Ali appointed to Illinois Housing Authority
PEORIA, Ill. -- Gov. J-B Pritzker has appointed Peoria mayoral candidate and City Council Member Rita Ali to the Illinois Housing Development Authority. Ali currently serves as an at-large member on t...
Oct 01, 2020 (City of Peoria)
Arrest made in fatal Peoria crash
PEORIA, Ill. -- In a release Wednesday night, Peoria Police said a second vehicle was involved in a crash last weekend that claimed the lives of four young women. Investigators believe the two vehicle...
Oct 01, 2020
State COVID roundup 9/30: new cases over 2k
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Department of Public Health reported 2,273 new cases of COVID-19 throughout the state. Additionally, the Tuesday-Wednesday reporting period saw 35 additional deaths. The ...
Sep 30, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 9/30: Peoria, Tazewell see deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria and Tazewell Counties each experienced a COVID-19-related death in the Tuesday-Wednesday reporting period. Both deaths involved people in their 80s. The Peoria death was of a ma...
Sep 30, 2020 Midwest Communications
Debate commission says it will make changes to format
NEW YORK (AP) - The presidential debate commission says it will soon adopt changes to its format to avoid a repeat of the disjointed first meeting between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden...
Sep 30, 2020 Olivier Douliery/Pool via AP
Ameren upgrades natural gas systems in Peoria County
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County is benefiting from an Ameren upgrade. Ameren Illinois is currently modernizing its natural gas system delivery that runs through Peoria County. Ameren's Brian Bretsch sai...
Sep 30, 2020 Photo: Ameren
NFL postpones Steelers-Titans game
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Pittsburgh-Tennessee NFL game will be played either Monday or Tuesday due to positive coronavirus test results among the Titans. The NFL announced the switch on Wednesday. ...
Sep 30, 2020 Midwest Communications
Suspect in home invasion/attack arrested in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just after 4:30 a.m. Tuesday to the 700 block of Spalding regarding trouble with male. Upon investigation, officers determined the suspect forced his way into...
Sep 30, 2020 (Peoria County Jail)
