Category Archives: Local News
Local COVID roundup 9/28: five people pass away
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria and Tazewell Counties between Saturday and Monday combined for five COVID-19 deaths and, with Woodford County mixed in, 184 new cases. The two deceased Peoria County residents w...
Sep 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 9/28: 13 Illinoisans die
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- 41,142 people in Illinois between Sunday and Monday took coronavirus tests, as 1,709 people found out they have the virus. 13 people during that time passed away from complication...
Sep 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
Students/parents to sue IHSA over fall sports cancellation
CHICAGO, Ill. -- A group of student-athletes and their parents plan to file a class action lawsuit against the Illinois High School Association. The suit aims to restore fall sports amid the ongoing c...
Sep 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID-19 roundup 9/27: positivity rate up slightly
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday reported 1,604 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 statewide, including 14 additional deaths. Currently, IDPH is reporting the preli...
Sep 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
Illinois extends driver's license deadlines another 3 months
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White has extended expiration dates for driver's licenses another three months. White announced this week that expired licenses need be renew...
Sep 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
NY Times: Trump paid $750 in US income taxes in 2016, 2017
(AP) -- President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes the year he ran for president and in his first year in the White House, according to a report in The New York Times. Trump has fie...
Sep 28, 2020 President Donald Trump speaking during a news conference at the White House, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Man found shot at local liquor store
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County Sheriff's deputies were called just before 12:30 a.m. Monday to Farmington Liquors, located at 2100 W. Farmington Road in West Peoria, on reports of a shooting victim. Pe...
Sep 28, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Update: Victims of Peoria single-vehicle crash identified
UPDATE: Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the four people killed in the accident. The deceased are: Jazzman Burns, 22, of Peoria; Diamond Williams, 18, of Peoria; Quanylan Thomas, 19,...
Sep 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
Saturday night Peoria shooting kills man
***UPDATE 9/28*** Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the victim as 28-year-old Donald Allen of Peoria. Harwood said Allen sustained a single gunshot wound to his head. He was officiall...
Sep 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
Trump picks conservative Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Saturday, capping a dramatic reshaping of the federal judiciary that will resonate for a generation a...
Sep 26, 2020 AP Photo/Alex Brandon
