Category Archives: Local News
Biden vows to defeat Trump, end US 'season of darkness'
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Joe Biden has accepted the Democratic presidential nomination, vowing to take on national crises and declaring that "we will overcome this season of darkness." Biden's nominati...
Aug 21, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden and his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., watch fireworks during the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Peoria teen guilty in 2018 double murder
PEORIA, Ill. -- News Partner 25 News has reported that Jermontay Brock has been convicted by a Peoria County jury of three counts of first-degree murder and one count of aggravated battery with a fire...
Aug 20, 2020 25 News
SBA loans approved for area counties hit by flood
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Help is on the way for residents and small business owners who had havoc wreaked on them in a July storm. The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved assistance for people...
Aug 20, 2020 MWC
Local COVID roundup 8/20: another death, over 100 new cases
PEORIA, Ill. - Thursday brought a COVID-19-related death and another case count in the triple-digits to the tri-county. The death was a Peoria County long-term care facility resident in his 80s. The m...
Aug 20, 2020 Midwest Communications
Illinois unemployment down for third straight month
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- After reaching a high of 17.2% in April, the Illinois unemployment rate has fallen for the third consecutive month. The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced...
Aug 20, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 8/20: back under 2,000 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- After breaking the 2,000 new daily cases barrier Wednesday, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced Thursday less than 2,000 new cases. IDPH announced Thursday 1...
Aug 20, 2020 Midwest Communications
Ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon charged in border wall scheme
NEW YORK (AP) - Former White House adviser Steve Bannon has been arrested on charges that he and three others ripped off donors to an online fundraising scheme "We Build The Wall." The charges were co...
Aug 20, 2020 FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2019 file photo, former White House strategist Steve Bannon arrives to testify at the trial of Roger Stone, at federal court in Washington. Bannon was arrested Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, on charges that he and three others ripped off donors to an online fundraising scheme “We Build The Wall.” The charges were contained in an indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court. (AP Photo/Al Drago, File)
Over 1 million Americans file for jobless benefits
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of laid-off workers seeking U.S. unemployment benefits rose to 1.1 million last week after two weeks of declines, evidence that many employers are still slashing jobs as t...
Aug 20, 2020 Midwest Communications
Fiery crash near Brimfield claims a life
***UPDATE*** Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the driver as 16-year-old Aaron Miller. Harwood said Miller died exclusively of blunt force trauma injuries, meaning the fire did not pl...
Aug 20, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Presumed COVID case at Dunlap High School
DUNLAP, Ill. -- A letter sent out to Dunlap High School families and staff on Wednesday said one of the classrooms at the school will be closed due to a possible case of COVID-19. According to the let...
Aug 20, 2020 (Dunlap High School Facebook)
