Category Archives: Local News
State COVID roundup 8/2: statewide positivity rate is 3.9%
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 1,467 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, and 14 confirmed deaths. Sunday's confirmed cases brings to 181,943 the number ...
Aug 03, 2020 Midwest Communications
Virus relief bill remains up in air as negotiations resume
WASHINGTON (AP) - Negotiations on a huge COVID-19 relief bill are set to resume, but the path forward promises to be challenging. The Trump administration negotiating team and top Capitol Hill Democra...
Aug 03, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria McDonald's closure part of a nationwide reduction
PEORIA, Ill. -- One less Peoria location to pick up a cheese burger meal. The McDonald's located on Main Street near the Bradley University campus is out of business. A sign was posted at the business...
Aug 02, 2020 Fox Business News photo credit
Cardinals-Brewers postponed again
(AP) - The coronavirus has postponed the entire weekend series between the Cardinals and Brewers in Milwaukee. A person familiar with the situation says the decision comes after one more player and th...
Aug 02, 2020 Midwest Communications
Wilford Brimley, ‘Cocoon’ and ‘Natural’ actor, dies at 85
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Wilford Brimley, who worked his way up from movie stunt rider to an indelible character actor who brought gruff charm, and sometimes menace, to a range of films that included "Cocoo...
Aug 02, 2020 AP-Photo-Evan-Agostini
Update: Victims of Woodford County fatal crash identified
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. -- Three people are dead after an overnight crash involving an ambulance near Benson. Illinois State Police said the accident happened just before 2 a.m. Saturday in the area of ...
Aug 01, 2020
Juvenile taken into custody for shooting overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert just before 1 a.m. Saturday in the 700 block of MacQueen. Peoria Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said the suspect fled on foot. "A ...
Aug 01, 2020
State COVID-19 new cases approaching 2K
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday reported another spike of cases of COVID-19 over a 24-hour period. The IDPH reported 1,941 new cases reported from Thursday to F...
Jul 31, 2020 Midwest Communications
Jail reports new COVID cases
PEORIA, Ill. -- After a round of COVID-19 retesting of Peoria County Jail inmates who originally tested negative, Sheriff Brian Asbell on Friday reported three new cases. That brought the number of de...
Jul 31, 2020
White House signals support temporarily extending $600 jobless benefit
The White House appears keen to endorse a temporary extension of a $600 per week supplemental unemployment benefit as the popular boost to both the economy and family budgets is about to expire. The i...
Jul 31, 2020 Midwest Communications
