Category Archives: Local News
Local COVID roundup 7/29: worry over positivity rate looms
PEORIA, Ill. -- Area hospital bed usage for COVID-19 has gone up to 35, according to numbers released Wednesday by the Peoria City/County Health Department. 11 confirmed cases and one possible case we...
Jul 29, 2020 Midwest Communications
Pritzker lays out sports safety rules
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker has announced COVID-19 safety guidelines for youth and adult rec sports, and it's not good news for football enthusiasts. The state has broken up all sports int...
Jul 29, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Springfield Clinic expands with new Peoria location
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's medical community has a new provider. Springfield Clinic announced this week a new affiliation with Peoria Surgical Group, Ltd. in downtown Peoria. Dr. Steven Tsoraides said t...
Jul 29, 2020 (Springfield Clinic Peoria)
Ameren Illinois offers "Fresh Start" due to COVID-19
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. -- Ameren Illinois announced on Tuesday, July 28, the utility will be providing assistance to qualified residential customers that are struggling to pay their bills due to COVID-19....
Jul 29, 2020 Photo: Ameren
GOP jobless benefits plan could mean delays, states warn
UNDATED (AP) -- State officials across the U.S. say Senate Republicans' proposed slashing of a federally funded boost in unemployment benefits could delay payments for weeks or even months. Democrats ...
Jul 29, 2020 Midwest Communications
Once cut from budget, Peoria Council votes to continue Sheridan project
PEORIA, Ill. -- After taking it off the table in April because of budgetary setbacks brought on by COVID-19, the Peoria City Council has voted to reinstate the $4 million needed to complete its Sherid...
Jul 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 7/28: non-ICU hospital cases rise
PEORIA, Ill. -- Hospital bed usage for COVID-19 increased between Monday and Tuesday by four, according to the Peoria City/County Health Department. Intensive care unit usage around the area remained ...
Jul 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 7/28: rate of positive tests flattens
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A string of consecutive days in which the state's COVID-19 test positivity rate inch upwards was snapped on Tuesday, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported. The seven-d...
Jul 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
Barr condemns rioting at much-anticipated House hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General William Barr is defending the aggressive federal law enforcement response to civil unrest in America, saying "violent rioters and anarchists have hijacked legitimate...
Jul 28, 2020 Attorney General William Barr listens during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the oversight of the Department of Justice on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, July 28, 2020 in Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP)
Trump again pushes unproven drug as COVID-19 treatment
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is back to pushing unproven claims that an anti-malaria drug is an effective treatment for the coronavirus. He's also lobbing new attacks on the credibility of...
Jul 28, 2020 President Donald Trump wears a face mask as he participates in a tour of Bioprocess Innovation Center at Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, Monday, July 27, 2020, in Morrisville, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
