Category Archives: Local News
Ameren crews stretched out as restoration efforts proceed
PEORIA, Ill. -- While many in Peoria Metro have had power restored since Saturday night's storm, a good many were still without it as of Sunday afternoon. "As of this morning, we had 4,700 people out ...
Jul 12, 2020 Eyewitness Photo/1470-100.3 WMBD
Florida reports largest, single-day increase in COVID cases
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Florida shattered the national record Sunday for the largest single-day increase in positive coronavirus cases in any state since the beginning of the pandemic, adding more...
Jul 12, 2020 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: over 33,000 left without power after Saturday night storm
PEORIA, Ill. -- A series of severe thunderstorms ripped Saturday night through Central Illinois, leaving in its wake a myriad of downed trees and power lines. "Our crews are out surveying the damage a...
Jul 11, 2020 Eyewitness Photo/1470-100.3 WMBD
Illinois revenues drop $1.1B in fiscal 2020 due to pandemic
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois revenues dropped more than $1.1 billion in the fiscal year that ended last month due to the coronavirus' impact on the state's economy, according to state officials. ...
Jul 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
Johns Hopkins sues to block rule on international students
BALTIMORE (AP) - Johns Hopkins University has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration's decision to make international students leave the U.S. if they intend to take classes entirely...
Jul 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
Trump commutes longtime friend Roger Stone's prison sentence
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of his longtime political confidant Roger Stone on Friday, just days before he was set to report to prison. Democrats denounced the move ...
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State COVID roundup 7/10: despite recent gains, most regions still meeting phase four guidelines
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- For the second straight day, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported over 1,000 COVID-19 cases. Statewide, 1,317 cases were reported from Thursday to Friday, the most si...
Jul 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 7/10: one-fifth of cases in home isolation
PEORIA, Ill. -- 28 cases of COVID-19 reported Friday brought the tri-county's overall total since the start of the pandemic to 835. Peoria County reported the biggest gain, with 19, for a total of 625...
Jul 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
Speaker calls to remove Stephen Douglas imagery from Capitol
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - House Speaker Michael Madigan is calling for the removal of Stephen Douglas imagery from the Capitol, citing the late U.S. senator's "disturbing past as a Mississippi slave ow...
Jul 10, 2020 FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2016 file photo, Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, speaks to reporters in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman File)
Boy charged in Goodfield fire won't stand trial
EUREKA, Ill. -- A 9-year-old boy charged with first-degree murder in a 2019 mobile home fire in Goodfield has been found unfit to stand trial. A Woodford County Court judge made the ruling Thursday af...
Jul 10, 2020
