Category Archives: Local News
Judge: Bolton can publish book despite efforts to block it
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge ruled Saturday that former national security adviser John Bolton can move forward in publishing his tell-all book despite efforts by the Trump administration to block...
Jun 20, 2020 (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
AMC Theaters reverses course on masks after backlash
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The nation's largest movie theater chain changed its position on mask-wearing less than a day after the company became a target on social media for saying it would defer to local go...
Jun 20, 2020 (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Illinois zoo affiliated with Netflix's "Tiger King" announces closure
SMITHFIELD, Ill. -- Brown's Oakridge Zoo in Smithfield has announced that the zoo will be closing. The zoo, around one hour away from Peoria, was featured on the popular Netflix limited series "Tiger ...
Jun 20, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 6/19: two full weeks since last 1,000-case mark
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- It's officially been two weeks since Illinois as a state has seen a quadruple digit amount of new coronavirus cases over a 24-hour period. The Illinois Department of Public Health...
Jun 19, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 6/19: two more long-term care facility residents perish
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two long-term care facility residents died from COVID-19 between Thursday and Friday, while ICU beds in use for the virus increased during the same time frame. The residents who succum...
Jun 19, 2020 Midwest Communications
President Trump issues message on Juneteenth
UNDATED (AP) -- President Donald Trump issued a presidential message on Juneteenth in which he noted "the unimaginable injustice of slavery and the incomparable joy that must have attended emancipatio...
Jun 19, 2020 A uniformed U.S. Secret Service police stands watch as signs of protest cover a barrier in front of the White House in Washington, Friday, June 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Trump says he will renew effort to end DACA protections
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says he will renew his administration's effort to end legal protections for young immigrants after Supreme Court blocked the first try. The U.S. Supreme Court ...
Jun 19, 2020
Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce has a new leader
PEORIA,Ill. -- The Greater Peoria Business Alliance Friday announced the selection of Joshua Gunn as the new President & CEO of the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce. "I am honored to have been appo...
Jun 19, 2020
University of Illinois announces fall in-person instruction
URBANA, Ill. (AP) - University of Illinois officials say in-person instruction will take place at the school in the fall, with COVID-19 safety precautions in place to protect students if the state has...
Jun 19, 2020 In this Nov. 20, 2015 photo, University of Illinois students walk across the Main Quad on campus in Urbana, Ill. The university admitted instate students with slightly lower ACT scores this fall to boost its enrollment of students from Illinois. (AP Photo/David Mercer)
Local COVID roundup 6/18: Tazewell surpasses triple digits
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county reported no new deaths between Wednesday and Thursday related to COVID-19. The area's death toll remained at 30, according to the Peoria City/Co...
Jun 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
