Category Archives: Local News
State COVID roundup 12/12: 127 more deaths
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health reported Saturday 8,737 new and probable COVID-19 cases to go along with 127 additional deaths. Testing labs across the state collected 12...
Dec 12, 2020 Midwest Communications
Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in states Monday
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's first COVID-19 vaccine will begin arriving in states Monday morning, U.S. officials said Saturday, after the government gave the final go-ahead to the shots needed to en...
Dec 12, 2020 Midwest Communications
President Trump supporters to rally in Washington D.C. Saturday
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supporters of President Donald Trump are returning to Washington on Saturday for a pair of rallies to back his efforts to subvert the election results. The rallies come a month after...
Dec 12, 2020 Supporters cheer as President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at the Orlando Sanford International Airport Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, in Sanford, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Illinois State Fair announces 2021 show lineup
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- After being forced to cancel performances at the Illinois State Fair in 2020, the fair announced Friday the lineup of performers confirmed so far for 2021. This is the first time ...
Dec 12, 2020 Midwest Communications
U.S. government approves COVID vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. gave the final go-ahead Friday to the nation's first COVID-19 vaccine, marking what could be the beginning of the end of an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans...
Dec 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
Supreme Court rejects Republican-led lawsuit
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a lawsuit backed by President Donald Trump to overturn Joe Biden's election victory, ending an attempt to get legal issues rejected by state and ...
Dec 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
VIDEO: nurses cheer on 102-year-old East Peoria COVID patient released from hospital
PEORIA, Ill. -- A 102-year-old East Peoria woman is back at home after being discharged Thursday night from OSF HealthCare, where she was being treated for COVID-19. The woman, who lives in her own ho...
Dec 11, 2020 Amy Paul/OSF HealthCare
Local COVID roundup 12/11: region ICU bed capacity continues decline
PEORIA, Ill. -- A combined five residents of Woodford and Tazewell Counties died between Thursday and Friday from coronavirus complications. In Woodford, a female and male who were both in their 70s d...
Dec 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
Congress passes 1-week funding bill to avert gov't shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress shipped a temporary government-wide funding bill to President Donald Trump on Friday, averting a government shutdown at midnight and buying time for on-again, off-again talk...
Dec 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 12/11: almost 200 deaths again
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Nearly 200 Illinoisans for a second consecutive 24-hour reporting period passed away from COVID-19 complications. The Illinois Department of Public Health said 190 deaths between ...
Dec 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
