Category Archives: Local News
US regulators post positive review of Pfizer vaccine data
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. health regulators posted a positive review of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine as they near a decision on whether to allow use of the shot. The review posted online Tuesday by the Food...
Dec 8, 2020 A nurse administers the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy's Hospital in London, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. U.K. health authorities rolled out the first doses of a widely tested and independently reviewed COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, starting a global immunization program that is expected to gain momentum as more serums win approval. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool)
Pritzker: Next month is crucial in COVID fight
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- With Hanukah, Christmas and New Year's coming up, it's vital that everyone continue to wear a mask and not get together in large groups of people, according to Illinois Gov. J-B P...
Dec 8, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Health chief: Virus vaccine plan 'constantly in progress'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois' public health director says the state's COVID-19 vaccination plan prioritizing counties by death rates will change as the plan progresses, and hospital staff are eli...
Dec 8, 2020 Midwest Communications
Feds passed up chance to lock in more Pfizer vaccine doses
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump aims to take credit for the speedy development of forthcoming coronavirus vaccines, even as his administration is coming under scrutiny for failing to lock in ...
Dec 8, 2020 President Donald Trump speaks after awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor, to Olympic gold medalist and former University of Iowa wrestling coach Dan Gable in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Chuck Yeager, 1st to break sound barrier, dies at 97
(AP) -- World War II flying ace Chuck Yeager, the first pilot to break the sound barrier, has died at 97. His wife, Victoria Yeager, said on his Twitter account that Yeager died Monday. NASA Administr...
Dec 8, 2020 FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012, file photo, retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles Yeager talks to members of the media following a re-enactment flight commemorating his breaking of the sound barrier 65 years earlier, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Yeager, the first pilot to break the sound barrier, died Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, at age 97. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)
Update: Victim identified, charges reduced in fatal shooting
UPDATE: Peoria Police confirm a man was shot at the Hollow Creek Apartments in the 4200 block of W. Hollow Creek just before 10 p.m. Saturday. Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said a black SUV wa...
Dec 7, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 12/7: Positivity rate remaining steady
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday announced 8,691 new and probable cases of COVID-19 throughout the state, including 90 additional deaths. In the past 24 hour...
Dec 7, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 12/7: 10 deaths over weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department Monday announced 10 area deaths due to COVID-19 over the weekend. Seven of the deaths were in Tazewell County, and two were residents of long-t...
Dec 7, 2020 Midwest Communications
Multiple departments respond to Washington fire
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- Several local fire departments responded to a structure fire in Washington Monday morning. Crews were called to the scene just after 8 a.m. in the 1300 block of School Street, find...
Dec 7, 2020 (25 News)
Senator says Trump, McConnell likely to back COVID-19 relief
WASHINGTON (AP) - A proposed COVID-19 relief bill is expected to get backing from President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell but it won't include $1,200 in direct payments to mo...
Dec 7, 2020 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McMcConnell of Ky., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. (Bill O'Leary/Pool via AP)
