Category Archives: Local News
Walmart employees to be required to wear face masks
Employees at all U.S. Walmart and Sam's Club locations will be required to wear face masks. John Furner, President and Chief Executive Officer of Walmart and Kath McLay, President and Chief Executive ...
Apr 18, 2020 (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Nations debate easing lockdown as economic hardship grows
BERLIN (AP) - Governments around the world are wrestling with when and how to lift economically painful virus-control measures as unemployment rises and rent payments come due. Many places have instit...
Apr 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
Second death due to COVID-19 reported in Peoria County
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department announced Friday one new death in Peoria County and two new positive COVID-19 cases in Tazewell County. The new death reported was a woman in h...
Apr 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
Gov. Pritkzer announces school closure for rest of school year
CHICAGO -- Schools across Illinois will have to wait until at least the fall until students can return. Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Friday at his daily news briefing that in-school learning will be s...
Apr 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
Pritzker to announce closure of schools for the rest of the year
CHICAGO, Ill. -- During Friday's daily COVID-19 briefing, Gov. J.B. Pritzker is expected to announce plans to keep schools closed through the remainder of the school year. A statewide school closure w...
Apr 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
OSF shines "heart light" in support of front line workers
PEORIA, Ill. -- Hearts have become a symbol of hope, support and solidarity during the coronavirus pandemic with the "Heart Hunters" campaign. OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center is joining th...
Apr 17, 2020 (Courtesy of OSF HealthCare)
Heddington Oaks announces closure
PEORIA, Ill. -- Heddington Oaks long-term care is closing. "None of this action has been done on the fly," said Andrew Rand, Peoria County Board Chairman. "This has nothing to do with the COVID crisis...
Apr 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
China's virus death toll revised up sharply after review
BEIJING (AP) - China's official death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has jumped sharply. The hardest-hit city of Wuhan announced a major revision that added nearly 1,300 fatalities. The new figure...
Apr 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
COVID-19 testing site coming to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- More testing is on the way to the Peoria area. Public Health Administrator Monica Hendrickson said that Heartland Health Services is a local agency expanding testing in Peoria, as Gov....
Apr 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
Gov. Pritkzer announces partnership with other states to reopen economies
CHICAGO -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday a partnership with other Midwest governors as they plan to reopen economies. It was announced that Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indi...
Apr 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
