Category Archives: Local News
Klobuchar ends presidential bid, will endorse Biden
UNDATED (AP) -- Amy Klobuchar is ending her Democratic presidential campaign and is set to endorse Joe Biden. The Minnesota senator announced the decision Monday, calling it quits after a bid that bro...
Mar 02, 2020 (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Illinois announces fourth COVID-19 case
CHICAGO -- The Illinois Department of Public Health and the Cook County Department of Public Health on Monday announced a fourth patient has tested positive for COVID-19. The test results will have to...
Mar 02, 2020 Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, discusses the discovery of a second case in Illinois of the novel coronavirus and the public health efforts to contain and study it, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020 in Springfield, Ill., (AP Photo/John O'Connor)
2nd coronavirus death reported in the U.S.
(AP) - Health officials in Washington state said Sunday night that a second person had died from the coronavirus and researchers said it may have been circulating for weeks undetected in the greater S...
Mar 02, 2020 Dr. Frank Riedo, Medical Director of Infection Control, EvergreenHealth Hospital addresses a news conference at Public Health – Seattle & King County Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, in Seattle. A man in his 50s with underlying health conditions became the first coronavirus death on U.S. soil. The man had underlying health conditions and no history of travel or contact with a known COVID-19 case, health officials in Washington state said. A spokesperson for EvergreenHealth Medical Center said the person died in the facility in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland.(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Yard waste pickup season's about to start
PEORIA, Ill. -- Get those clippings, sticks and leaves ready. Peoria's yard waste pickup season returns on Monday, March 16th. City of Peoria Communications Manager Stacy Peterson points out that resi...
Mar 02, 2020
Illinois officials announce new coronavirus case
CHICAGO (AP) - Health officials say a person in Illinois has tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the third suspected case in the state after two confirmed patients. The Illinois and Cook County Dep...
Mar 02, 2020
AP sources: Buttigieg to end presidential campaign
(AP) - Pete Buttigieg, who rose from being a small-town Midwestern mayor to a barrier-breaking, top-tier candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, is ending his campaign. Three people with...
Mar 01, 2020 (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Peoria students honored for leadership qualities
PEORIA, Ill. -- Four Peoria high school students are being recognized for their leadership qualities. As part of the 32nd Annual Red, Black and Green Ball for the African American Hall of Fame Museum ...
Mar 01, 2020 Recipients from left: Denaya Mullins, Hope Adhanom-Shipman, Christopher Burrell, Nathaniel Roberts, Jackson Phillips and Richard Mark – Ameren Illinois
(Courtesy of Ameren)
Coronavirus claims a life in the US
KIRKLAND, WA. (AP) -- A man has died in Washington state of COVID-19, state health officials said Saturday, marking the first such reported death in the United States. A spokesperson for Evergreen Hea...
Feb 29, 2020 MWC- AP News Photo Credit
U.S. and Taliban sign peace agreement to end war
DOHA, Qatar (AP) - The United States and the Taliban have signed a peace agreement aimed at ending the 18-year war in Afghanistan, America's longest. The signing could help President Donald Trump fulf...
Feb 29, 2020 U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, left, and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban group's top political leader shack hands after signing a peace agreement between Taliban and U.S. officials in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. The United States is poised to sign a peace agreement with Taliban militants on Saturday aimed at bringing an end to 18 years of bloodshed in Afghanistan and allowing U.S. troops to return home from America's longest war. (AP Photo/Hussein Sayed)
Peoria crash stalls traffic on War Memorial
PEORIA, Ill. -- Traffic was stalled on westbound War Memorial Drive in Peoria Friday night after a car struck a utility pole just south of Scenic Drive. Initial reports said a vehicle was on fire with...
Feb 29, 2020 (25 News)
