Category Archives: Local News
Local COVID roundup 7/28: non-ICU hospital cases rise
PEORIA, Ill. -- Hospital bed usage for COVID-19 increased between Monday and Tuesday by four, according to the Peoria City/County Health Department. Intensive care unit usage around the area remained ...
Jul 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 7/28: rate of positive tests flattens
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A string of consecutive days in which the state's COVID-19 test positivity rate inch upwards was snapped on Tuesday, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported. The seven-d...
Jul 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
Barr condemns rioting at much-anticipated House hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General William Barr is defending the aggressive federal law enforcement response to civil unrest in America, saying "violent rioters and anarchists have hijacked legitimate...
Jul 28, 2020 Attorney General William Barr listens during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the oversight of the Department of Justice on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, July 28, 2020 in Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP)
Trump again pushes unproven drug as COVID-19 treatment
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is back to pushing unproven claims that an anti-malaria drug is an effective treatment for the coronavirus. He's also lobbing new attacks on the credibility of...
Jul 28, 2020 President Donald Trump wears a face mask as he participates in a tour of Bioprocess Innovation Center at Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, Monday, July 27, 2020, in Morrisville, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Two vehicles stolen from Peoria dealership
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called around 10:55 p.m. Monday to Scherer Mazda in the 2300 block of W. Pioneer Parkway on reports of a break-in. Peoria Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said ...
Jul 28, 2020 (Scherer Mazda)
MVC announces delayed fall sports schedule
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- On Monday, the Missouri Valley Conference Presidents Council said they will delay the start of competition for some fall sports until Sept. 18. Sports being delayed include: Men and ...
Jul 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
Shooting suspect arrested after traffic stop
PEORIA, Ill. - A man arrested in connection to a shooting in Peoria. A traffic stop and footchase near Adams and Pecan around midnight on Saturday July 25th, led to the arrest of Laison March, 22, was...
Jul 27, 2020 MWC
Local COVID roundup 7/27: over 100 new cases during the weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- The weekend COVID-19 death of a Peoria County woman in her 50s brought the area's death toll to 42. Meanwhile, Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford County over the weekend combined for over ...
Jul 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 7/27: Peoria County woman among 18 new deaths
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The state's COVID-19 test positivity rate over the past week has continued to rise Monday as the Illinois Department of Public Health reported a 3.8% rate. 1,231 people between Su...
Jul 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
No new COVID cases at the Peoria County Jail
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- The Peoria County Jail's current population is 265. To date, 191 inmates have tested negative for COVID-19, according to Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell. "At this point, we h...
Jul 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
