Category Archives: Local News
White House officials to kick off big Trump impeachment week
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two top national security aides who listened to President Donald Trump's call with Ukraine are scheduled to testify in the impeachment hearings, launching back-to-back sessions as Am...
Nov 19, 2019 The Capitol in Washington is seen early Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, as the House Intelligence Committee begins a second week of public hearings as part of its impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Pope calls for Archbishop Fulton Sheen's beatification
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Vatican announced on Monday that Pope Francis has called for Archbishop Fulton Sheen's beatification. Bishop Daniel Jenky of the Diocese of Peoria said that the beatification will ...
Nov 19, 2019
Knowing when antibiotics help and when they won't
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Roughly 30% of antibiotics prescribed in medical providers' offices and emergency rooms are not needed. The over-prescribing and misuse of antibiotics could make the bacteria they...
Nov 18, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Peoria County Board proposes 2020 budget
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria County Board has drafted its proposed 2020 budget. Highlights include no property tax increase and fully-funded Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund pension obligations. Count...
Nov 18, 2019 MWC
$9.5 million grant for maternal outcomes improvement
CHICAGO -- The University of Illinois Chicago and Illinois Department of Public Health have received a $9.5 million grant to help improve maternal outcomes in the state. Around 73 women die each year ...
Nov 18, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Bradley students create Give it a Whirl, Girl! business workshop for women
PEORIA, Ill. -- The first Give it a Whirl, Girl! event will be a way for female business owners and entrepreneurs to connect and network. Stephanie Dean, a senior at Bradley University, and her Capsto...
Nov 18, 2019 The SCENE PR
As temps cool down, scams heat up
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. -- The third week of every November is National Utility Scam Awareness Week. As such, Ameren Illinois has been warning residents and businesses to be aware of the pretenders. The ut...
Nov 18, 2019 Photo: Ameren
4 people die in IL crash after high school football game
COFFEEN, Ill. (AP) - Police say four people, including two teenagers, have died in a head-on crash after an Illinois high school football game. Police say a 17-year-old driver crossed the center line ...
Nov 18, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Comedian George Lopez coming to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Comedian George Lopez will bring his stand up comedy to the Peoria Civic Center on February 28. The Peoria date will be a stop on Lopez' "The Wall World Tour." Tickets go on sale at 10...
Nov 18, 2019 Peoria Civic Center
Pelosi invites Trump to testify as new witnesses prepare
WASHINGTON (AP) - Impeachment hearings are entering a crucial second week as Democrats are set to hear from eight witnesses about President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine. Three State Department...
Nov 18, 2019 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to reporters on the morning after the first public hearing in the impeachment probe of President Donald Trump on his effort to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. Pelosi says the president's actions in the impeachment inquiry amount to "bribery." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
