Category Archives: Local News
Collins: Continued threat of severe storms through Friday
PEORIA, Ill. -- Strong to severe storms are a possibility for the Peoria area Friday night. "We'll see showers and storms throughout the day. The severe weather threat is low until this (Friday) eveni...
Julia Bradley Jun 18, 2021 Midwest Communications
Sign of the times: Peoria health dept. ceasing regular COVID briefings
PEORIA, Ill. -- A mere 59 residents of the Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford tri-county over the past week tested positive for COVID-19, while four new deaths occurred. The rolling seven-day average for ...
Rick Hirschmann Jun 17, 2021 Ben Pollard/1470-100.3 WMBD
OSF OnCall digital hub shows future of healthcare industry
PEORIA, Ill. -- The OSF OnCall digital care center in Downtown Peoria opened in January and has since been providing care to patients throughout the entire process of the healthcare system. The digita...
Dalton Kemper Jun 17, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Biden signs Juneteenth bill, creating holiday marking U.S. slavery's end
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris signed a bill into law on Thursday afternoon to make June 19 a federal holiday commemorating the end of the legal enslav...
Julia Bradley Jun 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden holds a news conference after the U.S.-Russia summit with Russia's President Vladimir Putin, in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Volunteers needed for discussion series on how to improve local healthcare
PEORIA, Ill. -- An upcoming series of healthcare discussions will be lucrative for voluntary participants, while also helping to possibly bring grant dollars to Peoria. The Healthcare Collaborative, a...
Rick Hirschmann Jun 17, 2021 Midwest Communications
Tazewell County to celebrate "Juneteenth" in S. Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. -- On Friday, Tazewell County will celebrate "Juneteenth", June 19, the day in 1865 when the final group of black slaves in Texas was told they were freed. The event, hosted by the Tazewel...
Julia Bradley Jun 17, 2021 (Dalton Kemper-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Republican challenge to Obamacare law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican bid that had been backed by former President Donald Trump's administration to invalidate the Obamacare healthcare law, r...
Julia Bradley Jun 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S. May 17, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
U.S. weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rise
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased last week for the first time in more than a month, but layoffs are easing amid a reopening economy ...
Julia Bradley Jun 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People who lost their jobs wait in line to file for unemployment benefits, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Arkansas Workforce Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S. April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo
Reaction to Biden-Putin summit ranges from 'positive' to 'disturbing'
(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed at their first summit on Wednesday to hold talks on arms control and cybersecurity. Here is some reaction to their bilat...
Julia Bradley Jun 17, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meet for the U.S.-Russia summit at Villa La Grange in Geneva, Switzerland June 16, 2021. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS
Congress declares holiday for Juneteenth, marking end of slavery
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed and sent to President Joe Biden a bill making June 19, or "Juneteenth," a federal holiday commemorating the e...
Julia Bradley Jun 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Norma Ewing of Seattle holds a sign as people gather at Judkins Park for Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves elsewhere in the United States, in Seattle, Washington, U.S. June 19, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson