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Teens arrested after crashing stolen car into police car
GERMANTOWN HILLS, Ill. -- Two teenagers are facing multiple charges after stealing a vehicle that was ultimately crashed into a deputy's squad car Saturday night. Around 11:40 p.m., a Woodford County ...
Dalton Kemper May 09, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Morton schools COVID cases down as graduation nears
MORTON, Ill. -- Morton District 709 COVID-19 numbers have continued to improve over the last few weeks, according to Superintendent Jeffrey Hill. As of Friday, May 7, just three students had been conf...
Dalton Kemper May 09, 2021
Indian states impose stricter lockdowns as COVID deaths hit record high
CHENNAI (Reuters) -India on Saturday reported its highest ever single-day COVID-19 death toll, as cases continued to rise and states imposed stricter lockdowns. India's health ministry reported 4,187 ...
Rick Hirschmann May 08, 2021 REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Fire destroys Peoria eatery
PEORIA, Ill. -- Sharkey's, also the former site of Big JJ Fish & Chicken, was deemed a total loss after an early Saturday morning blaze. Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics were called at 12:30 to 913 S...
Rick Hirschmann May 08, 2021 Midwest Communications
1 hurt in West Bluff blaze
PEORIA, Ill. -- A house fire that broke out Friday afternoon has landed one woman in a hospital. Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics were called around 12:30 to the 1200 block of N. Bourland Ave. They obser...
Rick Hirschmann May 07, 2021 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Local COVID roundup 5/7: 4 Peorians pass
PEORIA, Ill. -- COVID-19 between Thursday and Friday claimed the lives of four Peoria County residents. Three were in their 70s, one woman and two men, while a man in his 80s also died. A total of 137...
Rick Hirschmann May 07, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 5/7: vax count down, test count up
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A total of 3,321 Illinoisans between Thursday and Friday tested positive for COVID-19, while 36 died. Rolling seven-day average for vaccines administered per day has dwindled sign...
Rick Hirschmann May 07, 2021 Midwest Communications
Pedestrian hit in Peoria Friday morning
PEORIA, Ill. -- An accident in downtown Peoria just before 8 a.m. Friday left one person injured. Peoria Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said a car traveling northeast on Adams Street collided w...
Julia Bradley May 07, 2021 (File-1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol)
Grand jury indicts four former police officers in George Floyd's death
(Reuters) -A federal grand jury in Minneapolis has indicted four ex-police officers involved in the arrest and death of George Floyd on charges they violated Floyd's civil rights while detaining him l...
Julia Bradley May 07, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A man places flowers at a mural of George Floyd after the verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, found guilty of the death of Floyd, in Denver, Colorado, U.S., April 20, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt
U.S. job growth far below expectations in April amid labor shortages
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers hired far fewer workers than expected in April, likely frustrated by labor shortages, leaving them scrambling to met booming demand as the economy reopens amid ra...
Julia Bradley May 07, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Construction workers wait in line to do a temperature test to return to the job site after lunch, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
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