Category Archives: Local News
U.S. Senate expected to begin debating coronavirus package on Thursday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate is expected to begin debating President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package on Thursday after agreeing to phase out payments to higher-income Am...
Julia Bradley Mar 04, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is reflected against an ambulance along the East Front on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 16, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
Green with safety: local health expert talks St. Patty's
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria St. Patrick's Day parade was officially canceled this past Monday, marking the second year in a row that has happened. It was a collaborative decision made in conjunction wi...
Rick Hirschmann Mar 03, 2021 Midwest Communications
Biden says it's a 'big mistake' for states to lift mask mandates
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday said decisions to end the required wearing of masks - such as those by governors of Texas and Mississippi - amounted to "Neanderthal thinking...
Dalton Kemper Mar 03, 2021 Brendan Smialowski/Pool via REUTERS
U.S. House scraps Thursday session on warnings of Capitol attack plot: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives canceled its planned Thursday session after the Capitol Police warned on Wednesday of a possible plot by a militia group to breach the building...
Rick Hirschmann Mar 03, 2021 REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Man burned in Wed. A.M. Peoria house fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- An occupant of a North Valley home that caught fire Wednesday morning sustained burns severe enough to require transport to a hospital for treatment. Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics resp...
Rick Hirschmann Mar 03, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 3/3: exact same case count as Tues.
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department for the second day in a row reported a 24-hour new COVID case count of 54 for the tri-county. Tazewell accounted for the most, with 23, followe...
Rick Hirschmann Mar 03, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 3/3: Averaging more than 84,000 vaccine doses daily
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Wednesday reported the seven-day rolling average of COVID-19 vaccines administered daily is 84,202 doses. 82,449 doses were adminis...
Dalton Kemper Mar 03, 2021 Midwest Communications
Police warn of possible bid by militia group to attack U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The police force that guards the U.S. Capitol said on Wednesday it has obtained intelligence pointing to a possible plot by a militia group to breach the building on Thursday, a...
Julia Bradley Mar 03, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Police release tear gas into a crowd of pro-Trump protesters during clashes at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Update: U.S. Senate negotiates limits in Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill before vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. senators and President Joe Biden have agreed to place an income limit on Americans who would receive stimulus payments under his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief...
Julia Bradley Mar 03, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A man makes his way past the U.S. Capitol on the day the House of Representatives is expected to vote on legislation to provide $1.9 trillion in new coronavirus relief in Washington, U.S., February 26, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Rockets land at Iraqi air base hosting U.S. forces
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 10 rockets landed on Wednesday at Iraq's Ain al-Asad air base that hosts United States, coalition and Iraqi forces, the Iraqi military said. It was the second rocket attac...
Julia Bradley Mar 03, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Military vehicles of U.S. soldiers are seen at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar province, Iraq January 13, 2020. REUTERS/John Davison