Category Archives: Local News
Village of Morton issues boil order, effective immediately
MORTON, Ill. -- The Village of Morton issued a city-wide boil order, effective immediately, on Jan. 2, 2021, according to the Tazewell County Health Department. A temporary loss of power at the Water ...
Ben Pollard Jan 02, 2021
Rejecting Trump veto, Republican-led Senate backs defense bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump suffered a stinging rebuke in the U.S. Senate on Friday when fellow Republicans joined Democrats to override a presidential veto for the first time in his ...
Julia Bradley Jan 02, 2021 A person walks through the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building, Washington, December 28, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis
U.S. judge dismisses lawmaker lawsuit against Pence over electoral count
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday rejected a lawsuit from a Republican congressman that sought to allow Vice President Mike Pence to reject Electoral College votes for Joe Biden when Con...
Julia Bradley Jan 02, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks after receiving the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 18, 2020. REUTERS/Cheriss May
State COVID roundup 1/1: Statewide positivity up slightly
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday reported 7,201 new confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases and 157 virus-related deaths in its daily report. As of Thursday night,...
Julia Bradley Jan 02, 2021 Midwest Communications
Romney floats sweeping vaccine plan as U.S. nears 20 million COVID-19 cases
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Mitt Romney on Friday urged the U.S. government to immediately enlist veterinarians, combat medics and others in a sweeping proposal to administer coronavirus vaccinatio...
Julia Bradley Jan 01, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) walks through the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., December 17, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott
Ice storm brings outages in the tri-county area
Ameren Illinois' Outage Map early Friday afternoon showed over 3,800 customers in Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford Counties were without power. Icy conditions left many power lines taxed or out of servic...
Rick Hirschmann Jan 01, 2021 Midwest Communications
Defying Trump, Republican-led U.S. Senate presses ahead to override his veto
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate are expected to take steps toward overriding his veto of a major defense bill in a rare New Year's Day session on ...
Ben Pollard Jan 01, 2021 REUTERS/Leah Millis
Grease sparks NYE fast food fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria fire crews were called at 7:00 New Year's Eve to the N. University Burger King on reports of a roof fire. Thick, black smoke was found emanating from the roof, and moderate smok...
Rick Hirschmann Jan 01, 2021 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Pharmacist arrested in vaccine tampering incident
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Authorities arrested a suburban Milwaukee pharmacist Thursday suspected of deliberately ruining hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine by removing it from refrigeration for two ...
Ben Pollard Dec 31, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
State COVID roundup 12/31: hospital beds open up
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- 8,009 people throughout Illinois between Wednesday and Thursday tested positive for coronavirus. 133 people died from complications related to it during that time. 4,093 virus pat...
Rick Hirschmann Dec 31, 2020 Midwest Communications