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U.S. COVID-19 deaths soar as vaccinations grow
(Reuters) - Daily U.S. deaths from COVID-19 surpassed 3,000 for the third time in a week as the country expanded its vaccination program and the U.S. Congress progressed toward approving financial rel...
Julia Bradley Dec 16, 2020 FILE PHOTO: Sammie Michael Dent, Jr., the grandson of Florence Bolton, a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive patient that died on November 2nd at Roseland Community Hospital, looks at her casket at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 9, 2020. Picture taken December 9, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
East Peoria's Festival of Lights competes in "Light Fight"
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- East Peoria's Festival of Lights will be featured on national television Wednesday night. FOLEPI lights will compete in the Great Christmas Light Fight on ABC at 7 p.m. The footag...
Julia Bradley Dec 16, 2020 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Peoria sees first significant snow of the season
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria crews were out treating roads early Wednesday morning after the first measurable snowfall of the season, although accumulation was expected to be minor. Peoria Public Works Depu...
Julia Bradley Dec 16, 2020 1470- 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Peoria signs off on consent degree with the EPA
PEORIA, Ill. - The City of Peoria has signed off on a long-range plan that aims gradually to eliminate its use of combined sewer overflow. The $109 million plan aims to fully reduce CSO by Dec. 31, 20...
Julia Bradley Dec 16, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Law enforcement awaits vaccine availability
PEORIA, Ill. -- Phase one of COVID-19 vaccine distribution was ushered in Tuesday afternoon on a local level, as five OSF HealthCare workers were the first on the frontlines in Illinois to receive the...
Rick Hirschmann Dec 15, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 12/15: key metric met
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County added two deaths between Monday and Tuesday to its COVID totals. A woman in her 90s who lived at Sharon Elms and a man in his 60s with comorbidities both succumbed to vir...
Rick Hirschmann Dec 15, 2020 Midwest Communications
First Illinoisans receive COVID-19 vaccine in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike were on hand in Peoria Tuesday as the first front line care givers in the state received the...
Dalton Kemper Dec 15, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
State COVID roundup 12/15: hospitalizations fall below 5k
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations between Monday and Tuesday dropped beneath 5,000. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 4,965 people with the virus as of Monday ni...
Rick Hirschmann Dec 15, 2020 Midwest Communications
McConnell congratulates Joe Biden as president-elect
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell congratulated Democrat Joe Biden on Tuesday as the president-elect. The Republican leader said the Electoral College "has spoken." The Republic...
Julia Bradley Dec 15, 2020 Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP
Illinois House panel ends probe of powerful Speaker Madigan
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois House committee has ended its consideration of a breach of trust claim against House Speaker Michael Madigan, voting down further proceedings that could have led t...
Julia Bradley Dec 15, 2020 In this photo taken on Monday, May 19, 2014, llinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, speaks to lawmakers while on the House floor during session at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield Ill. As it becomes increasingly difficult to muster 60 votes for the extension of the states income tax increase, some lawmakers are pitching other options to consider, including a gradual roll back of tax rates as more a politically viable alternative. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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