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Man survives gunshot to face in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man who was shot in the face Monday afternoon in Peoria was expected to survive. A little before 1:30, Peoria Police officers responded to Main and Kumpf regarding a multi-vehicle ac...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
Portion of downtown Peoria business building collapses
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Police Department and Building Code Enforcement were looking into what caused the Monday morning partial collapse of a brick business building. Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 23, 2020
Michigan certifies Biden win
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan election officials on Monday certified Democrat Joe Biden's 154,000-vote victory in the state. The Board of State Canvassers, which has two Republicans and two Democrats...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 11/23: weekend case count over 1k
PEORIA, Ill. -- 1,043 Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford County residents found out between Friday and Monday they tested positive for COVID-19. Tazewell was hit the hardest, with 471 new cases and five d...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 11/23: another sizable positivity rate drop
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois's Sunday-Monday COVID-19 reporting period saw 8,322 people receive positive test results. 47 people across the state during that time were reported to have died. The Illi...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
Hy-Vee brings back reserved shopping hour
WEST DES MOINES, IA - Beginning Monday, Nov. 23, Hy-Vee reinstated its reserved shopping hour for customers deemed high risk. This is in response to the recent increase in COVID-19 cases through the M...
Julia Bradley Nov 23, 2020
Biden builds out national security picks with Blinken, Kerry
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Joe Biden is building out his administration with several key picks for national security and foreign policy roles. John Kerry, a former secretary of state, will lead...
Julia Bradley Nov 23, 2020 FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2020, file photo former Secretary of State John Kerry smiles while speaking at a campaign stop to support Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden at the Biden for President Fort Dodge Office in Fort Dodge, Iowa. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Victim of Peoria crash identified
PEORIA, Ill. -- The victim of a two-vehicle crash Friday morning has been identified as 34-year-old Aries Terrell of Peoria. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said Terrell was pronounced dead at 11:...
Julia Bradley Nov 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
US tells GM to recall nearly 6M trucks with Takata inflators
DETROIT (AP) - The U.S. is making General Motors recall and repair nearly 6 million big pickup trucks and SUVs equipped with potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators. The move announced Monday b...
Julia Bradley Nov 23, 2020 FILE - This Friday, May 16, 2014, file photo, shows the General Motors logo at the company's world headquarters in Detroit. The U.S. is making General Motors recall and repair nearly 6 million big pickup trucks and SUVs equipped with potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators. The move announced Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will cost the automaker an estimated $1.2 billion. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
Trump appeals rejection of effort to block Pennsylvania vote
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - President Donald Trump is appealing a federal judge's dismissal of his campaign's effort to block the certification of votes in Pennsylvania. The president and other plaintiffs ...
Julia Bradley Nov 23, 2020 FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 20, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump listens during an event in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. A federal judge in Pennsylvania says he won’t stop officials from certifying election results that show Democrat Joe Biden winning the state by more than 80,000 votes. U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020 turned down the request by President Donald Trump’s campaign as it sought the state’s 20 electoral votes. Those votes still would not have been enough on their own to hand Trump a second term. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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