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Local COVID roundup 11/30: 14 deaths over Thanksgiving weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department Monday announced 14 deaths that occurred over the Thanksgiving weekend due to COVID-19. Eight deaths were Peoria County residents, five deaths ...
Dalton Kemper Nov 30, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 11/30: Lower numbers as expected
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- As expected over the Thanksgiving weekend, fewer people received COVID-19 tests. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday, as a result, reported only 6,190 new confi...
Dalton Kemper Nov 30, 2020 Midwest Communications
Holiday air travel surges despite dire health warnings
(AP) -- The TSA says nearly 1.2 million people went through U.S. airports on Sunday. That's the highest number since the coronavirus pandemic gripped the country back in March. And the uptick came des...
Julia Bradley Nov 30, 2020 FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020 file photo, a traveler wears a mask as she walks through Terminal 3 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. The Transportation Security Administration said nearly 1.2 million people went through U.S. airports on Sunday, the highest number since the coronavirus pandemic gripped the country back in March, despite the pleadings of public health experts for people to stay home over Thanksgiving. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
NTFPD contracts with Washington Fire for upgraded ambulance service
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- Northern Tazewell Fire Protection District has provided ambulance service in Sunnyland since 1970, but, as of December 1, the fire district will contract with the Washington Fire D...
Julia Bradley Nov 30, 2020
Moderna asking US, European regulators to OK shots
(AP) -- Moderna Inc. says it will ask U.S. and European regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine as new study results confirm the shots offer strong protection. Multiple vaccine candi...
Julia Bradley Nov 30, 2020 FILE - In this July 27, 2020, file photo, nurse Kathe Olmstead prepares a shot that is part of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., in Binghamton, N.Y. Moderna said Monday, Nov. 16, 2020, its COVID-19 shot provides strong protection against the coronavirus that's surging in the U.S. and around the world. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
Congress returns with virus aid, federal funding unresolved
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress is returning to Washington for one last attempt at deal-making this year. The only absolute must-do is preventing a government shutdown on Dec. 11. But lawmakers are also de...
Julia Bradley Nov 30, 2020 FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2020, file photo the morning sun illuminates the rotunda of the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington. After months of shadowboxing amid a tense and toxic campaign, Capitol Hill's main players are returning to Washington for one final, perhaps futile, attempt at deal making on a challenging menu of year-end business. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Biden fractures foot while playing with dog
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - President-elect Joe Biden has fractured his right foot and will likely wear a walking boot for several weeks. Biden's office says the president-elect suffered the injury Saturd...
Julia Bradley Nov 30, 2020 A motorcade with President-elect Joe Biden aboard arrives at Delaware Orthopaedic Specialists to see a doctor, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020, in Newark, Del. Biden slipped while playing with his dog Major, and twisted his ankle. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
State COVID roundup 11/29: Over 7,000 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday reported 7,178 new COVID-19 cases, including 57 additional deaths. As of Saturday night, there were 5,858 people hospitalized st...
Julia Bradley Nov 30, 2020 Midwest Communications
COVID delays SJU-BU hoops tilt
PEORIA, Ill. - The Dec. 5 Bradley University men's basketball game against St. Joseph's has been postponed after a positive COVID-19 test in the St. Joseph's camp. A statement from the school said a m...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 29, 2020 Bradley University
Experts say COVID-19 numbers could be erratic after Thanksgiving
MILWAUKEE (AP) - The coronavirus testing numbers that have guided much of the nation's response to the pandemic are likely to be erratic over the next week or so, experts said Friday, as fewer people ...
Dalton Kemper Nov 28, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy