Category Archives: Local News
In victory speech, Biden says 'time to heal'
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, positioning himself to be a leader who "seeks not to divide, but to ...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 07, 2020 AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool
Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided US
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, positioning himself to lead a nation gripped by historic pandemic an...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 07, 2020 AP Photo/Paul Sancya
Trump chief of staff Meadows diagnosed with COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows has been diagnosed with the coronavirus as the nation sets daily records for confirmed cases for the pandemic. Two senior adminis...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 06, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 11/6: case count hits 10k
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois saw over 10,000 cases of COVID-19 between Thursday and Friday to go along with 49 deaths. 10,376 people during that time received positive test results. 98,401 COVID-19 t...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 06, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 11/6: over 300 new cases in 24 hours
PEORIA, Ill. -- Four people died and 325 people tested positive between Thursday and Friday for COVID-19 throughout the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county. The deaths in Peoria County were of two fem...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 06, 2020 Midwest Communications
Former Bush, Romney aide says Trump legal pursuit likely futile
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's Thursday night speech from the White House Briefing Room left many talking heads and the voting public at large wondering if the President would take legal actio...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 06, 2020 Midwest Communications
Police investigating apparent Central Peoria murder
***UPDATE*** Harwood has identified the person shot as 23-year-old Treek Booker-Lawson. She sustained multiple gunshot wounds to her body, Harwood said. The coroner was not releasing any details about...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 06, 2020 Midwest Communications
Biden eases ahead in Georgia; Trump attacks election process
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat Joe Biden gained ground in tight contests Thursday in key battleground states - and then inched ahead Friday in Georgia. With his pathway to reelection appearing to shrink, ...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 06, 2020 AP Photo/Evan Vucci
Pres. Trump speaks from WH, claims election being stolen
The Associated Press has not declared a winner in the presidential race, with a number of battleground states still too early to call. But President Donald Trump is renewing his claims that Democrats ...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 05, 2020 AP Photo/Evan Vucci
Defense Sec'y planning exit
WASHINGTON -- United States Secretary of Defense Mark Esper was planning Thursday to resign, according to sources. Part of the reason he is planning to leave his post, the sources said, is because he ...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 05, 2020 Midwest Communications