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Local COVID roundup 11/4: positivity % reaches 10
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City/County Health Department on Wednesday reported a COVID-19 outbreak at Sharon Healthcare Pines. 40 of Peoria County's 116 new cases came from the facility. Tazewell County r...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 04, 2020 Midwest Communications
Trump campaign asking U.S. Supreme Court to halt PA vote counting
WASHINGTON -- The campaign of President Donald Trump announced Wednesday it is asking the U.S.'s highest court to step in and stop more votes from being counted in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 04, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
State COVID roundup 11/04: Over 7,500 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Wednesday reported another hefty new case total, including 55 additional deaths. 7,538 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the s...
Dalton Kemper Nov 04, 2020 Midwest Communications
Illinois' graduated income tax plan fails
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Voters have rejected a proposal to abolish Illinois' flat-rate income tax for one that would take a greater share from wealthier taxpayers. It was Gov. J.B. Pritzker's top pri...
Julia Bradley Nov 04, 2020 Illinois.gov
There's no winner in the presidential race. That's OK
WASHINGTON (AP) - America woke up Wednesday morning without a winner of the presidential election. That's OK. Critical battleground states including Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania remain without...
Julia Bradley Nov 04, 2020 Bartender Sam Schilke watches election results on television at a bar and grill Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Paula Bronstein)
Pekin's Luft wins 91st District House seat
PEORIA, Ill. -- Pekin Mayor Mark Luft has won Illinois' Dist. 91 House of Representatives seat, taking 63% of the vote, defeating challenger Josh Grys. Luft told WMBD's "The Greg and Dan Show", there'...
Julia Bradley Nov 04, 2020 (Photo courtesy of City of Pekin)
Biden campaign willing to fight Trump in court
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat Joe Biden's campaign says it will fight any efforts by President Donald Trump's campaign to go to the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent ballots from being tabulated. In a statem...
Julia Bradley Nov 04, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to supporters, early Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya
Peoria, Tazewell elections chiefs give postmortem
PEORIA, Ill. -- Early on Election Tuesday, electronic pollbooks were delivered to the wrong location, causing a 25-minute delay in voting at Northwest United Methodist Church on War Memorial in Peoria...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 04, 2020 Liberty Systems testing Tazewell County voting machines
(Courtesy of Kevin Bessler/WMBD)
Bustos declares razor-thin victory
MOLINE, Ill. -- With 99% of precincts reporting late Tuesday night, 17th District Rep. Cheri Bustos declared victory over challenger Esther Joy King. At the time of her declaration, the Congresswoman ...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 04, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Pres. Trump vows Supreme Court action
WASHINGTON D.C. -- In an early Wednesday morning speech from the White House, President Donald Trump expressed confidence about his standing in the election, while threatening legal action. "We'll be ...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 04, 2020 MWC-Fox News Photo Credit
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