Category Archives: Local News
Bat in Woodford County tests positive for rabies
EUREKA, Ill. -- The Woodford County Health Department said Thursday that a recent report showed a deceased bat, collected from a private residence in Metamora, tested positive for rabies. This is the ...
Sep 02, 2021 Phuket@photographer.net / CC
U.S. weekly jobless claims drop; layoffs tumble to 24-year low
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell last week, while layoffs dropped to their lowest level in more than 24 years in August, suggesting the labor ...
Sep 02, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An In-N-Out Burger advertises for workers at their restaurants location in Encinitas, California, U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo/File Photo
Peoria Civic Center COVID testing site returning with vaccinations
PEORIA, Ill. -- After some confusion on if the COVID-19 testing site at the Peoria Civic Center parking lot would return or not, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced Thursday the ...
Sep 02, 2021 (File-Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD)
Discussions continue on improvements to Glen Oak Park
PEORIA, Ill. -- Glen Oak Park is set to undergo some big changes, and on Wednesday night, Park District leaders gave neighbors a chance to share their ideas. The Peoria Park District has more than $2 ...
Sep 02, 2021 (25 News)
U.S. Supreme Court declines to block Texas abortion ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Wednesday to block a Texas ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, dealing a major blow to abortion rights by leaving in place a state law...
Sep 02, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Storm clouds roll in over the U.S. Supreme Court, following an abortion ruling by the Texas legislature, in Washington, U.S., September 1, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Update: At least 18 dead in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania flooding
(Reuters) -The governors of New York and New Jersey declared a state of emergency late on Wednesday as record-breaking rains from tropical storm Ida led to flooding and hazardous conditions on the roa...
Sep 02, 2021 A flooded parking area is seen during flash floods in Emmitsburg, Maryland, U.S., September 1, 2021, in this still image taken from video obtained from social media. Mandatory credit JOHNNY BRUSA/via REUTERS
Durbin talks about end of Afghanistan war, Afghan refugees in U.S., and P.O.W. from Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois U.S. Senator Dick Durbin says he supported beginning the war in Afghanistan, and he supported it ending. But, in a conference call with reporters Wednesday, the Democrat s...
Sep 01, 2021 Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
No new ethics reform in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- New ethics reform has failed to pass the Illinois House. House members did not accept Gov. J-B Pritzker's amendatory veto Tuesday night. The bill was passed earlier this year and ...
Sep 01, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470-100.3 WMBD
Illinois Senate passes clean energy bill
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Senate passed a massive clean energy bill early Wednesday morning. The measure will close many private coal fire power plants by 2030, and it would close down municip...
Sep 01, 2021 Illinois Capitol - Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Evacuees urged not to return home after devastation from storm Ida
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Evacuees who fled Ida before the storm hammered southern Louisiana are being urged not to return home just yet as the long, arduous recovery is only beginning from one of the m...
Sep 01, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows destroyed houses in a flooded area after Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana, in Montegut, Louisiana, U.S. August 31, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello
