Category Archives: Local News
U.S. teachers' union shifts stance to back vaccine mandate as COVID surges
(Reuters) - COVID-19 vaccinations should be required for U.S. teachers to protect students who are too young to be inoculated, the head of the nation's second-largest teachers' union said on Sunday, s...
Aug 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A bus drops students off as classes resume after teachers received the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination, at Westwood Elementary School in Dayton, Ohio, U.S., March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Megan Jelinger/File Photo
Chicago officer shot and killed over the weekend
CHICAGO (FOX News) -- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot offered her condolences on Sunday to the loved ones of Police Officer Ella French, who was killed in Chicago on Saturday night. "Tragedy has struck a...
Aug 09, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
$1 trillion U.S. infrastructure bill inches ahead with Senate votes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Sunday took two more steps toward passing a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill by blessing the details of the largest U.S. investment in roads and brid...
Aug 09, 2021 The U.S. Capitol building is pictured in Washington, U.S., August 8, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
One Injured in Peoria County rollover accident
PEORIA, Ill. - The driver of a vehicle was transported to a hospital following a rollover accident in Peoria County. Peoria firefighters and paramedics were dispatched to Radnor Road at the Route 6 ov...
Aug 08, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
No injuries in South Peoria house fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters contained a fire in a South Peoria residence to the living room area. The blaze at 1026 S. Shelley St. was reported at 5:25 a.m. Sunday. Battalion Chief Scott Strum ...
Aug 08, 2021 Midwest Communications
Masks required indoors and in grandstand at Illinois State Fair
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois State Fair starts next week, and you'll have to take a mask with you. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) Fr...
Aug 07, 2021 Katherine Johnson / CC
White House announces final extension of student loan repayment pause
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's administration on Friday announced a final extension of a coronavirus relief pause on federal student loan repayments, interest and collections until J...
Aug 06, 2021 REUTERS/Jim Bourg
ICC receives nearly $300,000 in federal funding
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois Central College will receive $277,375 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Education Talent Search Program, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos announced Friday. Grants ...
Aug 06, 2021 (Illinois Central College Facebook)
IDPH reports more than 16,000 new COVID-19 cases in the last week
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday reported 16,742 new and probable cases of COVID-19 in the last week, up from 11,682 the week before. IDPH reported more than...
Aug 06, 2021 Midwest Communications
PPD chief wants to create a "team approach" in responding to violence
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's new Police Chief Eric Echevarria has been on the job just five days. But, he's already been out on the streets with his officers, seeing how they respond to calls involving gu...
Aug 06, 2021 City of Peoria
