Category Archives: National

Olympics-First competitors in athletes' village infected with COVID-19
TOKYO (Reuters) -Tokyo Olympics organisers on Sunday reported the first COVID-19 cases among competitors residing in the athletes' village, as its population swells ahead of the start of the pandemic-...
Ed Hammond Jul 18, 2021 REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Baseball fans scramble after shooting outside Washington Nationals stadium
UPDATE - Fox News Radio reports police say people who were in separate vehicles near the ballpark began firing at each other. There were three victims. One of them, a bystander, suffered non-life thre...
Ed Hammond Jul 18, 2021 Solomon Tucker/via REUTERS

City of Peoria asking for public input on COVID-19 funds spending
PEORIA, Ill. -- The City of Peoria is asking residents to give their input on how the city should spend more than $36 million in COVID-19 relief funds. The funds must be obligated by the end of the ye...
Dalton Kemper Jul 16, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD

Mask mandate returns to Los Angeles as coronavirus cases rise
(Reuters) -Los Angeles County will reimpose its mask mandate this weekend in the latest sign that public health officials are struggling with an alarming rise in coronavirus cases tied to the highly c...
Dalton Kemper Jul 16, 2021 REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo

"He has the ability to captivate the general public through his play," says Bradley professor on Ohtani
Major League Baseball (MLB) player Shohei Ohtani has taken the league by storm in the 2021 season, leading the league in home runs and ranking third in runs batted in. There is something different, ho...
Dalton Kemper Jul 16, 2021 Moto "Club4AG" Miwa / CC

White House slams Facebook as conduit for COVID-19 misinformation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Facebook is not doing enough to stop the spread of false claims about COVID-19 and vaccines, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Thursday, part of a new administration ...
Dalton Kemper Jul 15, 2021 REUTERS/Tom Brenner

Dunlap celebrating 150th anniversary this weekend
DUNLAP, Ill. -- The Village of Dunlap is celebrating its 150th anniversary Saturday with a "Party in the Park." Village Clerk Tracy Korger said there will be activities for all ages. "We're going to h...
Dalton Kemper Jul 15, 2021 Village of Dunlap

Gov. Pritzker announces next round of rental assistance
CHICAGO -- Gov. JB Pritzker Wednesday announced the next round of rental assistance with the eviction moratorium set to end on August 31. Pritzker encouraged renters and landlords to apply for $500 mi...
Dalton Kemper Jul 14, 2021 Midwest Communications

Peoria City Council discusses ongoing gun violence
PEORIA, Ill. -- Violence in Peoria has been a main topic of conversation, especially after the 17th homicide of the year occurred Monday. Council member Denise Jackson, of the 1st District, addressed ...
Dalton Kemper Jul 14, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD

Searchers find another Florida condo collapse victim, raising toll to 95
(Reuters) - Searchers at a partially collapsed condominium near Miami found another victim, raising the number of confirmed deaths to 95 on Tuesday as heavy rain and the gruesome challenge of identify...
Dalton Kemper Jul 13, 2021 REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo/File Photo


