Category Archives: Top Stories

Sheriffs Department wants more information on fatal New Years Day hit-and-run
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - We're learning more about the fatal New Year's Day accident in rural Peoria County that claimed the life of a man, but detectives say they need more help. The accident occurred S...
Will Stevenson Jan 04, 2022 Midwest Communications

Apartment building in Washington total loss following fire
WASHINGTON, Ill. - A three-apartment house in Washington is a loss following a fire Tuesday morning. Washington Fire Chief Brett Brown tells our news partner 25 News fire broke out in the 100 block of...
Will Stevenson Jan 04, 2022 25 News

Deere says its robo-tractors are ready to till the fields
DETROIT (Reuters) - John Deere & Co said on Tuesday it will start commercial delivery this year of technology that enables a tractor to till a field without an operator in the cab, a first for the...
Will Stevenson Jan 04, 2022 Workers set up a temporary building for John Deere in the parking lot of the Las Vegas Convention Center in preparation for CES 2022 in Las Vegas, January 3, 2022. REUTERS/Steve Marcus

Another Republican running for Illinois Secretary of State
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A former federal and Springfield-area prosecutor is the latest candidate for Illinois Secretary of State. John Milhiser describes himself in a news release as having a "commitment ...
Will Stevenson Jan 04, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/John Milhiser campaign

COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy not linked to complications at birth - U.S. study
(Reuters) - COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy was not associated with preterm delivery or underweight newborns, in a study published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on...
Will Stevenson Jan 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A pregnant woman receives a vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo

Pfizer to supply U.S. with 10 million more courses of COVID-19 pills
(Reuters) - The Biden administration doubled its order for Pfizer Inc's oral COVID-19 antiviral treatment, the company and the White House said on Tuesday, providing the government a total of 20 milli...
Cooper Banks Jan 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Paxlovid, a Pfizer's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pill, is seen manufactured in Ascoli, Italy, in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on November 16, 2021. Pfizer/Handout via REUTERS

Man dead following Fulton County three-vehicle crash
FULTON COUNTY, Ill. - One man is dead and two others are injured after a three-vehicle accident Monday afternoon in Fulton County. Our news partner 25 News reports the coroner pronounced Alex Oller, 2...
Will Stevenson Jan 04, 2022 Midwest Communications

Pritzker: State will investigate phony COVID-19 testing sites
CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says the number of new cases of COVID-19 in the state isn't the only thing concerning him about the virus right now. Pritzker says there's a growing probl...
Will Stevenson Jan 04, 2022 State of Illinois

Illinois Democrat Bobby Rush to retire after nearly 30 years in Congress - media
(Reuters) - U.S Representative Bobby Rush, a civil rights campaigner and Black Panther activist in the 1960s, is not seeking re-election and plans to retire at the end of the year after completing 15 ...
Will Stevenson Jan 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep Bobby Rush (D-IL) - Washington, U.S., 28/02/17 -. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

Rural Avon man sentenced for murder of Fulton County Sheriffs Deputy
FULTON COUNTY, Ill. - Life in prison. That's the sentence a judge in Fulton County gave Tuesday to Nathan Woodring. He's the rural Avon man who shot and killed Fulton County Sheriffs Deputy Troy Chisu...
Will Stevenson Jan 04, 2022


