Category Archives: Top Stories
Pfizer says antiviral pill cuts risk of severe COVID-19 by 89%
(Reuters) -A trial of Pfizer Inc's experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 was stopped early after the drug was shown to cut by 89% the chances of hospitalization or death for adults at risk of devel...
Nov 05, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Pfizer logo is placed near medicines from the same manufacturer in this illustration taken September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
House vote expected Friday on infrastructure bills; Biden calls Democrats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on Friday on the social policy and climate-change bill and a bipartisan infrastructure bill that form the centerpiece of Pr...
Nov 05, 2021 U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is flanked by U.S. Senators' Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) as he faces reporters following the Senate Democrats weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
UPDATED: Gunshot wound sends one to the hospital in Peoria
UPDATE: 9:57 a.m. Peoria, Ill -- A victim is being treated for a bullet wound to the leg after a shooting reported last night in Peoria. It's the latest word from Police as the investigation continues...
Nov 05, 2021 (25 News)
DOJ sues Texas over new mail-in ballot restrictions
(Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Texas on Thursday over a state law that places strict curbs on voting by mail, in the latest effort by the Biden administration to combat...
Nov 04, 2021 U.S President Joe Biden holds a press conference in the G20 leaders' summit in Rome, Italy October 31, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
ICC relieves students of $1.1 million in debt
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois Central College is using COVID-19 relief money to eliminate $1.1 million in student debt. The college says student accounts having outstanding balances for tuition, fees, ...
Nov 04, 2021 Illinois Central College
Health Department says new COVID cases trending upward, but may not be as bad as last year
PEORIA, Ill. - Local health officials are concerned about what they see as another uptick in confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Tri-County area, after weeks where increases weren't as high. Peoria City/C...
Nov 04, 2021 Midwest Communications
Viral Peoria Parks officer photo shows love for law enforcement
Peoria, Ill -- There's at least one kid in Peoria who may still want to be a police officer when they grow up. It's a child named Sophia, who's gone viral on social media for a photo she took with a P...
Nov 04, 2021
Juror dismissed in Rittenhouse trial for joke about Jacob Blake shooting
KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) -The judge in the murder trial of U.S. teenager Kyle Rittenhouse dismissed a juror on Thursday because he told a joke about the shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man whose shoot...
Nov 04, 2021 Judge Bruce Schroeder talks about juror who was removed after attempting to tell a joke to a bailiff during Kyle Rittenhouse's trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA., November 4, 2021. The juror, known as Juror No. 7, was removed due to the incident. Sean Krajacic/Pool via REUTERS
Teacher reportedly attacked at Peoria school
PEORIA, Ill. - A teacher at a Peoria school is believed to have been attacked, and not much is officially known about it. Peoria Federation of Teachers president Jeff Adkins-Dutro did not return WMBD'...
Nov 04, 2021 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
Tribute dinner among fundraising efforts going on for Central Illinois Easterseals
PEORIA, Ill. - The annual Easterseals Tribute Dinner will honor a local businessman and developer who certainly has done a lot of both in recent years. This year's dinner is Friday night, and CEO Stev...
Nov 04, 2021 Easter Seals of Central Illinois
