Category Archives: Top Stories
Hendrickson: Breakthrough COVID cases are a concern
PEORIA, Ill. - The head of the Peoria City/County Health Department says you may be hearing a lot about breakthrough COVID-19 infections among the vaccinated, but it's still not a high percentage. Pub...
Oct 19, 2021 Monica Hendrickson (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Democratic divide over spending priorities tests Biden's deal-making skills
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's negotiating skills, honed over his decades in Congress, were put to a serious test on Tuesday as he sought to get warring Democratic factions to agree ...
Oct 19, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers an update on the administration's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response and the vaccination program during remarks at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 14, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Ackerman: Illinois election systems are secure, feds should stay out of voting security
PEKIN, Ill. - Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman says he continues to be not too warm to the idea of submitting absentee ballots by e-mail, or by any way different than the current system. Ackerman s...
Oct 19, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine highly protective in 12-18 age group - U.S. CDC study
(Reuters) - The Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine was 93% effective in preventing hospitalizations among those aged 12 to 18, according to an analysis released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Co...
Oct 19, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker administers a dose of Pfizer's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to a woman at Belgrade Fair vaccination center in Belgrade, Serbia, October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
Pritzker touts booster shots, expresses concern over police quitting instead of taking COVID-19 vaccine
CHICAGO, Ill. - The State of Illinois is starting a new campaign to make sure that those eligible for COVID-19 booster shots can get them. So far, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is bac...
Oct 19, 2021 (State of Illinois)
Trial begins for man accused of killing Fulton County Sheriffs Deputy
LEWISTOWN, Ill. - The trial for the man accused of shooting and killing a Fulton County Sheriffs Deputy that started a 17 hour standoff with police has begun. Our news partner 25 News reports the firs...
Oct 19, 2021
Travis Tritt cancels Peoria show and others over COVID mandates
PEORIA, Ill. -- Country music star Travis Tritt has cancelled his November 11 show at the Peoria Civic Center, along with three others due to COVID-19 mandates. In a statement, Tritt said he won't per...
Oct 19, 2021 Travis Tritt performs at Charlie Daniels 80th Birthday Volunteer Jam at Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov, 30, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
Democrats battle over climate change plans in $3.5 trillion bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Negotiators of a bill to invest up to $3.5 trillion to expand social programs and attack climate change gave hints of progress on Monday, but some Democrats were resigned to the...
Oct 19, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) talks on a phone as he departs following the weekly Senate Democratic policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 14, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Standoff Monday night ends without arrests
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded around 5:45 p.m. Monday to a domestic situation in the 2300 block of N. Elmwood. Officers made contact with an adult female and two children who were inside the...
Oct 19, 2021 (25 News)
UPDATE: Overturned cement truck closes part of Rt. 29, driver injured
UPDATED 6:03 P.M. EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- An overturned cement truck blocked northbound Rt. 29 at Cedar Street, to the Cedar Street Bridge in East Peoria during the Monday morning commute, and caused the...
Oct 18, 2021 25 News
