Category Archives: Top Stories
IDPH launches online 'Vax Verfiy' system
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is launching Vax Verify, a new immunization portal that will allow Illinois adults to check their COVID-19 vaccination record. Acco...
Aug 11, 2021 Midwest Communications
CDC recommends pregnant women get COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) -- Pregnant women should be vaccinated against COVID-19, based on a new analysis that did not show increased risk for miscarriage, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on...
Aug 11, 2021 REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo
Democratic divisions emerge on Senate's $3.5 trln spending plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hours after the U.S. Senate approved a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint chock-full of investments in new domestic programs, fissures emerged between the moderate and liberal wings ...
Aug 11, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Vehicles are parked outside the U.S. Capitol building the morning the Senate returned to session in Washington, DC, U.S., July 31, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Update: Peoria fire victim identified
PEORIA, Ill. -- An early morning house fire in Peoria has left a man dead. The fire broke out just before 5 a.m. Wednesday in the 5000 block of Endres. Fire Battalion Chief Michael Hughes said a neigh...
Aug 11, 2021 Midwest Communications
PPD looking for armed suspects involved in carjacking
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were searching for two suspects in an armed carjacking that happened about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 1400 block of W. Hanssler Place. Police said the suspects fled the sce...
Aug 11, 2021 (25 News)
Biden seeks to support Florida schools threatened by governor over masks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is reviewing how it can get money to Florida school districts if the state's governor, Ron DeSantis, makes good on threats to withhold pay from school l...
Aug 10, 2021 REUTERS/Octavio Jones
New York Governor Cuomo resigns after sexual harassment findings
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned on Tuesday following an inquiry that found he sexually harassed 11 women, mounting legal pressure and demands for his departure by Presiden...
Aug 10, 2021 Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo/Handout via REUTERS
$1 trillion infrastructure bill wins enough votes to pass U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A $1 trillion infrastructure package that is a top priority for U.S. President Joe Biden secured enough votes to pass in the Senate on Tuesday, a bipartisan victory for the White...
Aug 10, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The sun rises on the U.S. Capitol dome before Joe Biden's presidential inauguration in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Amazon bringing Fulfillment Center to Peoria area
NORTH PEKIN, Ill. -- Amazon has announced it has selected a 100,000 square foot facility in the Peoria area to serve as a new Fulfillment Center. The existing warehouse, located at 1961 Edgewater in N...
Aug 10, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The Amazon logo is seen at the Young Entrepreneurs fair in Paris, France, February 7, 2018. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
New Florida flight added at PIA
PEORIA, Ill. -- Allegiant Airlines is adding a new flight out of Peoria. Early Tuesday morning, the airline announced that starting in December, it will offer non-stop service from Peoria Internationa...
Aug 10, 2021 (flypia.com)
