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PPD chief wants to create a "team approach" in responding to violence
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's new Police Chief Eric Echevarria has been on the job just five days. But, he's already been out on the streets with his officers, seeing how they respond to calls involving gu...
Aug 06, 2021 City of Peoria
Thomas Jefferson Primary School now officially named Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School
PEORIA, Ill. -- Thomas Jefferson Primary School officially became Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School on Friday. A ceremony was held in front of the school to make the name change official and to commemora...
Aug 06, 2021 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
U.S. job growth solid in July; unemployment rate falls to 5.4%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth rose solidly in July amid demand for workers in the labor-intensive services industry, suggesting the economy maintained its strong momentum at the start of the ...
Aug 06, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A "Now Hiring" sign advertising jobs at a hand car wash is seen along a street in Miami, Florida, U.S. May 8, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
Washington man pleads guilty to 2019 murder
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. -- A Washington man pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree murder in the death of a Morton man in 2019. News partner 25 News reports that the Tazewell County State's Attorney's ...
Aug 06, 2021 (Tazewell County Jail)
U.S. Senate to try to finish $1 trillion infrastructure bill on Saturday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate, unable to finalize a $1 trillion infrastructure bill on Thursday, will try again on Saturday when it is scheduled to hold a vote on limiting debate and moving to...
Aug 06, 2021 Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) talks to reporters as he walks to his office at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., August 5, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
FAA urges airports to assist in unruly air passenger crackdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the Federal Aviation Administration has asked U.S. airports to assist in the government's effort to crack down on disruptive and violent air passengers, according to...
Aug 05, 2021 REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
UnityPoint Health requiring COVID-19 vaccination
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- UnityPoint Health Thursday announced it will require its more than 33,000 employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The health system, which spans three states, also is urg...
Aug 05, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
U.S. plans to give extra COVID-19 shots to at-risk Americans - Fauci
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is working to give additional COVID-19 booster shots to Americans with compromised immune systems as quickly as possible, as cases of the novel coronavirus con...
Aug 05, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Patients wait in line to get a swab test at a COVID-19 mobile testing site hosted by the Manatee County Florida Department of Health in Palmetto, Florida, U.S., August 2, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones
Update: Two taken to hospital after rollover crash on War Memorial
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police and the Peoria Fire Department closed westbound War Memorial Drive at Prospect Road Thursday morning due to a rollover crash. The accident happened around 9:30 a.m. When c...
Aug 05, 2021 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Randy Rundle)
U.S. COVID-19 cases hit six-month high at over 100,000 - Reuters tally
(Reuters) - The United States hit a six-month high for new COVID cases with over 100,000 infections reported on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as the Delta variant ravages areas where people...
Aug 05, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Patients wait in line to get a swab test at a COVID-19 mobile testing site hosted by the Manatee County Florida Department of Health in Palmetto, Florida, U.S., August 2, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo
