Category Archives: Top Stories
Identifying remains arduous as Florida condo collapse death toll rises to 94
(Reuters) -Confirmed deaths in the partial collapse of a condominium near Miami rose by four to 94 on Monday as identifying remains became progressively difficult with the recovery effort in its 19th ...
Jul 12, 2021 REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
St. Jude runners ready to hit the road for Memphis
PEORIA, Ill. -- The St. Jude Memphis to Peoria runners will be loading up the RVs Tuesday morning, headed south to the nation's top children's research hospital. St. Jude Runs Co-Founder Mike McCoy to...
Jul 12, 2021 (stjuderuns.org)
U.S. Senate braces for 'hell of a fight' over Biden's infrastructure plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate returns on Monday to one of its most ambitious agendas in years as Democratic President Joe Biden seeks trillions of dollars in infrastructure spending and Repub...
Jul 12, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to news reporters following the announcement of a bipartisan deal on infrastructure, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
Pfizer, U.S. health officials to discuss COVID boosters on Monday -company
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - COVID-19 vaccine maker Pfizer Inc will meet with federal health officials as soon as Monday to discuss the need for a booster dose of the coronavirus vaccine as it prepares to s...
Jul 12, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. first lady Jill Biden looks on as Alfred Lee Smith is vaccinated with the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccination at a vaccination facility at Alfred E. Beach High School in Savannah, Georgia, U.S. July 8, 2021. Jim Watson/Pool via REUTERS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY/File Photo
Illinois law loosens team uniform rules
CHICAGO -- A new state law gives student athletes a little more flexibility with their team uniform. The law lets school and college athletes modify their uniform in accordance with their personal cul...
Jul 12, 2021 Midwest Communications
Next round of "All In For The Win" drawings Monday
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The next drawing for the state's COVID-19 vaccine lottery will be held Monday. Three prizes of $100,000 will be awarded from a statewide pool of adults. Drawings will take place e...
Jul 12, 2021
Pekin Police respond to 'domestic dispute' involving a handgun
PEKIN, Ill. -- Pekin Police responded to a "domestic dispute" involving a handgun Saturday afternoon just before 4:00 in the 1600 block of Martha St. According to police, officers were able to make co...
Jul 11, 2021 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
UPDATE: Final jail escapee captured
UPDATE 12:30 p.m. -- The Fulton County Sheriff's Office said Zachary Hart is now in custody, meaning all four prisoners who escaped Wednesday night are now in custody. No further details were released...
Jul 11, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Florida condo death toll rises to 79 after another body is found
(Reuters) -The death toll in the collapse of an Miami-area condominium tower rose to 79 on Friday after workers extracted 14 more bodies from the ruins and said they had reduced the pile of debris dow...
Jul 10, 2021 REUTERS/Marco Bello
UPDATE: Driver in fatal crash near Lincoln ID'd
UPDATE 5:30 p.m. 7-9-21 -- The driver in the accident that claimed the lives of four Washington residents, including three juveniles, has been identified. Seth W. Phillips, 47, was driving the Chrysle...
Jul 09, 2021 Midwest Communications
