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Local COVID roundup 6/8: Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford each record 1 death
PEORIA, Ill. -- Each of the three counties comprising the Peoria City/County Health Department's reporting area between Monday and Tuesday recorded a COVID-19-related death. In Peoria County, a woman ...
Jun 08, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 6/8: another count under 800
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- In total, 365 Illinoisans between Monday and Tuesday tested positive for coronavirus. 11 died from related complications. 791 people as of Monday night were in hospital beds throu...
Jun 08, 2021 Midwest Communications
Illinois launching online car insurance verification
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Secretary of State Jesse White's office is launching a new initiative to help reduce the number of uninsured drivers in Illinois. Beginning July 1, auto insurance verification wil...
Jun 08, 2021 Midwest Communications
Harris meets Mexico president in effort to lower migration from Central America
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris met Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday as part of her first trip abroad since taking office as she tries to lower migrati...
Jun 08, 2021 Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gestures next to U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris as they attend the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Mexico to establish a strategic partnership to cooperate on development programs in the Northern Triangle at the Palacio Nacional in Mexico City, Mexico June 8, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
U.S. Senate committees urge new security steps after Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Senate committees assessing security at the U.S. Capitol in light of January's deadly attack recommended on Tuesday giving the Capitol Police chief greater authority and dev...
Jun 08, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Pro-Trump protesters storm into the U.S. Capitol during clashes with police, during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Man killed in West Peoria bike vs. SUV crash; cyclist ID'ed
***UPDATE*** 6/8/21 3 P.M. Corey Griffin has been named as the bicyclist. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said Griffin was not wearing a helmet and suffered multiple blunt force head injuries. A t...
Jun 07, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 6/7: weekend death count includes woman in 20s
PEORIA, Ill. -- Five Peoria County residents passed away over the weekend from complications related to COVID-19. The deceased include a woman in her 20s, a woman in her 40s, two men in their 60s, and...
Jun 07, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. seizes $2.3 million in Bitcoin paid to Colonial Pipeline hackers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Justice Department on Monday said it recovered some $2.3 million worth of cryptocurrency ransomware paid by Colonial Pipeline Co, in a crackdown on hackers who launched the m...
Jun 07, 2021 REUTERS/Drone Base
State COVID roundup 6/7: beds in use, overall case count dwindle
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- As the state marches towards this Friday's full reopening, COVID-19 numbers continue to decrease in proper ways. Illinois Department of Public Health said 244 people between Sunda...
Jun 07, 2021 Midwest Communications
East Peoria event to highlight small businesses
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- A city-wide shopping event designed to help small businesses will be held in East Peoria on Saturday, June 12. The Small Business Extravaganza will feature 12 participating busine...
Jun 07, 2021 Midwest Communications
