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Peoria Council opens up talks on how to spend $47M from feds
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City Council must decide how to spend $47 million it received from the U.S. government. As part of its $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, the $350 billion Fiscal Recovery Fund ...
Jun 01, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
East Peoria Council honors officer injured in February stabbing
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- The East Peoria City Council Tuesday night issued a proclamation for Officer Jeffrey Bieber, who was injured in a stabbing on Feb. 2 outside of a CVS Pharmacy. During the incident...
Jun 01, 2021 (File/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Local COVID roundup 6/1: under 40 new cases during holiday weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- Despite being closed for Memorial Day, thus adding an extra day to its totals, the Peoria City/County Health Department on Tuesday reported only 37 new COVID-19 cases over the three-da...
Jun 01, 2021 Midwest Communications
UK reports no new COVID-19 deaths for first time since March 2020
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain recorded no new deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test on Tuesday. The last time Britain recorded no deaths was in March 2020, before the country had entered its f...
Jun 01, 2021 REUTERS/Andrew Boyers
State COVID roundup 6/1: Lowest case count since March 2020
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Tuesday reported 401 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, the lowest number of new cases in the state since March 25, 2020. In additi...
Jun 01, 2021 Midwest Communications
IL Lawmakers pass legislation to postpone primary
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois lawmakers approved changes to state election law over the holiday weekend, including moving the March primary to June. The later date would only be in effect next year, h...
Jun 01, 2021 Midwest Communications
Chicago to play in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Legendary rock and roll band Chicago will return to the Peoria Civic Center Theater this summer. Tickets for the July 24 show go on sale Friday, June 4 at 10 a.m. at Ticketmaster outle...
Jun 01, 2021 (Chicagotheband.com)
Illinois lawmakers pass ethics reforms bill
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A series of ethics reforms made it through the Illinois House and Senate in the final hours of the spring legislative session that ended Monday night. The measure bans political f...
Jun 01, 2021 Midwest Communications
Biden to visit Tulsa massacre site as U.S. confronts racial legacy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Joe Biden on Tuesday will become the first sitting U.S. president to visit the site of the massacre of hundreds of Black Americans by a white mob in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as he marks...
Jun 01, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at an annual Memorial Day Service at Veterans Memorial Park, Delaware Memorial Bridge, New Castle, Delaware, U.S., May 30, 2021. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
State lawmakers pass Illinois' $42 billion budget
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- State lawmakers approved a more than $42 billion Illinois state budget for the new fiscal year late Monday night. The budget passed the Illinois House and Senate along party lines...
Jun 01, 2021
