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Local COVID roundup 5/19: Peoria man in 30s among dead
PEORIA, Ill. -- Four Peoria County people between Tuesday and Wednesday succumbed to COVID-19 complications. Among them were a man in his 30s, a man in his 50s, a woman in her 60s, and a man in his 70...
May 19, 2021 Midwest Communications
Full count: Busch Stadium announces 100% capacity
ST. LOUIS -- As if the deck wasn't already stacked against the Miami Marlins, they will now be the guinea pigs to what could be the first sell-out crowd at Busch Stadium since before the coronavirus p...
May 19, 2021 Midwest Communications
Gov. Pritzker announces $20 billion construction plan
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker Wednesday joined representatives from the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) to announce $20.7 billion to be used to improve Illinois' roads an...
May 19, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
State COVID roundup 5/19: new cases at 1.6k
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A total of 1,633 Illinoisans between Tuesday and Wednesday found out they have COVID-19. 28 died. 117,381 vaccine doses were registered during that time, though a portion of that ...
May 19, 2021 Midwest Communications
McDonald's workers across U.S. to strike Wednesday
McDonald's workers across the United States are expected to strike Wednesday, May 19, and demand the company raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Last week McDonald's announced they are increasing p...
May 19, 2021 Mike Mozart / CC
Biden tells Netanyahu he wants 'de-escalation' of Israel-Gaza fighting
GAZA/JERUSALEM/ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden pushed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to reduce tensions in the Gaza conflict on the path to a ceasefir...
May 19, 2021 Israeli soldiers work in an artillery unit as it fires near the border between Israel and the Gaza strip, on the Israeli side May 19, 2021 REUTERS/ Ammar Awad
U.S. House set to vote on commission to probe deadly Jan. 6 Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday is expected to approve creating a 10-member commission to probe the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot, testing Republicans' loyalty to fo...
May 19, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A member of the National Guard salutes while the remains of Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick lay in honor in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, DC, U.S. February 2, 2021. Brendan Smialowski/Pool via REUTERS
2nd fire in 4 days ruled arson
PEORIA, Ill. - A house that caught fire last Friday morning went up in flames again Tuesday night. Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics were dispatched around 7:45 to the 300 block of S. Webster. The structu...
May 18, 2021 Midwest Communications
Pekin woman murdered, investigation underway; victim ID'ed, suspect in custody
***UPDATE*** 5/19/21 4:15 P.M. 66-year-old Kenneth Turnbow has been arrested for first degree murder pertaining to this case. Turnbow's address was listed as the same address at which the shooting hap...
May 18, 2021 Tazewell County Sheriff's Office
Local COVID roundup 5/18: 4 new area deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department Tuesday reported four additional area residents have succumbed to COVID-19. In Peoria County, a female in her 60s and a female in her 80s died....
May 18, 2021 Midwest Communications
