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State COVID roundup 5/7: vax count down, test count up
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A total of 3,321 Illinoisans between Thursday and Friday tested positive for COVID-19, while 36 died. Rolling seven-day average for vaccines administered per day has dwindled sign...
May 07, 2021 Midwest Communications
Pedestrian hit in Peoria Friday morning
PEORIA, Ill. -- An accident in downtown Peoria just before 8 a.m. Friday left one person injured. Peoria Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said a car traveling northeast on Adams Street collided w...
May 07, 2021 (File-1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol)
Grand jury indicts four former police officers in George Floyd's death
(Reuters) -A federal grand jury in Minneapolis has indicted four ex-police officers involved in the arrest and death of George Floyd on charges they violated Floyd's civil rights while detaining him l...
May 07, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A man places flowers at a mural of George Floyd after the verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, found guilty of the death of Floyd, in Denver, Colorado, U.S., April 20, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt
U.S. job growth far below expectations in April amid labor shortages
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers hired far fewer workers than expected in April, likely frustrated by labor shortages, leaving them scrambling to met booming demand as the economy reopens amid ra...
May 07, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Construction workers wait in line to do a temperature test to return to the job site after lunch, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Bradley set to hold commencement ceremonies at Shea Stadium
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University has announced this year's commencement ceremonies will be held in-person at Shea Stadium, at 1523 W. Nebraska Avenue in Peoria. Bradley University Spokesperson Renee...
May 07, 2021 MWC-Bradley Campus 2020
CAT, CAT Foundation to gift over $3M to COVID relief efforts
DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Caterpillar, Inc. and the Caterpillar Foundation have pledged $3.4 million worth of COVID-19 relief dollars to foreign countries struggling with the virus. The foundation said $1 mi...
May 06, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Hendrickson suggests getting vaccinated for mom this Mother's Day
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City/County Health Administrator Monica Hendrickson Thursday encouraged area residents to honor mothers this weekend by getting vaccinated against COVID-19. "Often we recognize ...
May 06, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Local COVID roundup 5/6: double digit drop in bed usage
PEORIA, Ill. -- A total of 119 residents of Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties between Wednesday and Thursday tested positive for COVID-19. 71 of those residents are of Peoria, 41 live in Tazewel...
May 06, 2021 Midwest Communications
Pritzker: Illinois will move to Bridge Phase May 14
CHICAGO -- Illinois Gov. JB Pritkzer Thursday announced Illinois will move into the Bridge Phase of Restore Illinois on Friday, May 14, making a full reopening possible as soon as June 11. "The light ...
May 06, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Arrest made after long negotiation at home in Peoria Heights
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. -- A domestic situation eventually ended in the arrest of an individual Thursday morning, but not before an hour-long negotiation with police. Peoria Heights Police were called to...
May 06, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
