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PPS Board tables controversial change in officer uniforms
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Public Schools Board of Education has decided to table a policy change that would alter the uniforms of their resource officers (SRO). The proposed change would make the new...
Apr 26, 2021 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
State COVID roundup 4/26: Nearing 9 million vaccines administered
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday reported more than 8.8 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered. More than 50,000 were administered on Sunday t...
Apr 26, 2021 Midwest Communications
Texas, Florida among states to gain U.S. House seats in latest census
(Reuters) -Texas, Florida and North Carolina are among the states that will add congressional seats next year, the U.S. Census Bureau said on Monday, as it released population data that reapportions U...
Apr 26, 2021 REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Local COVID roundup 4/26: 5 weekend deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- All three counties composing the tri-county area over the weekend experienced COVID-related deaths. In Peoria County, a man in his 60s and one in his 80s, both of whom had comorbiditie...
Apr 26, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peorian arrested for attempted murder, aggravated domestic battery
PEORIA, Ill. -At approximately 11:57 a.m. on Sunday, Peoria Police responded to the 2000 block of W. Forestglen Drive regarding a report of a domestic violence situation. When officers arrived, firefi...
Apr 26, 2021 (Peoria County Jail)
North Carolina sheriff to request video of deadly shooting of Black man
(Reuters) - A North Carolina sheriff whose deputy shot and killed a Black suspect last week as officers tried to serve the man with warrants has said he would seek the release of body-worn camera vide...
Apr 26, 2021 Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten II and Chief Deputy Daniel Fogg explaining why they still haven't released the bodycam footage of Andrew Brown Jr killing in this still image taken from a social media video in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, U.S. April 24, 2021. Pasquotank County Sheriff's Office via REUTERS
U.S. states, cities await guidelines on spending stimulus
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. states and local governments are raring to tap billions of dollars coming their way in new federal stimulus funding, but are anxiously awaiting guidance to determine whether i...
Apr 26, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A family's stimulus check from the U.S. Treasury for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid arrived in the mail in Milton, Massachusetts, U.S., March 25, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
State COVID roundup 4/25: Over 2,000 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois public health officials reported 2,035 new probable and confirmed cases of COVID-19 Sunday, including 24 additional deaths. Between Saturday and Sunday, state labs reporte...
Apr 26, 2021 Midwest Communications
Man struck by vehicle in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called around 8:45 p.m. Sunday to the 200 block of N. MacArthur on reports of a pedestrian hit by a car. Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said a man crossing th...
Apr 26, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
East Bluff shooting leaves one injured
PEORIA, Ill. -- A juvenile male was shot in the foot Sunday afternoon in Peoria's East Bluff. Peoria Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said the incident happened around 12:20 p.m. in the 1800 bloc...
Apr 26, 2021 Midwest Communications
