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Peoria's Tireless Project is back
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's Tireless Project launches it's seasonal collection of tires this weekend. Organizer Jim Kosner told WMBD News that the project, now in its seventh year, is run entirely by vol...
Apr 22, 2021
U.S. House passes bill to make Washington, D.C., the 51st state
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday narrowly voted, for the second time in less than a year, to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, sending it to the Senate ...
Apr 22, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People enjoy the warm weather at the World War II Memorial near the Lincoln Memorial, in Washington, U.S. March 27, 2021. REUTERS/Cheriss May
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall to new one-year low
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits last week dropped to a fresh one-year low, suggesting layoffs were subsiding and strengthening expectations fo...
Apr 22, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud
U.S. pledges to halve its emissions by 2030 in renewed climate fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Thursday pledged to slash U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 50%-52% from 2005 levels by 2030, a new target it hopes will spur other big emitter countr...
Apr 22, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden removes his face mask to speak about the status of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinations and his administration's ongoing COVID-19 pandemic response in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 21, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Projected Mayor-Elect Ali discusses filling council seat
PEORIA, Ill. -- If current election results hold, current At-Large Council Member Rita Ali would win the 59th mayoral election in Peoria's history. In the middle of her four-year term that expires in ...
Apr 21, 2021
Local COVID roundup 4/21: overall hospital bed usage up, but ICU bed usage down
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Woodford County woman in her 60s died between Tuesday and Wednesday from COVID-19. She lived in a long-term care facility, though the Woodford County Health Department did not reveal...
Apr 21, 2021 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Elmwood bank robber arrested in Springfield
UPDATE 4/21/21 2:15 P.M. -- John W. Beck was arrested Wednesday morning at a hotel in Springfield, Ill. at approximately 11:30 a.m. for a Livingston County warrant for Armed Robbery and a Department o...
Apr 21, 2021 Peoria County Sheriff's Office
Tazewell County Health Department announces COVID vaccine drive-thru clinic
TREMONT, Ill. -- The Tazewell County Health Department (TCHD) announced Wednesday a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic. The clinic will be available every Thursday-Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. a...
Apr 21, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 4/21: Positivity rate continues downward trend
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Wednesday reported the seven-day test positivity in Illinois is down to 4.4%, continuing the recent trend. IDPH Wednesday also repo...
Apr 21, 2021 Midwest Communications
Two injured in crash involving a Peoria County deputy
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people were transported to a local hospital Wednesday morning after a three-vehicle accident in north Peoria. One of the vehicles was driven by a Peoria County Sheriff's deputy, She...
Apr 21, 2021 Midwest Communications
