Category Archives: Top Stories
Morton District 709 weekly COVID update: Cases up, quarantines down
MORTON, Ill. -- Morton Community Unit District 709 Superintendent Jeffrey Hill said in his weekly news release COVID-19 cases are up among students, but the number of students in quarantine is down. A...
Apr 11, 2021
Gov. Pritzker talks Illinois vaccination rates, increasing hospitalizations
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- New daily COVID-19 cases in Illinois rose above 4,000 Friday for the first time since January. In addition, around 1,800 people in Illinois were hospitalized with the virus. The g...
Apr 10, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Doctor who performed George Floyd autopsy stands by homicide conclusion
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) -The medical examiner who performed the autopsy on George Floyd after last May's deadly arrest explained how he concluded the death was a homicide at the hands of police in testi...
Apr 10, 2021 REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Local COVID roundup 4/9: Region under 20% ICU capacity
PEORIA, Ill. -- Region 2 of Illinois has now slipped below 20% ICU bed capacity, as just 19% of ICU beds in the region were available as of Friday afternoon. The Peoria City/County Health Department r...
Apr 09, 2021 Midwest Communications
Bradley receives 1,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from Peoria City/County Health Department
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University will be holding vaccination clinics Monday, April 12 and Tuesday, April 13 in the Markin Center after receiving 1,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine from the Peoria Ci...
Apr 09, 2021 Midwest Communications
Arrest videos undercut Derek Chauvin's murder trial defense, pathologist tells jury
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A forensic pathologist testified on Friday that the sheer volume of videos of George Floyd's arrest helped confirm the finding that asphyxiation by police caused his death, and...
Apr 09, 2021 REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
State COVID roundup 4/9: More than 4,000 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday reported 4,004 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 21 additional deaths. However, the state ...
Apr 09, 2021 Midwest Communications
Britain's Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, dies aged 99
LONDON (Reuters) -Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth and a leading figure in the British royal family for almost seven decades, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace said on Friday. The Duke ...
Apr 09, 2021 REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
Local health officials urge vaccinations amid surge in cases
PEORIA, Ill. -- Local health officials and professionals at Thursday's weekly Peoria City/County Health Department briefing urged local residents to get vaccinated amid a COVID-19 case surge. Accordin...
Apr 08, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Local COVID roundup 4/8: 10 days of hospital increases
PEORIA, Ill. -- 275 residents of Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties between Wednesday and Thursday tested positive for COVID-19. 165 of the residents reside in Peoria, 83 live in Tazewell, and 27...
Apr 08, 2021 Midwest Communications
