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Local COVID roundup 3/30: ICU metric teeters just above line
PEORIA, Ill. -- Local and regional COVID-19 numbers released Tuesday continued to show undesirable trends. 195 residents of the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county found out between Monday and Tuesday...
Mar 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
Witness to deadly arrest of George Floyd returns to stand in Derek Chauvin murder trial
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A professional mixed martial arts fighter who witnessed the deadly arrest of George Floyd in Minneapolis last May returned to the stand on Tuesday for the second day of testimo...
Mar 30, 2021 REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo
Volkswagen will not change name of U.S. operations: sources
***UPDATE*** 3/30/21 3:15 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG's U.S. unit will not change its name even after the German automaker issued a statement on Tuesday saying it would, three sources br...
Mar 30, 2021 REUTERS/Stephen Lam
BioNTech-Pfizer raise 2021 vaccine output goal to 2.5 billion doses
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - BioNTech said on Tuesday that it and partner Pfizer expect to increase manufacturing capacity of their COVID-19 vaccine to 2.5 billion doses by the end of 2021, after bringing a ...
Mar 30, 2021 REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen
PPD looking into 2 Monday shootings
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police as of Tuesday morning were gathering information regarding two Monday night shootings in South Peoria. The first happened around 7, in the area of Starr and Griswold. Two...
Mar 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
Amazon union vote enters final stretch in watershed moment for U.S. labor
(Reuters) - The votes on whether to form a union at Amazon.com Inc's sprawling Alabama fulfillment center are set to be reviewed starting on Tuesday, with momentum for future labor organizing at Ameri...
Mar 30, 2021 REUTERS/Dustin Chambers/File Photo
Prosecutor tells jury that ex-Minneapolis officer betrayed badge in fatal arrest of George Floyd
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin betrayed his badge in the deadly arrest of George Floyd last May, a prosecutor told jurors in his opening statement at Chauvin's murd...
Mar 29, 2021 REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Local COVID roundup 3/29: Hospitalizations up double digits
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department Monday reported 12 more patients are in area hospitals due to COVID-19 compared to Friday. Six of those patients are in area ICU beds, with the...
Mar 29, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 3/29: Bridge Phase getting closer
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday reported the state is nearing the vaccination threshold to move to the Bridge Phase of Restore Illinois. Currently, 69% of r...
Mar 29, 2021 Midwest Communications
Gas leak closes road in Limestone Township
LIMESTONE TOWNSHIP, Ill. -- The Limestone Fire Department shut down Closen Road just after 10:30 a.m. Monday between Maxwell and Limestone due to an active gas leak. Motorists were advised to use an a...
Mar 29, 2021
