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Sunday morning apartment fire caused by lighter
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics Sunday morning responded to reports of a fire in an apartment at 2725 W. Trewyn. Upon arrival, crews discovered heavy smoke emerging from a two story apar...
Mar 28, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 3/27: State nearing 5.5 million vaccines administered
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Saturday reported 2,678 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, including 25 additional deaths. In the past 24 hours, laborat...
Mar 27, 2021 Midwest Communications
Morton COVID update: numbers up slightly as district heads into Easter break
MORTON, Ill. -- Morton School District 709 experienced a slight increase in its COVID-19 numbers this past week, according to Superintendent Jeffrey W. Hill. As of Friday, March 26, four students had ...
Mar 27, 2021
2 dead, 8 injured in Virginia Beach shooting
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Two people are dead and eight more injured following a shooting Friday night in Virginia Beach. According to the Virginia Beach Police Department (VBPD), the incident occurred j...
Mar 27, 2021 Midwest Communications
Popular children's book author Beverly Cleary dies at 104
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American children's book author Beverly Cleary, who responded to a young reader's plea for realistic characters by bringing rare insight and humor to the lives of Ramona Quimby...
Mar 26, 2021 Courtesy HarperCollins Children's Books/Alan McEwan
Local COVID roundup 3/26: everyone eligible a week early
PEORIA, Ill. -- On the day the Illinois Department of Public Health told local health departments they could open up eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine to anyone 16 and older as long as there was en...
Mar 26, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 3/26: IDPH opens up conditional open eligibility
***UPDATE*** 3/26/21 2:00 P.M. Peoria City/County Health Department has announced all people 16 and older will be eligible for the vaccine on Apr. 5, one week ahead of the state's Apr. 12 open eligibi...
Mar 26, 2021 Midwest Communications
New study to test Moderna vaccine in transmission prevention among college students
(Reuters) - College students in the United States, vaccinated with Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine, will be part of a new study to test its effectiveness in curbing the spread of the virus, the COVID-1...
Mar 26, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A health worker prepares a syringe with a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Marcq-en-Baroeul as part of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination campaign in France, March 21, 2021. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
ISP mourns officer killed in on-duty crash
PESOTUM, Ill. -- Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly on Thursday announced the on-duty death of ISP District 10 Trooper Todd Hanneken. On March 25, at approximately 10:42 a.m., Trooper Hannek...
Mar 26, 2021 (Illinois State Police)
Dominion Voting Systems sues Fox News for $1.6 billion over election claims: AP
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dominion Voting Systems has filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, accusing the cable news network of falsely claiming the voting company rigged the 2020 elec...
Mar 26, 2021 FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A Fox News channel sign is seen on a television vehicle outside the News Corporation building in New York City, in New York, U.S. November 8, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/
