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Gas leads to Saturday apartment evacuation
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighters/Paramedics Saturday afternoon responded to reports of a natural gas odor at St. Augustine Manor at 1309 NE. Glendale. Upon arrival, crews checked the apartment comp...
Mar 21, 2021
Saturday afternoon house fire causes substantial damage
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighters/Paramedics responded to reports of a house fire Saturday afternoon at 2209 W. Howett. Upon arriving at the scene, crews encountered thick, brown smoke emerging from...
Mar 21, 2021 Midwest Communications
Eighth woman alleges sexual misconduct by Gov. Andrew Cuomo
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A current aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has accused him of ogling her body and subjecting her and a female colleague to a series of unwanted, sexually suggestive remarks,...
Mar 20, 2021 FILE PHOTO: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during an event about the return of spectators to performing arts and sporting events, including a limited amount of fans attending baseball games at the start of the season, at his offices in New York, U.S. March 18, 2021. Seth Wenig/Pool via REUTERS
State COVID roundup 3/20: over 100,000 vaccines administered Friday
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Saturday reported 1,962 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, including 25 additional deaths. In the past 24 hours, laborat...
Mar 20, 2021 Midwest Communications
Morton COVID update: numbers at near lows for the year
MORTON, Ill. -- Morton School District 709 this past week saw some of its lowest COVID-19 numbers since the beginning of the pandemic, according to Superintendent Jeffrey W. Hill. As of Friday, March ...
Mar 20, 2021
Biden steps up family expulsions as U.S.-Mexico border arrivals keep climbing
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - The United States is expelling migrants to Mexico far from where they are caught crossing the border, according to Reuters witnesses, in a move that circumvents the r...
Mar 20, 2021 Migrants are seen before crossing the Rio Bravo river to turn themselves in to U.S Border Patrol agents to request for asylum in El Paso, Texas, U.S., in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
U.S. reaches Biden's goal of 100M vaccinations ahead of 100th day in office
WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration on Friday officially surpassed its goal of vaccinating 100 million people in President Joe Biden's first 100 days in office, more than a month ahead of his targe...
Mar 20, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria Co. woman found dead in Ill. River
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria woman who had been missing since November has been found dead in the Illinois River. The Illinois State Police Department of Criminal Investigation was called Thursday by the ...
Mar 19, 2021 Peoria Police Department
Peoria Twp. Supervisor concedes
PEORIA, Ill. -- After requesting a discovery recount last Friday because he was down two votes to Democratic challenger LaTrina Leary, Peoria Twp. Supervisor Frank Abdnour has officially conceded his ...
Mar 19, 2021 Midwest Communications
Illinois expanding vaccine eligibility to more essential workers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- More essential workers, who were previously ineligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, will be eligible beginning Monday, March 22. This comes as the state reaches 100,000 COVID-19 vacc...
Mar 19, 2021 Midwest Communications
