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U.S. Justice Department says will file 100 more cases over Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Friday said it expects to file criminal charges against more than 100 additional people who allegedly participated in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S...
Mar 12, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Jessica Marie Watkins (Left) and Donovan Ray Crowl (Center), both from Ohio, march down the East front steps of the U.S. Capitol with the Oath Keepers militia group among supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump protesting against the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/
Peoria home destroyed in fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two people and their pets escaped a house fire in Peoria early Friday morning. Fire Battalion Chief Clint Kuhlman said fire broke out just before 4:30 a.m. in the 2600 block of W. Anto...
Mar 12, 2021 Midwest Communications
Leary wins Township race by two votes
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Township Supervisor's race from the February 23 primary has been certified, with the challenger just two votes ahead of the incumbent. Final results were confirmed on Thursd...
Mar 12, 2021 Midwest Communications
Stimulus checks could hit bank accounts this weekend
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Some Americans will receive the latest round of COVID-19 stimulus checks as soon as this weekend, the White House said Thursday. White House press secretary Jen Psaki made the anno...
Mar 11, 2021 Midwest Communications
Biden to direct states to make all adults eligible for vaccine by May 1
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Thursday he would direct U.S. states to make all adults eligible for the coronavirus vaccine by May 1 and urged Americans to remain vigilant against ...
Mar 11, 2021 REUTERS/Tom Brenner
South Side Mission to hold a vaccine distribution event
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department Thursday discussed the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine rollout for the tri-county during its weekly news briefing. Peoria City/County Pu...
Mar 11, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
State COVID roundup 3/11: vax rate hits another high mark
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois's rolling seven-day COVID-19 vaccine rate is at an all-time high yet again. That number on Wednesday was just above 95,000. It increased Thursday to 98,166, thanks in lar...
Mar 11, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 3/11: region ICU bed capacity increases
PEORIA, Ill. -- While no COVID deaths occurred between Wednesday and Thursday in the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county, 89 people tested positive. 44 of the cases were in Peoria County, 35 were in T...
Mar 11, 2021 Midwest Communications
BBB warns of gift card scams
PEORIA, Ill. -- The coronavirus pandemic has provided a perfect breeding ground the past 12 months for so many scams. Jessica Tharp, with the Better Business Bureau of Peoria, told WMBD's "The Greg an...
Mar 11, 2021 (Courtesy of Kevin Bessler/WMBD)
Biden signs $1.9 trillion stimulus bill into law on U.S. lockdown anniversary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden signed his $1.9 trillion stimulus bill into law on Thursday, commemorating the one-year anniversary of a U.S. lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic with a m...
Mar 11, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the state of the U.S. economy and the need to pass coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid legislation during a speech in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 5, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
