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Work beginning on Western Ave. face-lift
PEORIA, Ill. -- Road work is under way on Western Ave. in Peoria for a major project that will completely reconstruct the road. The stretch of road on Western that stretches about half a mile, between...
Mar 08, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 3/8: Single-digit death count
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday reported just five deaths related to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. In addition, IDPH also reported 1,182 new and probable c...
Mar 08, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 3/8: Just over 100 cases over the weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department Monday reported one area death due to COVID-19 over the weekend, a Tazewell County man in his 60s. In addition, there were just 109 new area ca...
Mar 08, 2021 Midwest Communications
Cubs and White Sox fans will be in the seats on Opening Day
CHICAGO -- Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced on Monday that fans will be allowed in Chicago's ballparks with up to 20% capacity at the start of the MLB season next month. Capacity at Guaranteed Rate Fiel...
Mar 08, 2021 Midwest Communications
Update: Jury selection for Minneapolis trial in George Floyd death delayed at least a day
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd was delayed until at least Tuesday morning as the judge contended with a last-minute ...
Mar 08, 2021 Protesters raise their fists and chant after the "I Can't Breathe" Silent March for Justice a day before jury selection is scheduled to begin for the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis policeman accused of killing George Floyd, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. March 7, 2021. REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi
Shots fired near Glen Oak School
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert just before 4:30 p.m. Sunday near Glen Oak School. At least three shots were fired, and a house in the 2200 block of Wisconsin Avenue got...
Mar 08, 2021 MWC-PPD
Meghan accuses UK royals of racism, says 'didn't want to be alive'
LONDON (Reuters) - Meghan, the wife of Prince Harry, accused Britain's royal family of raising concerns about how dark their son's skin might be and pushing her to the brink of suicide, in a tell-all ...
Mar 08, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, holding their son Archie, meet Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation in Cape Town, South Africa, September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Pool/File Photo
State COVID roundup 3/7: Just over 1,000 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois public health officials reported 1,068 COVID-19 cases in the state on Sunday, including 14 additional deaths. As of midnight Saturday, there were over 1,100 people in hos...
Mar 08, 2021 Midwest Communications
Update: Suspect arrested for shooting outside liquor store
Update: 7:15 a.m. 25-year-old David E. Dillard Jr., of Peoria, has been arrested on attempted murder charges in connection with a shooting Sunday night outside Laramie Liquors in Peoria. Sheriff Brian...
Mar 08, 2021 (25 News)
Biden says stimulus checks will be sent out soon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Saturday that Senate passage of his $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill means that $1,400 payments to most Americans will start to go out this mo...
Mar 07, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden makes remarks from the White House, while U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris looks on, after his coronavirus pandemic relief legislation passed in the Senate, in Washington, U.S. March 6, 2021. REUTERS/Erin Scott
