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Saturday night house fire causes significant damage
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighters and Paramedics Saturday afternoon were called to 1515 S. Westmoreland Ave. due to a house fire. When crews arrived, they noticed gray smoke emerging from the roof a...
Mar 07, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 3/6: new vaccination record set
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Saturday reported 2,565 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, as well as 50 additional deaths. Laboratories have collected ...
Mar 06, 2021 Midwest Communications
Morton COVID update: case numbers similar to last week
MORTON, Ill. -- Morton School District 709 Friday announced its weekly COVID-19 attendance numbers for students and staff. Seven students were positive with COVID-19, the same number as last week. Stu...
Mar 06, 2021
Senate passes $1.9T COVID-19 bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Saturday passed President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan in a party-line vote after an all-night session that saw Democrats battling among themselv...
Mar 06, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A man makes his way past the U.S. Capitol on the day the House of Representatives is expected to vote on legislation to provide $1.9 trillion in new coronavirus relief in Washington, U.S., February 26, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
UPDATE: Driver identified in rollover crash near I-74 near Brimfield
UPDATE 2:29 p.m. BRIMFIELD, Ill. -- According to ISP, the driver, Matthew J. Stevens, 36, veered off the road and hit the guardrail, causing his car to overturn. Stevens was later charged with a DUI a...
Mar 06, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Driver injured in crash near Manual High School
PEORIA, Ill. -- A car rolled onto its roof after hitting a van near Manual High School in Peoria Friday night. The accident happened about 7:30 p.m. in the 2600 block of West Martin Luther King Drive ...
Mar 06, 2021 (25 News)
U.S. Senate works through the night to advance Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate worked through the night into Saturday to advance President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan in a marathon session involving more than a dozen v...
Mar 06, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A man makes his way past the U.S. Capitol on the day the House of Representatives is expected to vote on legislation to provide $1.9 trillion in new coronavirus relief in Washington, U.S., February 26, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Peoria Chamber Prez joins statewide business leaders of color virtual conference
PEORIA, Ill. -- President and CEO of the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce and the Peoria CEO Council Joshua Gunn joined four other business leaders of color from around the state as part of a Thursday ...
Mar 05, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Local COVID roundup 3/5: Region 2 dips below 100
PEORIA, Ill. -- No one in Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties between Thursday and Friday passed away from COVID-19. The new case count was notably low, too, compared with recent counts, with 39 n...
Mar 05, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria Riverfront Museum reopening Saturday with new exhibitions
PEORIA, Ill. -- After being shut down in November due to COVID-19 mitigations, the Peoria Riverfront Museum will reopen Saturday, March 6. When visitors return to the museum, there will be new exhibit...
Mar 05, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
