Category Archives: Top Stories
East Peoria council extends controversial nuisance property program
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- By a 3-2 vote, East Peoria City Council on Tuesday night approved to further its partnership with Prochamps, an outsourced service that helps track down owners of vacant and forec...
Mar 02, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
U.S. House panel reissues subpoena for Trump's tax records
(Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives panel has reissued a subpoena seeking Donald Trump's tax and financial records, saying in a memo made public on Tuesday it needs the documents to address "c...
Mar 02, 2021 REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Take me out to the ballgame: Chiefs to allow fans
PEORIA, Ill. -- Fans will be able to watch the Peoria Chiefs during the 2021 season in front of their own eyes. The team on Tuesday said Dozer Park will hold 20% attendance in the seating bowl, while ...
Mar 02, 2021 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley)
Biden says U.S. on track to enough vaccines for every adult in U.S. by end-May
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered U.S. states to prioritize COVID-19 vaccinations for teachers to ensure children could return to school quickly and safely, and called for ...
Mar 02, 2021 REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Texas governor lifts state's mask mandate, says all businesses may open
(Reuters) - The governor of Texas lifted most of the state's coronavirus pandemic restrictions, allowing businesses to reopen at full capacity as of next week and telling residents that masks were no ...
Mar 02, 2021 REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
Local COVID roundup 3/2: Significant drop in ICU usage
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department Tuesday reported a significant drop in ICU usage for COVID-19 patients, going from 10 on Monday to just three. Non-ICU usage in area hospitals ...
Mar 02, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 3/2: Receiving more than 80,000 J&J doses
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Tuesday reported 1,577 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 47 additional deaths. IDPH anticipates the s...
Mar 02, 2021 Midwest Communications
FBI's Chris Wray accuses Capitol Hill attackers of domestic terrorism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI Director Chris Wray on Tuesday accused supporters of Donald Trump who carried out a deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol of domestic terrorism and vowed to hold them acc...
Mar 02, 2021 FBI Director Christopher Wray (L) arrives to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the January 6th insurrection, in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S. March 2, 2021. Mandel Ngan/Pool via REUTERS
Merck to help make Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine - White House official
(Reuters) - Merck & Co Inc will help make rival Johnson & Johnson's single-shot COVID-19 vaccine in a partnership set to be announced on Tuesday by U.S. President Joe Biden, a White House offi...
Mar 02, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The Merck logo is seen at a gate to the Merck & Co campus in Linden, New Jersey, U.S., July 12, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Agencies promote Severe Weather Preparedness Week
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- In coordination with the National Weather Service, Peoria County's Emergency Management Agency will conduct a test of weather alert radios at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 2. Peoria Co...
Mar 02, 2021 Midwest Communications
