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Caring for pets in winter weather
PEORIA, Ill. -- Dogs and cats, like people, are susceptible to frostbite and hypothermia in cold temperatures. For that reason, it's important to remember to care for pets in bitterly cold temperature...
Feb 16, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 2/16: 1 death over 4-day period
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Tazewell County woman has become the area's latest coronavirus casualty. She was in her 70s and her living situation was not reported. The area accumulated 242 new cases according to...
Feb 16, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 2/16: severe wx reduces vax count
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The state of Illinois accounted for 1,348 of the new coronavirus cases between Monday and Tuesday across America. 32 Illinoisans died during that time from the virus. The 40,354 v...
Feb 16, 2021 Midwest Communications
Pritzker issues disaster proclamation following Monday's winter storms
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker has issued a statewide disaster proclamation following Monday night's winter storms that left some Illinois counties with power outages, massive snowfall, and l...
Feb 16, 2021 Midwest Communications
Federal lawsuit accuses Trump, Giuliani of conspiracy to incite Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democratic lawmaker filed a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing former President Donald Trump and lawyer Rudy Giuliani of conspiring to incite the violent riot that shook the U.S. Cap...
Feb 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump stands with former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani before their meeting at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., November 20, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Biden to pitch stimulus bill in Wisconsin, U.S. state hard hit by pandemic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to Wisconsin on Tuesday to press his case for a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill in the political battleground state that helped secure hi...
Feb 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris meet with group of governors and mayors at the White House to discuss the coronavirus response at the Oval Office in Washington, U.S., February 12, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
U.S. lawmakers will set up commission to probe Jan. 6 attack on Capitol: Pelosi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday lawmakers will establish an outside, independent commission to review the "facts and causes" related to the deadly Jan. 6 attack o...
Feb 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a news conference with House impeachment managers on the fifth day of the impeachment trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump, on charges of inciting the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, U.S., February 13, 2021. REUTERS/Al Drago/File Photo
Update: Washington woman found dead identified
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- A Washington woman, who died after she apparently fell into a creek Friday, has been identified by the Tazewell County coroner. "Pronounced deceased at the scene at 4:10 p.m. Frida...
Feb 15, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Frigid forecast forces another remote day
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Public Schools have announced yet another at-home learning day. PPS determined early Monday afternoon students would not learn Tuesday in person because of forecasted bitterly c...
Feb 15, 2021 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
Updated: Gas leak found underground in Peoria; Rescue Mission evacuated
PEORIA, Ill. - Jefferson Street between Kumpf and Oak, and the intersection of Adams and State Streets were temporarily closed to traffic Monday morning due to a large gas leak. Fire Battalion Chief C...
Feb 15, 2021
