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Peoria County Jail inmate found hanging inside cell
***UPDATE*** 2/15/21 9:46 A.M. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the inmate found hanging in his cell at the Peoria County Jail as 59-year-old Michael Dyer of Decatur. Harwood said Dy...
Feb 14, 2021 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol)
Over 50 million coronavirus vax doses administered in U.S.
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had administered over 50 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Saturday morning and delivered about 69.9 milli...
Feb 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A medical worker prepares to administrate vaccines against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a drive-through vaccination site in Robstown, Texas, U.S. February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo
State COVID roundup 2/13: total cases just over 2,000
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 2,092 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, as well as 53 additional deaths. In the past 24 hours, laboratories have coll...
Feb 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
Senate votes to acquit Donald Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Saturday was acquitted by the U.S. Senate in his second impeachment trial in 12 months, as his fellow Republicans shielded him from accountability for the deadly...
Feb 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a rally to contest 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/File Photo
Following agreement, impeachment trial to move ahead without witnesses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Senate headed off a prolonged impeachment trial for Donald Trump on Saturday with an agreement to enter into evidence details of the former...
Feb 13, 2021 REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Morton School District 709 COVID update: numbers continue to improve
MORTON, Ill. -- Morton School District 709 Friday announced five students were positive with COVID-19, a seven student decrease from the previous week. Student quarantines were up slightly from the sa...
Feb 13, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Senate decides to allow witnesses in Trump impeachment, extending trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators voted on Saturday in favor of allowing witnesses in the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, extending the proceedings as lawmakers weigh whether to...
Feb 13, 2021 The U.S. Capitol Building is pictured 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
UPDATE: Victim of fatal crash identified/arrest made
UPDATE 6:53 a.m. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the victim of the crash Friday night in the 100 block of S. Western Avenue in Peoria as 30-year-old Cherish Coleman. One of the vehi...
Feb 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria Salvation Army raises nearly $2 million during Tree of Lights
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Salvation Army Friday announced a successful Tree of Lights Campaign which raised money to support people struggling to get by in the Peoria area. The 2020 campaign in Peori...
Feb 12, 2021 (Salvation Army Heartland Division)
Trump lawyers portray impeachment trial as Democratic witch hunt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's lawyers on Friday said Democrats had provided no evidence the former president incited last month's deadly U.S. Capitol riot and had used his second impeachment t...
Feb 12, 2021 REUTERS/Erin Scott
