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Local COVID roundup 2/9: ICU usage back down
PEORIA, Ill. -- After it was reported Monday by the Peoria City/County Health Department there were 26 people in area ICU beds due to COVID-19, that number has dropped back down Tuesday to just nine. ...
Feb 09, 2021 Midwest Communications
Pilot in Kobe Bryant crash was barred from flying into clouds, NTSB chief says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pilot in the January 2020 helicopter crash that killed retired NBA star Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others was "legally prohibited" from flying into clouds but did s...
Feb 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A mural of late Kobe Bryant, who perished one year ago alongside his daughter and seven others when their helicopter crashed into a hillside, next to a gym in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
PIA adding specialty flight to South Dakota
PEORIA, Ill. -- General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport is adding a specialty flight to South Dakota this summer. Director of Airports Gene Olson announced Tuesday that PIA will offer fl...
Feb 09, 2021 (flypia.com)
After deadly Capitol riot, Trump impeachment trial to open with fight on Constitution
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's historic second impeachment trial, on a charge of inciting last month's deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol, opens on Tuesday with a debate over the constitutiona...
Feb 09, 2021 Trucks advertising in support of convicting former U.S President Donald Trump in his upcoming second impeachment trial are seen parked on the National Mall with the U.S. Capitol Building visible behind them in Washington, U.S., February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
The Supremes co-founder Mary Wilson dies at 76
LONDON (Reuters) - Mary Wilson, a founding member of The Supremes, has died at the age of 76, her publicist has said. Wilson died suddenly at her home in Henderson, Nevada, on Monday. A statement conf...
Feb 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Singer Mary Wilson, former member of The Supremes, waves to photographers at the 'The Story of The Supremes' exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London May 12, 2008. The exhibition opens on May 13th. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico/File Photo
Apartment ceilings collapse due to weather-related pipe break
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters responded just before 6:30 p.m. Monday to the 5800 block of N. Summershade Circle for a collapsed ceiling in an apartment complex. Acting Fire Battalion Chief Scott...
Feb 09, 2021 (25 News)
Peoria School District announces Mon-Fri return to school plans
PEORIA, Ill. -- For the first time in almost exactly a year, Peoria Public Schools students will be going to school, in person, five days a week. The District 150 Board of Education voted in a consens...
Feb 08, 2021 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
White House Press Sec. says Bucs and Lakers will be invited to White House
WASHINGTON -- When it is safe to do so, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki says the Super Bowl Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers and NBA Finals Champion Los Angeles Lakers will be invited to the White ...
Feb 08, 2021 MWC Radio
State COVID roundup 2/8: Under 2,000 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday reported 1,747 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 35 additional deaths. Testing was down, a...
Feb 08, 2021 Midwest Communications
Another frigid day prompts PPS to continue remote learning
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Public Schools students will be attending class from the comfort of their own homes for a second straight day. With temperatures forecasted to plummet into the low single digits...
Feb 08, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
