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State COVID roundup 4/5: almost 2,500 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Health on Sunday reported 2,449 new cases of COVID-19. 14 additional deaths were also reported. The 102,215 doses of vaccine administered were lower tha...
Apr 05, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria Park District Police order Sunday visitors leave Glen Oak
PEORIA, Ill. -- A rash of Sunday evening fights led to the Peoria Park District Police's demand all visitors evacuate Glen Oak Park. The order came around 7:00. "My understanding is that the day was m...
Apr 05, 2021 Peoria Park District
India's daily virus cases breach 100,000; mutants, behavior blamed
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India reported a record rise in COVID-19 infections on Monday, becoming the second country after the United States to post more than 100,000 new cases in a day, as politicians sta...
Apr 05, 2021 REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni
Reservoir leak leads to evacuations, threatens to flood Tampa Bay
(Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Sunday headed for the site of a defunct phosphate plant south of Tampa, where a leak at a waste water reservoir forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes ...
Apr 04, 2021 A reservoir of an old phosphate plant, the site of a breach which is leaking polluted water into the surrounding area, prompting an evacuation order in Manatee County, is seen in an aerial photograph taken in Piney Point, Florida, U.S. April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Drone Base
State COVID roundup 4/3: test positivity rate slightly up
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Saturday reported 2,839 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, including 13 additional deaths. In the past 24 hours, laborat...
Apr 03, 2021 Midwest Communications
Unattended stove leads to early morning house fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics responded to reports of a house fire at 409 Tracy St. early Saturday morning. Upon arrival, crews saw light smoke and fire coming from the rear of the hom...
Apr 03, 2021 Midwest Communications
Roanoke man shows extraordinary log cut 20 years ago
ROANOKE, Ill. -- Easter is an extra special time for a Roanoke man. Tom Durand has been working with wood for most of his life, and it's evident in a stroll through his yard. Large birds made of wood ...
Apr 02, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
A knee on a neck can kill, Minneapolis homicide lieutenant says at Chauvin murder trial
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) -A Minneapolis homicide investigator said police officer Derek Chauvin used "totally unnecessary" deadly force when kneeling on George Floyd's neck during an arrest last May in t...
Apr 02, 2021 REUTERS/Octavio Jones
Friday PM East Bluff shooting injures 1
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police and Firefighter/Paramedics were responding Friday afternoon at 5:00 to the 2100 block of Wisconsin Ave. just north of the Frye intersection. Scanner traffic indicated shot...
Apr 02, 2021 Courtesy: Sharon Robinson
State COVID roundup 4/2: Illinois passes 6 million vaccinations
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday reported the state has now administered more than 6 million COVID-19 vaccine doses. Nearly 125,000 doses were administered T...
Apr 02, 2021 Midwest Communications
