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Four dead, 2 wounded, including suspect, in shooting near Los Angeles
ORANGE, Calif. (Reuters) -Four people were killed, one of them a child, in a shooting on Wednesday at an office building in suburban Los Angeles before the suspect, wounded in an exchange of gunfire w...
Apr 01, 2021 REUTERS/Alex Gallardo
DOJ reveals former Rep. LaHood accepted illegal contribution
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former Illinois 18th District Rep. Ray LaHood accepted money illegally while serving as U.S. Secretary of Transportation, the Department of Justice revealed on Wednesday. The DOJ sa...
Mar 31, 2021 1470 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley
Biden proposes $2 trillion "once-in-a-generation" investment in U.S. economy
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday called for a sweeping use of government power to reshape the world's largest economy and counter China's rise in a $2 trillion-plus proposal tha...
Mar 31, 2021 REUTERS/Mike Blake
Local COVID roundup 3/31: hospital admissions rise by double digits
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Tazewell County man in his 90s between Tuesday and Wednesday became the latest area resident to die from COVID-19. Meanwhile, an additional 10 people of Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodfor...
Mar 31, 2021 Midwest Communications
Semi driver ID'ed in fatal dirt unloading accident
***UPDATE*** 4/1/21 3 P.M. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the driver. He said 68-year-old Donald Foreaker of Chillicothe died of blunt force trauma in what he described as a "crush...
Mar 31, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 3/31: Key metric met for Bridge Phase
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Wednesday reported 2,592 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 28 additional deaths. 70% of Illinois residents 65 and older ...
Mar 31, 2021 Midwest Communications
Store cashier who chatted with Floyd testifies at ex-officer's trial
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A cashier who was one of the last people to speak with George Floyd before his deadly arrest last May testified at Derek Chauvin's murder trial in Minneapolis on Wednesday that...
Mar 31, 2021 Pool via REUTERS
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine safe, effective on adolescents in trial, companies say
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE said on Wednesday their COVID-19 vaccine was safe and effective and produced robust antibody responses in 12- to 15-year olds, paving the way for them to...
Mar 31, 2021 REUTERS/Marko Djurica
Rep. Bustos holds town hall, discusses equality and voting rights
PEORIA, Ill. -- Representative Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., Tuesday night joined members of Equality Illinois and Peoria Proud via Zoom for the Peoria LGBTQ Town Hall to discuss the Equality Act, as well as ...
Mar 30, 2021
Rep. Darin LaHood tours Meals on Wheels, talks current vaccination rate
PEORIA, Ill. -- United States Representative Darin LaHood (IL-18) was in Peoria Tuesday to tour the Meals on Wheels facility that provides meals to people that are unable to prepare their own meal. Ne...
Mar 30, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
