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State COVID roundup 2/1: almost 1 million doses given
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The state of Illinois as of Tuesday is projected to have administered a million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Illinois Department of Public Health on Monday reported 14,422 shots...
Feb 01, 2021 Midwest Communications
Wall St. advances as small-time traders turn to silver
(Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes climbed on Monday following a steep sell-off last week, as a shift in the retail trading frenzy to silver drove up mining stocks and investors monitored progress...
Feb 01, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Trader Frank Masiello talks on his phone on Wall St. outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Trump faces deadline to deliver formal response to impeachment as trial looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump's unprecedented second impeachment trial takes shape this week, as Democrats outline their case and Trump scrambles to prepare a defense amid ...
Feb 01, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he arrives at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
State COVID roundup 1/31: Positivity dips below 4%
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 2,428 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the total number of cases since the pandemic began to 1,126,301. Sunday's report fro...
Feb 01, 2021 Midwest Communications
Republicans press Biden to scale back $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ten moderate Republican U.S. senators urged President Joe Biden on Sunday to significantly downsize his sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package to win bipartisan support a...
Feb 01, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Susan Collins (R-ME) walk to the office of the Majority Leader from the Senate Chamber ahead of a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 3, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
IHSA provides more event attendance details
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) announced a spectator limit at sporting events will limit attendance to either 25 or 50 individuals, depending on the region's current ...
Jan 31, 2021 Photo Courtesy -- IHSA.org
Underground parking deck fire Saturday evening
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighters and Paramedics responded to a call Saturday evening at 125 SW. Jefferson St. shortly after 4 p.m. When they arrived, crews found light smoke emerging from undergrou...
Jan 31, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
State COVID roundup 1/30: statewide positivity down slightly
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health Saturday announced 3,345 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, as well as 65 deaths. In past 24 hours, labs have collected 107,802...
Jan 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
Morton COVID update: student quarantines down
MORTON, Ill. -- Morton School District 709 announced Friday 14 students were positive with COVID-19, compared to nine the previous week. 105 students were in quarantine as of Friday, a decrease of 22 ...
Jan 30, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Fatal crash in Tazewell County
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. -- One person was killed, and two others were injured Friday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash between Deer Creek and Morton. "One of the occupants of a passenger vehicle was pron...
Jan 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
