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Trump's coming impeachment trial aggravates rift among Republicans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The coming second impeachment trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump on a charge of inciting the deadly storming of the Capitol has aggravated a rift among his fellow Repub...
Jan 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) arrives at a luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 23, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo
Collins forecasts winter storms for the Peoria area
PEORIA, Ill. -- UPDATED: A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect through noon Tuesday. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins forecasts a wintry mix including freezing rain which w...
Jan 24, 2021 Midwest Communications
Biden to take more action on climate change
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration next week will release more policies it believes are needed to tackle climate change and is urging China to toughen one of its targets ...
Jan 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about his administration's plans to fight the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic during a COVID-19 response event as Vice President Kamala Harris, Dr. Anthony Fauci and COVID-19 czar Jeff Zients listens at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Man taken to hospital following mobile home fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Around 9 a.m. on Saturday, the Limestone Fire Department responded to a report of a mobile home on fire in the Royal Oaks Estates Mobile Home Park. One man escaped the home but suffere...
Jan 23, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 1/23: seven-day positivity continues to decline
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health Saturday reported 5,152 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, including 97 additional deaths. Within the past 24 hours, laboratori...
Jan 23, 2021 Midwest Communications
Larry King dies at age 87
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Larry King, who quizzed thousands of world leaders, politicians and entertainers for CNN and other news outlets in a career spanning more than six decades, has died at age 87, ...
Jan 23, 2021 REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Peoria Civic Center excited to bounce back after 2020
PEORIA, Ill. -- The COVID-19 pandemic hit many businesses hard across the Peoria area, but arguably none were as hard hit as the Peoria Civic Center. The downtown building used specifically for variou...
Jan 23, 2021 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Trump impeachment trial set to begin week of Feb. 8
WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Friday announced on the Senate floor the impeachment trial for Donald Trump will begin the week of Feb. 8. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will send the a...
Jan 22, 2021 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Human remains identified as Jeffrey Blevins
UPDATE 2:50 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have identified the human remains discovered Friday morning inside of a recreation vehicle in the 8300 block of N. Knoxville to be 49-year-old Jeffrey Bl...
Jan 22, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Local COVID roundup 1/22: slight setback
PEORIA, Ill. -- Region Two of Illinois has been looking forward to a return in the near future to phase four of Restore Illinois from tier three COVID-19 mitigation, but those plans on Friday encounte...
Jan 22, 2021 Midwest Communications
