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Fire destroys Peoria home
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria home was destroyed by a fire late Sunday night. Fire Battalion Chief Steve Rada said the fire began around 11 p.m. in the 700 block of West Brons, where crews were called to a...
Mar 22, 2021 Midwest Communications
Sunday night East Bluff shooting lands man in hospital
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police responded Sunday night around 8:25 to a report of a gunshot victim in the area of the 2500 block of N. Wisconsin. Officers found a man with a gunshot wound in the area of ...
Mar 21, 2021 Midwest Communications
Washington burn ban in effect
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- The City of Washington Sunday has instituted an open burning ban due to low humidity and continuing windy conditions. The ban is expected to be lifted Tuesday, March 23, when dry c...
Mar 21, 2021
Gas leads to Saturday apartment evacuation
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighters/Paramedics Saturday afternoon responded to reports of a natural gas odor at St. Augustine Manor at 1309 NE. Glendale. Upon arrival, crews checked the apartment comp...
Mar 21, 2021
Saturday afternoon house fire causes substantial damage
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighters/Paramedics responded to reports of a house fire Saturday afternoon at 2209 W. Howett. Upon arriving at the scene, crews encountered thick, brown smoke emerging from...
Mar 21, 2021 Midwest Communications
Eighth woman alleges sexual misconduct by Gov. Andrew Cuomo
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A current aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has accused him of ogling her body and subjecting her and a female colleague to a series of unwanted, sexually suggestive remarks,...
Mar 20, 2021 FILE PHOTO: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during an event about the return of spectators to performing arts and sporting events, including a limited amount of fans attending baseball games at the start of the season, at his offices in New York, U.S. March 18, 2021. Seth Wenig/Pool via REUTERS
State COVID roundup 3/20: over 100,000 vaccines administered Friday
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Saturday reported 1,962 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, including 25 additional deaths. In the past 24 hours, laborat...
Mar 20, 2021 Midwest Communications
Morton COVID update: numbers at near lows for the year
MORTON, Ill. -- Morton School District 709 this past week saw some of its lowest COVID-19 numbers since the beginning of the pandemic, according to Superintendent Jeffrey W. Hill. As of Friday, March ...
Mar 20, 2021
Biden steps up family expulsions as U.S.-Mexico border arrivals keep climbing
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - The United States is expelling migrants to Mexico far from where they are caught crossing the border, according to Reuters witnesses, in a move that circumvents the r...
Mar 20, 2021 Migrants are seen before crossing the Rio Bravo river to turn themselves in to U.S Border Patrol agents to request for asylum in El Paso, Texas, U.S., in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
U.S. reaches Biden's goal of 100M vaccinations ahead of 100th day in office
WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration on Friday officially surpassed its goal of vaccinating 100 million people in President Joe Biden's first 100 days in office, more than a month ahead of his targe...
Mar 20, 2021 Midwest Communications
