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State COVID roundup 3/18: vax rate back under 6 figures
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- 2,325 Illinoisans between Wednesday and Thursday tested positive for COVID-19. 34 died of virus complications. The seven-day rolling average of daily vaccines administered dipped ...
Mar 18, 2021 Midwest Communications
Bond set for inmate who brutally attacked Peoria County Jail officer
***UPDATE*** 3/19/21 4:44 P.M. Following a Friday afternoon court appearance, Rusk's charges and bond have been set. Rusk was charged by the state's attorney's office with both a class one felony and ...
Mar 18, 2021 PCSO
Area doctor talks risks of sports betting as NCAA Tournament begins
PEORIA, Ill. -- March Madness has arrived for the first time since 2019, and it's a time of year when sports gambling ramps up throughout the country. This will, however, be the first NCAA Tournament ...
Mar 18, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 3/18: 2 deaths from Dec. reported
PEORIA, Ill. -- Case reviews revealed COVID-19 as the cause of death this past December of two Woodford County residents. The residents were a woman in her 80s and a man in his 90s, both of whom lived...
Mar 18, 2021 Midwest Communications
All 16+ Illinoisans eligible Apr. 12 for COVID vax
CHICAGO -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker has set Apr. 12 as the date all Illinoisans 16 and older will be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Additionally, there will be a "bridge phase" between Phase Four and Pha...
Mar 18, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. House poised to pass immigrant protections for 'Dreamers,' farm workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Young "Dreamer" immigrants living illegally in the United States would be placed on a path to citizenship under a bill to be voted upon in the House of Representatives on Thursd...
Mar 18, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A sign in support of DACA Dreamers lies at the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court after the court declined to hear a Trump administration challenge to California's sanctuary laws, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 15, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
U.S. weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rise
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week, but the labor market is regaining its footing as an acceleration in the pace of ...
Mar 18, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People who lost their jobs wait in line to file for unemployment benefits, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Arkansas Workforce Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S. April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Nick Oxford
Head-on collision slows down traffic on I-474 eastbound
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- The Peoria County Sheriff's Office responded to a multiple vehicle crash on Adams Street off Interstate 474 eastbound shortly after 6 a.m. Thursday. The accident appeared to be ...
Mar 18, 2021 (25 News)
Crash and gas leak close down NE Adams in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- NE Adams Street at Woodlawn Avenue in Peoria was blocked in both directions early Thursday morning due to an accident. The crash was reported just before 6 a.m. in the area just north ...
Mar 18, 2021 (25 News)
Probe into killing of six Asian women, two others 'far from over,' Atlanta police say
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Police in Georgia sought clues on Thursday to what sparked the fatal shootings of eight people, six of them Asian woman, in a string of Atlanta-area attacks that heightened fear an...
Mar 18, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Flowers are laid at a makeshift memorial in front of the Aromatherapy Spa following the deadly shootings in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. March 17, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
