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Peoria, surrounding counties moved to tier 1
PEORIA, Ill. - Region Two, which encompasses Peoria County and surrounding counties, has been moved up to tier one COVID-19 mitigation level. The sudden move came just two days after it was moved Frid...
Jan 17, 2021 Midwest Communications
Vice president-elect Harris to resign Senate seat Monday
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Kamala Harris of California will resign from the Senate on Monday in preparation for her inauguration as Joe Biden's vice president on Wednesday, according to...
Jan 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris makes a speech after U.S. President-elect Joe Biden announced their nominee for secretary of education, Miguel Cardona in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 23, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Biden unveils plans for first day in office
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will cap a busy day of inauguration pageantry by using the powers of his new office to push policy changes on housing, student loans, climat...
Jan 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks about his plan to administer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to the U.S. population during a news conference at Biden's transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
State COVID roundup 1/16: statewide test positivity rate still declining
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health Saturday reported 5,343 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, as well as 130 addition deaths. In the most recent 24-hour period, l...
Jan 16, 2021 Midwest Communications
Morton School District 709 COVID update: student cases decreasing
MORTON, Ill. -- Morton School District 709 announced eight students have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and 114 are in quarantine, as of Friday, Jan. 15. Three staff members had coronavirus, and 16 wer...
Jan 16, 2021
Peoria crews keeping roads safe after latest snowfall
PEORIA, Ill. -- Snow fighters hit the streets in Peoria Saturday around 5:30 a.m. -- working all 17 routes to ensure the main roads are in safe and prime condition for area motorists. According to Dep...
Jan 16, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Pritzker activates Illinois National Guard to protect the capitol
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The F-B-I has warned that protests may be planned leading up to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden in all 50 state capitols. Gov. J-B Pritzker has said the state is tak...
Jan 16, 2021
Retired doctors and more syringes: Biden lays out plan to get America vaccinated
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Friday said he would order increased production of syringes and other supplies to ramp up vaccinations against COVID-19 and improve upon ...
Jan 16, 2021 U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks about his plan to administer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to the U.S. population as Vice President-elect Kamala Harris listens during a news conference at Biden's transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
National Rifle Association files for bankruptcy, seeking to escape New York lawsuit
(Reuters) - The National Rifle Association on Friday filed for bankruptcy, a sudden development that could help the gun rights group escape a lawsuit by New York's attorney general seeking its dissolu...
Jan 15, 2021 REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Pelosi: Prosecute any members of Congress who aided Trump supporters' Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Any members of the U.S. Congress who helped a crowd of President Donald Trump's supporters storm the Capitol should face criminal prosecution, House of Representatives Speaker N...
Jan 15, 2021 REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
