Category Archives: Top Stories
Biden wants to await outcome of sexual misconduct probe of Cuomo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden declined on Sunday to call on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign over sexual misconduct allegations, saying he wanted to await the outcome of an invest...
Mar 15, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden walks across the South Lawn of the White House towards reporters, in Washington, U.S., March 14, 2021. REUTERS/Cheriss May
Marvelous Marvin Hagler dies at 66
(Reuters) - Marvelous Marvin Hagler, who dominated boxing's middleweight division in the 1980s, has died at the age of 66, his wife Kay Hagler said on Saturday. The cause of death was not immediately ...
Mar 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former world middleweight champion Marvin Hagler poses on the red carpet as he arrives for the Laureus World Sports Awards at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi February 7, 2011. REUTERS/Jumana El-Heloueh/File Photo
Biden administration enlists FEMA to help at the border
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Saturday ordered an emergency agency that usually responds to floods, storms and other major disasters to help care for a growing num...
Mar 14, 2021 Asylum seeking migrant families and unaccompanied minors from Central America take refuge in a makeshift U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing center under the Anzalduas International Bridge after crossing the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico in Granjeno, Texas, U.S., March 12, 2021. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
Saturday afternoon house fire causes smoke damage
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics Saturday afternoon responded to a report of an outside fire near 2325 W. Butler. "It was a dead-end street that kind of came to an odd intersection with a...
Mar 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 3/13: new vax record set
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Saturday reported 1,675 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, including 23 additional deaths. In the past 24 hours, laborat...
Mar 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
Another COVID-19 vax expected to file for emergency use authorization
CHICAGO (Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc. is preparing to file for U.S. emergency use authorization (EUA) for its COVID-19 vaccine later this month or early April after accumulating enough data to judge th...
Mar 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A vial and syringe in front of an AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Morton COVID update: numbers slightly up
MORTON, Ill. -- Morton School District 709 saw a slight uptick in COVID-19 numbers this past week, according to Superintendent Jeffrey W. Hill. As of Friday, March 12, 11 students had COVID-19, a seve...
Mar 13, 2021
New York's two senators join mounting calls for Governor Cuomo to resign
(Reuters) - New York's two U.S. senators joined other leading Democrats in urging New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign on Friday after a seventh woman came forward to accuse him of sexual miscondu...
Mar 13, 2021 REUTERS/Angus Mordant
State Fire Marshal: change batteries, test smoke alarms for Daylight Saving Time
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) is reminding residents this weekend to test, check for expired alarms and replace batteries in their smoke alarms as they change clocks...
Mar 13, 2021
Blarney Blitz 5K being held Saturday, police say will affect traffic routes
PEORIA, Ill. -- ShaZam Racing Saturday at 8:00 a.m. will hold the annual Blarney Blitz 5K. There will be some traffic intersections impacted by the race, including numerous intersections on Water St. ...
Mar 12, 2021 MWC-Peoria Police Media Release
