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Hit-and-run suspect nabbed
***UPDATE*** The suspect was a Peoria County Sheriff's Deputy. He has resigned his post. ________________________________ PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have arrested a man they believe was responsible...
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Local COVID roundup 1/14: all systems go for tier 2 return
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois Region Two appears set to return Friday to tier two COVID-19 mitigation levels. Illinois Department of Public Health reported the region as of Thursday was meeting all proper ...
Jan 14, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 1/14: averaging more than 26,000 vaccinations per day
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Thursday reported 6,652 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 88 additional deaths. The preliminary s...
Jan 14, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. weekly jobless claims increase more than expected
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing first-time applications for unemployment benefits surged last week, confirming a weakening in labor market conditions as a worsening COVID-19 pand...
Jan 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Hundreds of people line up outside a Kentucky Career Center hoping to find assistance with their unemployment claim in Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S. June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo
Bitter Senate impeachment trial of Trump could bog down Biden's first days
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The second impeachment of President Donald Trump by the U.S. House of Representatives, for inciting last week's deadly rampage at the Capitol, could set off a bitter Senate figh...
Jan 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks as he announces members of economics and jobs team at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., January 8, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
20,000 guardsmen to deploy for Biden inauguration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- While Congress acted to impeach him, President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged his supporters to shun violence as the National Guard prepared to deploy at least 20,000 troops i...
Jan 13, 2021 REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Local COVID roundup 1/13: region remains on target
PEORIA, Ill. -- 192 tri-county residents between Tuesday and Wednesday received positive COVID-19 test results. One person also died, a woman in her 80s who lived in Peoria County who had comorbiditie...
Jan 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
House impeaches Trump second time
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has become the first U.S. President ever to be impeached twice. The House reached the 217-vote threshold Wednesday afternoon to impeach Trump on a count of incitem...
Jan 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
LaHood explains impeachment 'nay' vote
Washington, D.C. - 18th District Congressman Darin LaHood has released a statement on his vote against impeachment: In less than seven days, we will inaugurate President-elect Joe Biden as the 46th Pr...
Jan 13, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Illinois House has new leadership
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois House has undergone a changing of the guard. Emanuel "Chris" Welch was inaugurated Wednesday afternoon as House Speaker, bringing to an end a nearly four-decade era un...
Jan 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
