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Chicago shooting spree leaves 3 dead, 4 injured
CHICAGO, Ill. -- At least three people are dead, including the gunman, and at least four others were injured following multiple shootings Saturday afternoon across Chicago and Evanston, according to p...
Jan 10, 2021 Midwest Communications
Indonesia locates black boxes of crashed jet, body parts also recovered
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities on Sunday located the black boxes of the Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the sea soon after taking off from the capital Jakarta, as human body parts and ...
Jan 10, 2021 An Indonesian Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) officer inspects the debris of Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182, which crashed to the sea, at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 10, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
Morton School District 709 COVID update: cases and quarantines rise
MORTON, Ill. -- As of Friday, Jan. 8, 17 students were diagnosed with COVID-19, and 77 were in quarantine across Morton School District 709. Three staff members had coronavirus, and eight were in isol...
Jan 09, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
State COVID roundup 1/9: over 100 new deaths
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health reported Saturday 6,717 new confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases, as well 101 additional deaths. As of Friday night, 3,589 people were ho...
Jan 09, 2021 Midwest Communications
Impeachment push from Democrats could come Monday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With only days left in his presidency, Donald Trump faces a renewed drive by Democrats to remove him from office. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the top congress...
Jan 09, 2021 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
Indonesian plane feared to have crashed with 62 aboard
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A Sriwijaya Air plane with 62 people on board lost contact after taking off from Indonesia's capital Jakarta on a domestic flight on Saturday and rescuers said suspected debris had...
Jan 09, 2021 Antara Foto/Jessica Helena Wuysang via REUTERS
Jaws of Life used to rescue person after Friday afternoon accident
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Jaws of Life had to be used Friday afternoon by the Peoria Fire Department in response to an accident in the 2800 block of SW Washington St. just before 2:00 p.m. that involved a s...
Jan 09, 2021 Julia Bradley/1470-100.3 WMBD
New Year's at the gym: Different in a pandemic
PEORIA, Ill. -- New Year's may look different to start 2021 for local gyms, but it also has a similar feel to previous years. According to Statista, exercising more is Americans top New Year's resolut...
Jan 08, 2021 Midwest Communications
Twitter permanently suspends President Donald Trump
Twitter has permanently suspended the account of President Donald Trump. Twitter released the following statement pertaining to the suspension: "After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonal...
Jan 08, 2021
Local missing kayaker found dead
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. -- Sarah Gray, a 45-year-old woman who went missing Thursday evening after kayaking in the Illinois River, has been found dead, according to Illinois Conservation Police. Gray's husb...
Jan 08, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
