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State COVID roundup 1/4: ICU, vent usage both increase
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- More COVID-19 patients Sunday night were in Illinois intensive care unit beds than were on Saturday night. Use of ventilators was also up. 3,948 beds in total were in use, accordi...
Jan 04, 2021 Midwest Communications
NCAA 2021 Men's Basketball tourney will be held in Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA men's basketball tournament will be played entirely in the Indianapolis area, officials said Monday. Due to the pandemic, all 68 March Madness teams will compete in a "bubble-...
Jan 04, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. may cut some Moderna vaccine doses in half to speed rollout, official says
(Reuters) - The U.S. government is considering giving some people half the dose of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine in order to speed vaccinations, a federal official said on Sunday. Moncef Slaoui, head of ...
Jan 04, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An employee shows the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Northwell Health's Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital in New York, U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Pelosi re-elected as U.S. House speaker amid political uncertainty
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Nancy Pelosi was narrowly re-elected speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives on Sunday, as a new Congress took office amid political uncertainty, with Senate control undecid...
Jan 04, 2021 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-CA., holds the gavel in the air on the opening day of the 117th Congress on the opening day of the 117th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S., January 3, 2021. Bill Clark/Pool via REUTERS
State COVID roundup 1/3: Nearly 4,500 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 4,469 new COVID-19 cases yesterday (Sunday) and 81 additional deaths related to the virus. In total, 16,755 Illinois residents ha...
Jan 04, 2021 Midwest Communications
In recorded call, Trump pressures Georgia official to 'find' votes to overturn election
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump pressured Georgia's top election official to "find" enough votes to overturn his defeat in the southern state, according to a recording of the hour-long call pub...
Jan 04, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office after returning from Mar-A-Lago to the White House in Washington, U.S., December 31, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Power outages still prevalent across Illinois following Friday's storm
PEORIA, Ill. -- Hundreds of homes were still without power Sunday morning following Friday's ice storm. In the Tri-County, more than 2,000 customers were powerless on Sunday. Over 6,000 customers from...
Jan 03, 2021 Photo: Ameren
Village of Morton lifts boil order
MORTON, Ill. -- The Village of Morton lifted its city-wide boil order Sunday morning, according to the Village of Morton Facebook page. Customers no longer need to boil their water prior to consumptio...
Jan 03, 2021
Man shot at Greenbriar Apartments Saturday night
PEORIA, Ill. -- A shooting Saturday night at the Greenbriar Apartments is being investigated by Peoria Police. The shooting took place shortly after 7:00 p.m. One man was shot in the torso and taken t...
Jan 03, 2021 Midwest Communications
Growing number of Republicans joining President Trump's efforts to overturn election results
WASHINGTON (AP) - A growing number of Republican lawmakers are joining President Donald Trump's effort to overturn the election, pledging to reject the results when Congress meets next week to count t...
Jan 02, 2021 AP Photo/Evan Vucci
