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State COVID roundup 2/27: 34 more deaths reported
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced 1,780 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, including 34 additional deaths. As of Friday night, 1,353 individuals...
Feb 27, 2021 Midwest Communications
Morton School District 709 COVID update: numbers slightly up
MORTON, Ill. -- Morton School District 709 Friday announced their weekly COVID-19 numbers slightly increased from last week. Across the district, seven students were diagnosed with coronavirus, a four...
Feb 27, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Biden scores legislative win as House passes $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden scored his first legislative win as the House of Representatives passed his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package early Saturday, though Democrats faced c...
Feb 27, 2021 U.S. House of Representatives Republican leader Kevin McCarthy speaks on the day the House of Representatives is expected to vote on legislation to provide $1.9 trillion in new coronavirus relief at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 26, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
UPDATE: Non-life-threatening injury sustained by West Peoria shooting victim; suspect in custody
***UPDATE*** 3/1/21 4:22 P.M. A suspect has been taken into custody. Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell said his office, along with the Peoria Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Task Force, arres...
Feb 27, 2021 (25 News)
New attraction unveiled in Donovan Park
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Park District unveiled a new sculpture Friday in Donovan Park, the first of six planned for the year. The unveiled sculpture, titled "Here and Now," was created by artist Mi...
Feb 26, 2021 Ben Pollard/1470-100.3 WMBD
Advisory panel unanimously recommends FDA authorize Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) - A panel of expert advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday voted in favor of authorizing Johnson & Johnson's one-dose COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, bringing it...
Feb 26, 2021 REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
UPDATE: Suspects in mall burglary were from Michigan
UPDATE 8:15 P.M. -- All three suspects in the robbery and car chase, Terrion Johnson; Jabreez Thompkins; and Christopher Smith, were arrested for Business Burglary. Peoria Police Public Information Of...
Feb 26, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 2/26: backlog leads to large death report
PEORIA, Ill. -- A delay in reporting led the Peoria City/County Health Department's Friday COVID-19 report to reflect 17 area deaths. Tazewell County accounted for one of the deaths, a man in his 80s....
Feb 26, 2021 Midwest Communications
Saudi crown prince approved Khashoggi murder: U.S. intelligence report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved of an operation to capture or kill dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi who was murdered in 2018, according to a declassified U.S...
Feb 26, 2021 REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
State COVID roundup 2/26: another 6-digit day
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Over 102,000 Illinoisans between Thursday and Friday received the COVID-19 shot, marking the second consecutive day -- and second day ever -- the 100,000 mark was broken. The exac...
Feb 26, 2021 Midwest Communications
