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U.S. Congress set to vote on higher relief checks, $740 billion defense bill
WASHINGTON/PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Monday will try to push through pandemic relief payments of $2,000, in an effort to increase aid for Americans that has put th...
Dec 28, 2020 REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
State COVID roundup 12/28: State surpasses 16,000 deaths
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday reported 4,453 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in the state, including 105 additional deaths. With those 105 de...
Dec 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
State mobile COVID testing in Woodford County Monday
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday announced a mobile testing site will be available in Woodford County Dec. 28. The testing site will be at the Woodford Count...
Dec 28, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Peoria Police break up massive Saturday night fight at Northwoods Mall
***UPDATE*** Peoria Police have provided an update on the incident. Northwoods Mall security called Peoria Police at 5:42 P.M. for help breaking up a group of juveniles who they said were loitering an...
Dec 28, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Nashville blast suspect killed in explosion, police say
(Reuters) - The 63-year-old suspect in the bombing that rocked Nashville on Christmas morning was killed in the blast that destroyed his motor home and damaged more than 40 businesses, authorities sai...
Dec 28, 2020 Mark Zaleski/The Tennessean/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS.
State COVID roundup 12/27: Seven-day positivity rate under 9%
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Sunday announced 3,767 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 104 additional deaths. Tests, as expecte...
Dec 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
Trump signs pandemic aid and spending bill, averting government shutdown
PALM BEACH, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday signed into law a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package, officials said, restoring unemployment benefits to mill...
Dec 27, 2020 REUTERS/Marco Bello
UPDATE: Rockford bowling alley shooter identified as Duke Webb, an active military member
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A U.S. serviceman from Florida has been charged in a shooting at an Illinois bowling alley that left three people dead and three wounded, authorities said Sunday. Winnebago Count...
Dec 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Unemployment benefits expired Saturday after no approval from President Trump
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans lapsed overnight as President Donald Trump refused to sign an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill that had been cons...
Dec 26, 2020 AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File
Federal investigators identify possible person of interest in Nashville bombing
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Federal investigators have identified a person of interest in connection with the explosion that rocked downtown Nashville on Christmas Day and were searching a home associated...
Dec 26, 2020 Midwest Communications
