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Pekin residents displaced by apartment fire
PEKIN, Ill. -- Five people were displaced early Thursday morning by an apartment fire in Pekin. Pekin firefighters and emergency crews were called to the 200 block of Cooper Street just before 5 a.m. ...
Feb 04, 2021 (25 News)
U.S. weekly jobless claims grind lower as labor market stabilizes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits decreased last week, suggesting that the labor market was stabilizing as authorities started to loosen ...
Feb 04, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People wait in line at a stand during the Executive Branch Job Fair hosted by the Conservative Partnership Institute at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, U.S., June 15, 2018. REUTERS/Toya Sarno Jordan
E.P. officer involved in fatal shooting released from the hospital
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- A police officer injured in an officer-involved fatal shooting in East Peoria Tuesday morning has been released from the hospital. Illinois State Police said the officer, stabbed ...
Feb 04, 2021 (25 News)
Morton resident dies in I-74 crash; victim ID'ed
***UPDATE*** 2/5/21 12:37 P.M. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley has released the name of the car's driver as Edward W. Huber. Hanley said Huber died of multiple blunt force trauma injuries. A to...
Feb 04, 2021 (25 News)
House Republicans opt not to punish Greene, vote to keep Cheney
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday opted not to punish newcomer Marjorie Taylor Greene for incendiary comments including support for violence against ...
Feb 03, 2021 REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Tazewell and Woodford counties to allow online registration for vaccine appointments
TAZEWELL COUNTY/WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. -- The health departments of Tazewell County and Woodford County announced Wednesday they will soon be offering online scheduling for COVID-19 vaccine appointment...
Feb 03, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
With party's future on the line, U.S. Republicans battle over Greene
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republicans in Congress came under increasing pressure on Wednesday to take action against Marjorie Taylor Greene, a lawmaker who supported calls for violence against Democ...
Feb 03, 2021 REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo
State COVID roundup 2/3: Seven-day positivity under 4%
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced Wednesday the rolling-seven day positivity rate throughout the state was 3.5%. IDPH also reported 3,314 new confirmed and...
Feb 03, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 2/3: region ICU capacity improves
PEORIA, Ill. -- Three deaths occurred between Tuesday and Wednesday from COVID-19 complications throughout the tri-county. A man in his 90s who lived at Villas of Holly Brook passed away, while anothe...
Feb 03, 2021 Midwest Communications
Biden tells congressional Democrats would consider limits on who gets COVID-19 checks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden told congressional Democrats on Wednesday he would not back down on including $1,400 checks for struggling Americans in his COVID-19 relief plan but would co...
Feb 03, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden pay their respects to U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who died on January 7 from injuries he sustained while protecting the U.S. Capitol during the January 6 attack on the building, as he lies in honor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 2, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/Pool
