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AG Barr submits resignation letter
WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Bill Barr has told President Donald Trump he will be vacating his post. Trump made the announcement via Twitter: Just had a very nice meeting with Attorney General Bill ...
Dec 14, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria Police head Marion announces retirement
PEORIA, Ill. -- Just after his two-year anniversary of being named Peoria Chief of Police, Loren Marion announced on Monday he will be stepping down effective Jan. 22, 2021. "This is something my wife...
Dec 14, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/ Mike Sabol
Local COVID roundup 12/14: another young death
PEORIA, Ill. -- For the second time in the past week, a person in their 20s from Peoria County has died due to COVID-19. The Peoria City/County Health Department Monday reported the female in her 20s,...
Dec 14, 2020 Midwest Communications
Illinois receives first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The state of Illinois Monday received approximately 43,000 doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine at the Illinois Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). It's the first shipment the ...
Dec 14, 2020 Midwest Communications
Illinois electors choose Biden as president, 20-0
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois members of the Electoral College have chosen Joe Biden for president. The 20-0 vote in favor of the Democratic president-elect on Monday was announced by the Illinois...
Dec 14, 2020 President-elect Joe Biden, right, and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, left, share a laugh during an event to announce several choices for positions in the Biden administration at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Illinois SNAP recipients have new online option with ALDI
CHICAGO -- Over 2 million Illinois families have a new place to shop online for groceries using SNAP. Gov. J-B Pritzker on Monday announced a partnership with ALDI, where SNAP recipients will be able ...
Dec 14, 2020 (Mark Peterman/AP Images for ALDI)
'Relieved': US health workers start getting COVID-19 vaccine
(AP) -- The largest vaccination campaign in U.S. history is underway with health workers getting the first shots. "Relieved" is the reaction of one of the first health workers to get the shot Monday. ...
Dec 14, 2020 Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage, Mich., Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool)
Illinois fires coach Lovie Smith after 5 seasons
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Illinois has fired coach Lovie Smith with one game left in its ninth consecutive losing season. Smith became Illinois' first Black head football coach when he was hired by athle...
Dec 14, 2020 Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz, left, and Illinois head coach Lovie Smith shakes hands after an NCAA college football game Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, in Champaign, Ill. Iowa won 35-21. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
State COVID roundup 12/13: Over 7,000 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 7,216 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 848,904. Sunday's report included 115 deat...
Dec 14, 2020 Midwest Communications
US agencies hacked in monthslong global cyberspying campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. government agencies were ordered to scour their networks for malware and disconnect potentially compromised servers after authorities learned that the Treasury and Commerce depa...
Dec 14, 2020 FILE - The U.S. Treasury Department building viewed from the Washington Monument, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Washington. Hackers got into computers at the U.S. Treasury Department and possibly other federal agencies, touching off a government response involving the National Security Council. Security Council spokesperson John Ullyot said Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020 that the government is aware of reports about the hacks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, file)
