Category Archives: Top Stories
Crews respond to Tuesday morning South Peoria fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics were on the scene of a blaze around 7:00 Tuesday morning in the 2500 block of Starr St. Multiple engines responded to the call at a two-story home. The fi...
Dec 01, 2020 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Pritzker says mitigations won't be lifted for next few weeks
CHICAGO -- Even though positive cases are lower across the state due to fewer tests over the Thanksgiving weekend, hospitalizations are still at a high level across Illinois. Because of this, Gov. J.B...
Nov 30, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Wisconsin confirms Joe Biden as winner following recount
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Joe Biden's victory in battleground Wisconsin was confirmed Monday following a partial recount that only added to his 20,600-vote margin over President Donald Trump, who has promi...
Nov 30, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 11/30: 14 deaths over Thanksgiving weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department Monday announced 14 deaths that occurred over the Thanksgiving weekend due to COVID-19. Eight deaths were Peoria County residents, five deaths ...
Nov 30, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 11/30: Lower numbers as expected
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- As expected over the Thanksgiving weekend, fewer people received COVID-19 tests. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday, as a result, reported only 6,190 new confi...
Nov 30, 2020 Midwest Communications
Holiday air travel surges despite dire health warnings
(AP) -- The TSA says nearly 1.2 million people went through U.S. airports on Sunday. That's the highest number since the coronavirus pandemic gripped the country back in March. And the uptick came des...
Nov 30, 2020 FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020 file photo, a traveler wears a mask as she walks through Terminal 3 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. The Transportation Security Administration said nearly 1.2 million people went through U.S. airports on Sunday, the highest number since the coronavirus pandemic gripped the country back in March, despite the pleadings of public health experts for people to stay home over Thanksgiving. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
NTFPD contracts with Washington Fire for upgraded ambulance service
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- Northern Tazewell Fire Protection District has provided ambulance service in Sunnyland since 1970, but, as of December 1, the fire district will contract with the Washington Fire D...
Nov 30, 2020
Moderna asking US, European regulators to OK shots
(AP) -- Moderna Inc. says it will ask U.S. and European regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine as new study results confirm the shots offer strong protection. Multiple vaccine candi...
Nov 30, 2020 FILE - In this July 27, 2020, file photo, nurse Kathe Olmstead prepares a shot that is part of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., in Binghamton, N.Y. Moderna said Monday, Nov. 16, 2020, its COVID-19 shot provides strong protection against the coronavirus that's surging in the U.S. and around the world. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
Congress returns with virus aid, federal funding unresolved
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress is returning to Washington for one last attempt at deal-making this year. The only absolute must-do is preventing a government shutdown on Dec. 11. But lawmakers are also de...
Nov 30, 2020 FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2020, file photo the morning sun illuminates the rotunda of the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington. After months of shadowboxing amid a tense and toxic campaign, Capitol Hill's main players are returning to Washington for one final, perhaps futile, attempt at deal making on a challenging menu of year-end business. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Biden fractures foot while playing with dog
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - President-elect Joe Biden has fractured his right foot and will likely wear a walking boot for several weeks. Biden's office says the president-elect suffered the injury Saturd...
Nov 30, 2020 A motorcade with President-elect Joe Biden aboard arrives at Delaware Orthopaedic Specialists to see a doctor, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020, in Newark, Del. Biden slipped while playing with his dog Major, and twisted his ankle. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
