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State COVID roundup 1/16: statewide test positivity rate still declining
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health Saturday reported 5,343 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, as well as 130 addition deaths. In the most recent 24-hour period, l...
Jan 16, 2021 Midwest Communications
Morton School District 709 COVID update: student cases decreasing
MORTON, Ill. -- Morton School District 709 announced eight students have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and 114 are in quarantine, as of Friday, Jan. 15. Three staff members had coronavirus, and 16 wer...
Jan 16, 2021
Peoria crews keeping roads safe after latest snowfall
PEORIA, Ill. -- Snow fighters hit the streets in Peoria Saturday around 5:30 a.m. -- working all 17 routes to ensure the main roads are in safe and prime condition for area motorists. According to Dep...
Jan 16, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Pritzker activates Illinois National Guard to protect the capitol
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The F-B-I has warned that protests may be planned leading up to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden in all 50 state capitols. Gov. J-B Pritzker has said the state is tak...
Jan 16, 2021
Retired doctors and more syringes: Biden lays out plan to get America vaccinated
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Friday said he would order increased production of syringes and other supplies to ramp up vaccinations against COVID-19 and improve upon ...
Jan 16, 2021 U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks about his plan to administer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to the U.S. population as Vice President-elect Kamala Harris listens during a news conference at Biden's transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
National Rifle Association files for bankruptcy, seeking to escape New York lawsuit
(Reuters) - The National Rifle Association on Friday filed for bankruptcy, a sudden development that could help the gun rights group escape a lawsuit by New York's attorney general seeking its dissolu...
Jan 15, 2021 REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Pelosi: Prosecute any members of Congress who aided Trump supporters' Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Any members of the U.S. Congress who helped a crowd of President Donald Trump's supporters storm the Capitol should face criminal prosecution, House of Representatives Speaker N...
Jan 15, 2021 REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
U.S. now says no evidence of 'kill capture teams' at U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C. said on Friday there is no "direct evidence" to suggest that rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol had formed "kill capture teams."...
Jan 15, 2021 Sarah Silbiger/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
State COVID roundup 1/15: Over 120 deaths
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday reported 6,642 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in the state, including 123 additional deaths. IDPH also announc...
Jan 15, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 1/15: tier 2 in effect
PEORIA, Ill. -- On the day Region Two graduated to tier two COVID-19 mitigation status, the Peoria City/County Health Department also reported the sad news of eight additional tri-county deaths relate...
Jan 15, 2021 Midwest Communications
