Category Archives: Top Stories
Supreme Court arguments indicate Affordable Care Act likely to survive
WASHINGTON (AP) - A more conservative Supreme Court appears unwilling to do what Republicans have long desired: kill off the Affordable Care Act, including its key protections for pre-existing health ...
Nov 10, 2020 AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
Local COVID roundup 11/10: day 12 above important number
PEORIA, Ill. -- 327 people throughout Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties between Monday and Tuesday became active COVID-19 cases. 158 of the new active cases were in Peoria. 129 of them were in T...
Nov 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
Bradley announces home basketball games will be without fans to start season
***UPDATE*** Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications, said fans could be permitted at some point during the season, should restrictions be lifted. _____________________________________ PEORIA, I...
Nov 10, 2020 Bradley University
COVID wreaking havoc on local hospital bed capacity, workers
PEORIA, Ill. -- Local hospitalizations for COVID-19 are up, overall, and, to a lesser degree, intensive care unit capacity is down. UnityPoint Health Regional President and CEO Keith Knepp told WMBD's...
Nov 10, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
State COVID roundup 11/10: Illinois hits half million
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- With over 12,623 new COVID-19 cases reported between Monday and Tuesday throughout Illinois, the state has now seen over 500,000 cases since the start of the pandemic. Illinois De...
Nov 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
PPS students will return to remote learning after Winter Break
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Public Schools student will not immediately return to the classroom after the holiday.s Schools Superintendent Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat said at Monday night's School Board me...
Nov 10, 2020 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
Biden defends health care law as high court mulls its fate
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Joe Biden is championing the Obama administration's signature health care law as it goes before the Supreme Court in a case that could overturn it. The president-elect is deliv...
Nov 10, 2020 President-elect Joe Biden, joined by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, speaks at The Queen theater, Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Collins: A threat of severe storms Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. -- Record high temperatures on Monday could lead to severe weather Tuesday afternoon in the Peoria metro area. "Although we'll see a few scattered showers this (Tuesday) morning, the main...
Nov 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
Testing timeline: What’s ahead for COVID-19 vaccines
(AP) -- Pfizer's surprising news that its COVID-19 vaccine might offer more protection than anticipated is raising questions about exactly how the different shots will make it to market. Pfizer and th...
Nov 10, 2020 Pedestrians walk past Pfizer world headquarters in New York on Monday Nov. 9, 2020. Pfizer says an early peek at its vaccine data suggests the shots may be 90% effective at preventing COVID-19, but it doesn't mean a vaccine is imminent. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Barr tells DOJ to probe election fraud claims if they exist
WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General William Barr has authorized federal prosecutors across the U.S. to pursue "substantial allegations" of voting irregularities, if they exist, before the 2020 presiden...
Nov 10, 2020 Attorney General William Barr leaves the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
