Category Archives: Top Stories
Pres. Trump speaks from WH, claims election being stolen
The Associated Press has not declared a winner in the presidential race, with a number of battleground states still too early to call. But President Donald Trump is renewing his claims that Democrats ...
Nov 05, 2020 AP Photo/Evan Vucci
Defense Sec'y planning exit
WASHINGTON -- United States Secretary of Defense Mark Esper was planning Thursday to resign, according to sources. Part of the reason he is planning to leave his post, the sources said, is because he ...
Nov 05, 2020 Midwest Communications
Festival of Lights plans revealed
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- The 2020 East Peoria Festival of Lights has been scheduled, albeit with provisions for COVID-19. The event is set for Nov. 21 at 5:45 P.M. The two-mile route will start at the int...
Nov 05, 2020 Rick Hirschmann/1470-100.3 WMBD
Local COVID roundup 11/5: 7 deaths retroactively added
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department Thursday reported two new deaths from COVID-19, both females who resided at Heritage Health in Chillicothe. One female was in her 80s, while th...
Nov 05, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 11/5: 10k deaths, nearly 10k cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- 10,000 was the number on Thursday to keep in mind, as Illinois hit one dubious COVID-19 milestone and nearly hit another. The Illinois Department of Public Health said with 97 dea...
Nov 05, 2020 Midwest Communications
State of the race: still too close to call
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat Joe Biden pushed closer Thursday to the 270 Electoral College votes he needed to win the White House, securing victories in the "blue wall" battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Mi...
Nov 05, 2020 AP Photo/Evan Vucci
Challenger King won't concede to Bustos
EAST MOLINE, Ill. -- The Associated Press on Thursday declared incumbent Democrat Cheri Bustos has been re-elected to Illinois' 17th Congressional district, but her Republican opponent, Esther Joy Kin...
Nov 05, 2020 Esther for Congress
OSF’s Hammerton backs out of Bradley job
PEORIA, Ill. - OSF HealthCare President Tom Hammerton has announced he will not be joining Bradley University as Vice President for Advancement. The university on Thursday morning issued a statement, ...
Nov 05, 2020 Bradley University
751,000 seek US jobless benefits as virus hobbles economy
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell slightly last week to 751,000, a still-historically high level that shows that many employers keep cutting jobs in the face...
Nov 05, 2020 Midwest Communications
Pritzker: Blame tax-plan opponents for coming budget pain
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois governor has lashed out at "special interests" and "billionaires" who he says "told lies" about the impact of a constitutional amendment allowing for a graduated ...
Nov 05, 2020 Illinois.gov
