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Supreme Court Justice choice a main topic of debate Tuesday night
CLEVELAND (AP) -- The first face-off for President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden was over a clash concerning a president's prerogative to put push through an election-year Supreme Cour...
Sep 29, 2020 AP Photo/Patrick Semansky
One dead at UAW Senior Citizens Center in Pekin from Legionnaires' Disease
PEKIN, Ill. -- A resident of UAW Senior Citizens Center in Pekin is dead after contracting Legionnaires' Disease, according to news partner 25 News. Another individual who lives at UAW contracted the ...
Sep 29, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Disney to lay off 28,000 at its parks in California, Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Squeezed by limits on attendance at its theme parks and other restrictions due to the pandemic, The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday it planned to lay off 28,000 workers in its parks ...
Sep 29, 2020 Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel
Local COVID roundup 9/29: tri-county reaches 80 deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man who had underlying conditions contracted COVID-19 and passed away between Monday and Tuesday, according to the Peoria City/County Health Department. The man lived in Tazewell Cou...
Sep 29, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 9/29: rolling positive % gets better
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,362 COVID-19 tests between Monday and Tuesday came back positive throughout Illinois. In that time, 23 deaths were reported. 45,624...
Sep 29, 2020 Midwest Communications
Pritzker in isolation after staffer tests positive for COVID
CHICAGO -- A member of Gov. J-B Pritzker's staff has tested positive for COVID-19. According to a release from the Pritzker's office, that staffer tested negative during weekly testing last Wednesday,...
Sep 29, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
NFL sees first big outbreak of COVID-19
***UPDATE*** The league said Tuesday it plans to play Sunday's Steelers-Titans game as scheduled and, if a contingency plan is needed to allow for more contact tracing, the game could be moved to Mond...
Sep 29, 2020 Midwest Communications
More human remains found at Banner Marsh
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- A bone, discovered on Saturday near Banner Marsh by a couple fishing on the riverbanks, is confirmed to be human. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood told WMBD News, the bone, w...
Sep 29, 2020 (25 News)
Worldwide death toll from coronavirus eclipses 1 million
NEW DELHI (AP) - The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus has eclipsed 1 million. The milestone, recorded by Johns Hopkins University, comes nine months into a crisis that has devastated the glob...
Sep 29, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria Public Schools working to use saliva testing for students and staff
PEORIA, Ill. -- COVID-19 saliva testing may be used for students and staff of Peoria Public Schools to cut down on quarantine numbers when they return to in-person learning. Superintendent Dr. Sharon ...
Sep 28, 2020 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
