Category Archives: Top Stories
PHS Football Coach speaks on #LetUsPlay
PEORIA, Ill. -- Many Illinois families have been asking for high school sports to be played this fall, but Gov. J.B. Pritzker doesn't have any plans to allow that to happen. "I'm not willing to sacrif...
Sep 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
US judge blocks Postal Service changes that slowed mail
SEATTLE (AP) - A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked controversial Postal Service changes that have slowed mail nationwide, calling them "a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Serv...
Sep 17, 2020 AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
Peoria elections board responds to Sec'y of State letter
PEORIA, Ill. -- If you received a letter from the Illinois Secretary of State's Office saying you have yet to file for a vote-by-mail application, you may be able to disregard it. Many local residents...
Sep 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 9/17: tragic streak ends
PEORIA, Ill. -- For the first time in over a week, the Peoria City/County Health Department has reported no new COVID-19-related deaths. The department Thursday said 61 residents of Peoria, Woodford, ...
Sep 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 9/17: another day over 50k
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- For the second day in a row, over 50,000 Illinoisans got tested for COVID-19. Labs statewide reported 57,800 specimens were taken between Wednesday and Thursday. 2,056 tests came ...
Sep 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
Second stimulus could come by November, cost is the issue
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Will we see another relief package ahead of the November election? Illinois' 18th District Rep. Darin LaHood told WMBD's Greg and Dan Show, Congress is working on another stimulus,...
Sep 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
COVID-19 danger continues to drive joblessness in US
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to 860,000, a historically high figure that reflects economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak. Before t...
Sep 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
Trump disputes health officials, sees mass vaccinations soon
WASHINGTON (AP) - Openly contradicting the government's top health experts, President Donald Trump predicted Wednesday that a safe and effective vaccine against the coronavirus could be ready as early...
Sep 17, 2020 President Donald Trump gestures while speaking during a news conference at the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Bradley President provides enforcement update one week into campus-wide quarantine
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University President Stephen Standifird Wednesday evening provided an update on the campus quarantine. Standifird highlighted the enforcement efforts of the university, saying ...
Sep 16, 2020
Peoria Police ask for help identifying people involved in business burglaries
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Police Department is asking for the public's help identifying people in connection to business burglaries. The burglaries took place May 31 through June 3, when protests and...
Sep 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
