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Bradley University goes all-remote for two weeks
PEORIA, Ill. - Bradley University students will be quarantining for two weeks and all classes will be held virtually. President Steve Standifird sent out an e-mail Tuesday afternoon saying there have ...
Sep 08, 2020
State COVID roundup 9/08: cases and tests down over Labor Day
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Tuesday announced 1,392 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including seven additional deaths. Although the new cases number is belo...
Sep 08, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 9/08: an increase of over 200 over Labor Day weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department Tuesday reported over 200 new cases of COVID-19 since Friday. Peoria County saw an increase of 103, Tazewell an increase of 77, and Woodford an...
Sep 08, 2020 Midwest Communications
House to investigate DeJoy possible campaign law violations
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats will investigate whether Postmaster General Louis DeJoy encouraged employees at his business to contribute to Republican candidates and then reimbursed them in the gu...
Sep 08, 2020 FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2020, file photo, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump says he's open to an investigation of DeJoy after some of DeJoy's former employees said they felt pressured to donate to GOP candidates.(Tom Williams/Pool via AP)
Trump: Pentagon leaders want war to keep contractors 'happy'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says Pentagon leaders want to keep waging wars in order to keep defense contractors "happy." Trump continues to fight allegations that he made offensive commen...
Sep 08, 2020 MWC-Fox News Photo Credit
State COVID roundup 9/7: Illinois surpasses 250K cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 1,381 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, and eight deaths. Monday's reported fatalities bring the state's death toll due to...
Sep 08, 2020 Midwest Communications
Child killed, 2 adults wounded in Chicago shooting
CHICAGO (AP) - An 8-year-old girl was killed and two adults were severely wounded after they were shot Monday evening in Chicago while traveling in a vehicle on the city's South Side. Chicago Police C...
Sep 08, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Cardinals legend Lou Brock passes away at 81
NEW YORK (AP) - Baseball Hall of Famer and former stolen base king Lou Brock has died at 81. Brock became a St. Louis Cardinal in one of the most lopsided trades in major league history before winning...
Sep 07, 2020 FILE - In this May 17, 2017, file photo, Lou Brock, a member of the St. Louis Cardinals' 1967 World Series championship team, takes part in a ceremony honoring the 50th anniversary of the victory before a baseball game between the Cardinals and the Boston Red Sox in St. Louis. Hall of Famer Brock, one of baseball’s signature leadoff hitters and base stealers who helped the Cardinals win three pennants and two World Series titles in the 1960s, has died. He was 81. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
Former ComEd official charged in federal bribery probe
CHICAGO (AP) - A former ComEd vice president has been charged with bribery conspiracy, the first criminal charge tied to a federal probe that has implicated House Speaker Michael Madigan. The Chicago ...
Sep 06, 2020 MWC
State COVID roundup 9/5: over 2,800 new cases, 23 deaths
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois health authorities are reporting 2,806 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, one day after a recently discovered backlog of tests added more than 5,000 cases to the statewide totals...
Sep 06, 2020 Midwest Communications
