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Local COVID roundup 7/27: over 100 new cases during the weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- The weekend COVID-19 death of a Peoria County woman in her 50s brought the area's death toll to 42. Meanwhile, Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford County over the weekend combined for over ...
Jul 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 7/27: Peoria County woman among 18 new deaths
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The state's COVID-19 test positivity rate over the past week has continued to rise Monday as the Illinois Department of Public Health reported a 3.8% rate. 1,231 people between Su...
Jul 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
No new COVID cases at the Peoria County Jail
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- The Peoria County Jail's current population is 265. To date, 191 inmates have tested negative for COVID-19, according to Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell. "At this point, we h...
Jul 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
Senate GOP plan seeks to reduce unemployment benefits
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Senate Republicans say they'll propose cutting weekly emergency unemployment benefits by $400 until state governments can bring a more detailed program online, according to individ...
Jul 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
Virus vaccine put to final test with thousands of volunteers
UNDATED (AP) -- The world's biggest COVID-19 vaccine study got underway Monday with the first of 30,000 planned volunteers helping to test shots created by the U.S. government -- one of several candid...
Jul 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
Heartland Health Services closing Pekin testing site
PEKIN, Ill. -- Heartland Health Services announced on Sunday that their Tazwood COVID-19 testing site in Pekin, 3248 Van De Ver Avenue, Suite B, will be closing soon. The change will take effect on We...
Jul 27, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
State COVID roundup 7/26: lowest death toll in four months
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- While Sunday brought another day of over 1,000 reported COVID-19 cases to Illinois, it also delivered a milestone. Illinois Department of Public Health said one death was reported...
Jul 26, 2020 Midwest Communications
Body found in river, victim ID'ed
***UPDATED*** Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley has identified the deceased woman as Hayven M. Porter of Peoria. Hanley confirmed Porfter was the person for whom on Friday the Peoria Fire Departm...
Jul 26, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Fire crews answer two bridge jumping calls in less than day's time
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Fire Department responded to two Bob Michel Bridge jumping-related incidents within 24 hours of each other. The first call came in at 4:46 Friday afternoon regarding a femal...
Jul 25, 2020 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Trump tries new law to curb drug costs
WASHINGTON (AP) - Unable to land the big deal with Congress to curb drug costs, President Donald Trump on Friday moved on his own to allow imports of cheaper medicines, along with other limited steps ...
Jul 24, 2020 MWC-AP Photo
