Category Archives: Local News
Illinois State Police and IDOT staying ready for different holiday travel
PEORIA, Ill. -- Holiday travel throughout the United States may look different this year due to COVID-19, but the Illinois State Police and Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) will be followi...
Dalton Kemper Nov 20, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 11/20: positivity rate dips
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Even as over 13,000 Illinoisans tested positive between Thursday and Friday for COVID-19, the state's rolling seven-day positivity rate has gone down by half a percentage point. I...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 20, 2020 Midwest Communications
Georgia Secretary of State certifies election for Joe Biden
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's top elections official on Friday certified election results showing Joe Biden won the presidential election after a hand tally stemming from a mandatory audit affirmed the Dem...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 20, 2020 Midwest Communications
Georgia Secretary of State to certify election for Biden
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's top elections official said he will certify that Joe Biden won the state's presidential election. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger spoke after a hand tally stemming from ...
Julia Bradley Nov 20, 2020 Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks during a news conference on Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, in Atlanta. Georgia’s top elections official said he will certify that Joe Biden won the state's presidential election after a hand tally stemming from a mandatory audit affirmed the Democrat's lead over Republican President Donald Trump. Raffensperger said during a news conference Friday that he believes the numbers his office has presented are correct.(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Pfizer seeking emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine in US
(AP) -- Pfizer is set to ask U.S. regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine, starting a process that could bring first shots as early as next month. Friday's step comes days after Pfiz...
Julia Bradley Nov 20, 2020 FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2020, file photo, pedestrians walk past Pfizer world headquarters in New York. Pfizer announced Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, more results in its ongoing coronavirus vaccine study that suggest the shots are 95% effective a month after the first dose. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
Irked Illinois governor to Speaker: End 'political circus'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois governor says the speaker of the House should answer questions about a bribery scheme in which federal prosecutors have implicated him, or resign. Gov. J.B. Pritz...
Julia Bradley Nov 20, 2020 AP Photo/Seth Perlman
Stabbing on CityLink bus leaves driver and suspect injured
PEORIA, Ill. -- The driver of a CityLink bus was stabbed in the neck Thursday night by a passenger he'd earlier kicked off the bus, according to Peoria Police. Emergency crews were called to the scene...
Julia Bradley Nov 20, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Soda machine causes carbon dioxide leak at Shell on Sterling
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters responded to reports of a carbon monoxide alarm activation at the Shell gas station on Sterling Thursday morning just after 11:00 a.m. Upon arrival, fire crews real...
Dalton Kemper Nov 19, 2020 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Georgia presidential hand tally done; affirms Biden lead
ATLANTA (AP) - A top Georgia election official said Thursday that a hand tally of ballots cast in the presidential race has been completed, and that the results affirm Democrat Joe Biden's narrow lead...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 19, 2020 AP Photo/Brynn Anderson
Bradley student aims to help marginalized students in Peoria through new program
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Bradley University senior is aiming to improve education for high school freshman and sophomore Black and Latinx students in Peoria through a new program that uses competitive speech...
Dalton Kemper Nov 19, 2020 Midwest Communications