McLean County’s COVID testing positivity rated dropped below 11% Friday after a week of gradual increases.

The county’s total of confirmed and probably coronavirus cases topped 9,000 as the McLean County Health Department (MCHD) announced 167 new cases Friday.

The county’s hospital capacity remains unchanged over 24 hours. Ninety-three percent of hospital beds are in use, including 81% of intensive care beds.

A woman and two cats died in a fire in Bloomington Thursday night.

The Bloomington Fire Department confirmed the death on social media overnight.

Firefighters were called to the 500 block of Kreitzer Avenue around 7:45 p.m., after a neighbor reported smoke and flames coming from the building.

Crews found heavy fire damage near the kitchen. They were able to extinguish the flames and search the home, where the found the woman unconscious. Attempts at resuscitation were unsuccessful. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

John Lee was not trained for combat, but he eventually found himself in the thick of a pivotal battle in the Korean War.

Lee was a sophomore at Korea University in Seoul when the war broke out in June 1950. He joined the South Korean army and was assigned as an interpreter to the U.S. 1st Marine Division.

At one point later in the war, he was taking cover under a truck, under fire from Chinese troops, on the main road leading away from the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea, in an area dubbed "Hell Fire Valley."

The U.K. will administer its first doses of COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, government and health officials say, raising hopes that the vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech could help them tame the coronavirus.

"We're looking forward to the race starting on Tuesday," Chris Hopson, CEO of the U.K.'s NHS Providers, said Friday in an interview with the BBC. His organization represents hospitals and medical service groups.

Police are investigating after a man was shot in the head Thursday evening in the North Valley.

Officers responded to a call of a man down at Monroe and Lavaille just after 8 p.m.

The man was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Police said a group was gathered inside a house when an argument broke out, ultimately leading to the shooting. The suspect ran away before police arrived.

On this week’s episode of Out and About, host Jenn Gordon is joined by William Butler of the Contemporary Art Center to talk about A Small Wonder Gift Shop - a unique pop-up shopping experience at the Contemporary Art Center where you can safely peruse and buy art from over 40 local artists in time for the holidays.

A Small Wonder Gift Shop

Updated at 9:24 a.m. ET

U.S. employers sharply scaled back their hiring last month as the coronavirus pandemic put new pressure on restaurants, retailers and other businesses.

The Labor Department said Friday that employers added just 245,000 jobs in November, down from a revised 610,000 in October.

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