Author Archives: Dalton Kemper
Saturday morning fight turns into shots fired, injures two
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded to the area of the 1400 block of SW Adams St. around 1:15 a.m. Saturday morning regarding a ShotSpotter alert. Dispatch then informed police of several ShotSpot...
May 02, 2021 Peoria Police Department
Biden set to ban most travel to U.S. from India to limit COVID-19 spread
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to impose new travel restrictions on India starting Tuesday in light of the COVID-19 epidemic, barring most non-U.S. citizens from entering ...
Apr 30, 2021 REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Local health experts remind residents of J&J vaccine safety
PEORIA, Ill. -- The use of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine was paused due to a rare clotting disorder found in women who received the shot, but was recently given clearance to res...
Apr 29, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Peoria City Council to consider implementing land bank
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City Council Tuesday night received and filed a first reading of a proposed land bank in the city. A land bank is an entity created by a governmental body to help manage and...
Apr 27, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
PPS Board tables controversial change in officer uniforms
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Public Schools Board of Education has decided to table a policy change that would alter the uniforms of their resource officers (SRO). The proposed change would make the new...
Apr 26, 2021 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
State COVID roundup 4/26: Nearing 9 million vaccines administered
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday reported more than 8.8 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered. More than 50,000 were administered on Sunday t...
Apr 26, 2021 Midwest Communications
Bustos tours local distillery key to local pandemic response
PEORIA, Ill. -- When Black Band Distillery opened in Peoria's Warehouse District in 2020, owner Chris Ober didn't expect a pandemic to hit. When COVID-19 did hit, Ober started producing hand sanitizer...
Apr 23, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
UPDATE: Elmwood bank robber arrested in Springfield
UPDATE 4/21/21 2:15 P.M. -- John W. Beck was arrested Wednesday morning at a hotel in Springfield, Ill. at approximately 11:30 a.m. for a Livingston County warrant for Armed Robbery and a Department o...
Apr 21, 2021 Peoria County Sheriff's Office
Tazewell County Health Department announces COVID vaccine drive-thru clinic
TREMONT, Ill. -- The Tazewell County Health Department (TCHD) announced Wednesday a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic. The clinic will be available every Thursday-Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. a...
Apr 21, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 4/21: Positivity rate continues downward trend
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Wednesday reported the seven-day test positivity in Illinois is down to 4.4%, continuing the recent trend. IDPH Wednesday also repo...
Apr 21, 2021 Midwest Communications
