Author Archives: Dalton Kemper
State COVID roundup 12/21: Under 5,000 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday reported 4,699 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 98 additional deaths. In addition, the se...
Dec 21, 2020 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Victim identified in Canton house fire
CANTON, Ill. -- The victim of a Canton fire that occurred early Sunday morning in the 700 block of E. Chestnut St. has been identified as 9-year-old Adeline Walton. According to Fulton County Coroner ...
Dec 21, 2020 Midwest Communications
Moderna vaccine approved for emergency use by FDA
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc's coronavirus vaccine on Friday became the second to receive emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, welcome news to a nation with a stagg...
Dec 18, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos's ex-wife, donates $5 million to Goodwill of Central Illinois
PEORIA, Ill -- MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, has gifted $5 million to Goodwill of Central Illinois. Over the last four months, Scott has gifted more than $4 bi...
Dec 18, 2020 1470/100.3 WMBD-Mike Sabol
U.S. House passes stopgap funding bill to avoid government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed and sent to the Senate a two-day stopgap extension of existing federal funds to avoid a midnight government shutdown, as negoti...
Dec 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 12/18: staying under 10% positivity rate
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health's (IDPH) Region 2, which encompasses Peoria; Tazewell; and Woodford counties, rolling seven-day positivity rate continues to remain below 10%. ...
Dec 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
UnityPoint Health begins COVID-19 vaccinations; aims to give 500 by end of this week
PEORIA, Ill. -- UnityPoint Health in Peoria began administering the COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday as hospitals around the country start receiving and giving their first doses to front-line health care wo...
Dec 17, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
East Peoria Festival of Lights wins Great Christmas Light Fight
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- During last year's Festival of Lights in East Peoria, footage was shot to compete in ABC's "The Great Christmas Light Fight" in 2020. The episode aired on Wednesday at 7 p.m. with...
Dec 16, 2020 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Illinois launches initiative to expand digital access
CHICAGO -- Access to internet and a computer has become more important than ever due to the COVID-19 pandemic forcing online schooling and people to work from home. Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Wednes...
Dec 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
Firefighters battle blaze on MacQueen Wednesday afternoon
PEORIA, Ill. -- 17 Peoria firefighter/paramedics responded to the 800 block of W. MacQueen Ave. just before 3:30 p.m. Wednesday on reports of a residential structure fire. When they arrived, firefight...
Dec 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
