Author Archives: Dalton Kemper
It's finally time: Murray Baker Bridge reopens Saturday night
PEORIA, Ill. -- After months of finding detour routes around the closed I-74 bridge, the Murray Baker will reopen Saturday night. The bridge has been closed since March 29 and will hit the original go...
Oct 31, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Illinois judge extradites Rittenhouse to Wisconsin
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois judge on Friday ordered a 17-year-old accused of killing two demonstrators in Kenosha, Wisconsin, to be extradited across the border to stand trial on homicide charge...
Oct 30, 2020 AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, Pool
Guns stolen in Creve Coeur Thursday morning
CREVE COEUR, Ill. -- One arrest has been made in a burglary that occurred around 2:00 a.m. Thursday morning which led to a total of nine firearms being stolen from Thompson's Trading Post in Creve Coe...
Oct 29, 2020 Midwest Communications
Arrest made in Tuesday night stabbing
PEORIA, Ill. -- An arrest has been made in the Tuesday night stabbing outside of Ulrich's Rebellion Room. Upon arrival at approximately 2:30 a.m., officers found an adult male with stab wounds to the ...
Oct 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria Public Schools Board approves COVID testing policy
PEORIA, Ill. -- With students returning to Peoria Public Schools in phases, the Board of Education Monday night approved the policy for testing students. Thanks to a $200,000 gift from the Gilmore Fou...
Oct 26, 2020 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
Barrett confirmed as Supreme Court Justice
WASHINGTON (AP) - Overpowering Democratic opposition, Senate Republicans confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, securing President Donald Trump's nominee a week before Election Day and a li...
Oct 26, 2020 Rod Lamkey/Pool Photo via AP, File
Gov. Pritzker lobbying for federal support for small businesses
PEORIA, Ill. -- Small businesses across the country have been impacted heavily due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In Illinois, the state has been dispersing Business Interruption Grants (BIG) to he...
Oct 26, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Hospitalization data flawed in Missouri, possibly other states
O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) - With the number of coronavirus patients requiring hospitalization rising at alarming levels, Missouri and perhaps a handful of other states are unable to post accurate data on COV...
Oct 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 10/23: Half the state at warning level
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Exactly half the state is at warning level for COVID-19, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) said Friday. 51 of the state's 102 counties currently have two or more ris...
Oct 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
Final Presidential debate covers numerous topics with fewer interruptions
NASHVILLE (AP) -- President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, began the debate by discussing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In a contrast to the first debate, the two presidential...
Oct 22, 2020 President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden arrive for the final presidential debate at Belmont University, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP)
