Author Archives: Kristina Leahy
Finding a new way to kick off Pride Month
PEORIA, Ill. -- June is National Pride Month and while Peoria Proud can not have parade, they thought of another plan. Trevor Neff, Vice President of Business for Peoria Proud, said this year they wil...
May 29, 2020 Peoria Proud
State COVID roundup 5/29: Contact tracing is part of the new normal
CHICAGO -- Dr. Ngozi Ezike said Friday while restrictions are being lifted and Illinois moves into phase three of Restore Illinois, residents still must take personal responsibility such as social dis...
May 29, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 5/29: No local deaths reported in past 24 hours
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Tri-County region did not report any new deaths in the past 24 hours. Peoria County reported two additional confirmed cases bringing the total to 192. Tazewell reported one new con...
May 28, 2020 Midwest Communitcations
State COVID roundup 5/28: Pritzker addresses phase three of Restore Illinois
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Illinois has surpassed 5,000 deaths related to COVID-19. Dr. Ngozi Ezike with the Illinois Department of Public Health announced an additional 1,527 new cases of COVID-19, bringing th...
May 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 5/27: Tazewell County reports new COVID related death
PEORIA, Ill. -- Tazewell County is reporting an additional death related to COVID-19, a man in his 90's. The man did not live in a long term care facility before the diagnosis, but was a part of an ou...
May 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 5/27: Pritzker praises Illinois National Guard
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. -- Pritzker held his daily COVID-19 daily press conference downstate in East St. Louis to praise the work the Illinois National Guard does with drive-thru testing sites. Pritzker ...
May 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
2 U.S. astronauts arrive at launch pad for SpaceX launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - With thunderstorms threatening a delay, two NASA astronauts climbed aboard a SpaceX rocket ship Wednesday for liftoff on a history-making flight that was seen as a giant le...
May 27, 2020 (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)
Man falls 125 feet from Brimfield water tower
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man is in the hospital after falling 125 feet from a water tower in Brimfield. The man is a 19-year-old male who worked for the painting company, Maguire Iron Inc. -- Water Tower Exp...
May 27, 2020
Peoria City Council sets restaurant/bar guidelines for phase three
PEORIA, Ill. -- Phase three for the Restore Illinois plan begins Friday, and Peoria City Council set guidelines for bars and restaurants to operate outdoors. There will be some changes to the outdoor ...
May 26, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
State COVID roundup 5/26: Remdesivir being used in Illinois hospitals
CHICAGO -- Dr. Ngozi Ezike with the Illinois Department of Public Health announced the COVID-19 numbers reported on Tuesday are lower because medical facilities did receive a day off over the weekend....
May 26, 2020 Midwest Communications
