Author Archives: Mike Sabol
Chicago school worker tests positive for COVID-19
CHICAGO (AP) - A woman who tested positive for COVID-19 after taking a cruise last month worked at a Chicago public school for days before seeking medical attention. Illinois Department of Public Heal...
Mike Sabol Mar 07, 2020
Wind Advisory in effect until 6 a.m. Friday
LINCOLN, Ill. --The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a Wind Advisory now in effect until 6 a.m. Friday The advisory includes Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford-Fulton-Marshall-Stark counties. Incl...
Mike Sabol Mar 05, 2020

Peoria scrap yard fire shuts down traffic near Bartonville
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics responded to a large scrap yard fire Tuesday at Allied Industries located at 2600 W. Clark around 4:30 p.m. Large plume of black and grey smoke rose into ...
Mike Sabol Mar 03, 2020 MWC- Photo Credit / Use by permission from the Peoria Fire Department

Fatal crash under investigation
Peoria County, IL. -- A single vehicle accident claims the life of a Peoria man. The Peoria County Sheriff's office, Illinois State Police, Brimfield Fire and an OSF Life Flight Helicopter responded t...
Mike Sabol Mar 02, 2020 Midwest Communications

Coronavirus claims a life in the US
KIRKLAND, WA. (AP) -- A man has died in Washington state of COVID-19, state health officials said Saturday, marking the first such reported death in the United States. A spokesperson for Evergreen Hea...
Mike Sabol Feb 29, 2020 MWC- AP News Photo Credit

Theater Company who owns Willow Knolls 14 files for bankruptcy
Kentwood, MI--After ninety years of showing blockbuster movies, the company who owns Willow Knolls 14 is calling it quits. Metro Grand Rapids-based Goodrich Quality Theaters has filed for Chapter 11 b...
Mike Sabol Feb 28, 2020

Fatal crash in Peoria County under investigation
UPDATE: The victim has been identified as 89-year-old Harold Huffman, of Chilicothe. ____________________________________________________________________ PEORIA COUNTY -- One person is dead after a 2-...
Mike Sabol Feb 27, 2020 Midwest Communications

Trump says US 'very ready' for virus; Pence to lead response
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says the U.S. is "very, very ready" for whatever the new coronavirus threat brings. He has put Vice President Mike Pence in charge of overseeing the nation's r...
Mike Sabol Feb 26, 2020 MWC-AP-Photo-Evan-Vucci

Inmate dubbed the 'Starved Rock Killer' freed after 59 years
PINCKNEYVILLE, Ill. (AP) - An 80-year-old man has been freed after spending nearly 60 years in prison following his 1961 conviction in the killing of one of three suburban Chicago women who were bludg...
Mike Sabol Feb 21, 2020 MWC-Weger - Photo Credit - IL -DOC

One person injured in a shooting in central Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert around 8 p.m. Thursday in the 500 block of N. Lynn. Five shots were fired. Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said a short time later,...
Mike Sabol Feb 20, 2020 MWC-CRIMESCENE-ICCGRA-Image3


