Author Archives: Mike Sabol
National Guard summoned to aid cities amid police clashes
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's governor declared a state of emergency early Saturday to activate the state National Guard as violence flared in Atlanta and cities nationwide following the death in Minnesota...
Mike Sabol May 30, 2020 AP News photo credit
Illinois driver service facilities will reopen
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Driver Service facilities will be a part of the phase three Restore Illinois reopening process. Secretary of State Jesse White announced Tuesday that facilities in Chicago...
Mike Sabol May 26, 2020 AP Photo/Seth Perlman
Illinois lawmakers approve state's mail in ballot program.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois lawmakers voted to expand the state's mail in ballot program. The Illinois Senate overwhelmingly passed the measure on Friday. After more than an hour of floor debate, the...
Mike Sabol May 22, 2020
Road closures on Peoria's riverfront due to flooding
PEORIA, Ill. - The Flood Warning along the Illinois River near Peoria will continue until further notice. As of Friday morning, the National Weather Service reported river at 27.89 feet; just over 10 ...
Mike Sabol May 21, 2020 MWC-Ken Zurskie - Photo Credit
Boy dies in Peoria East Bluff Shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A child has died of a gunshot wound after a Wednesday afternoon incident in the East Bluff. Peoria Police responded to a residence in the 2300 block of N. Maryland after 4 p.m., on an i...
Mike Sabol May 20, 2020
Peoria business runs out of luck against the State of Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. - The lawsuit RC Outfitters Owner and Operator Adam White filed in early May against Gov. J.B. Pritzker in Peoria County has been struck down. White requested a temporary restraining orde...
Mike Sabol May 19, 2020 Midwest Communications
Pritzker staying with the state's plan
CHICAGO - Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker says his regional plan still stands. During the past few weeks, 11 local counties, including Peoria, provided the governor with proposed plans that provided n...
Mike Sabol May 18, 2020
Arrests made in relation to vehicle and school vandalism
PEORIA, Ill. - Three juveniles were arrested after an investigation of vandalism reported in Peoria County over the past two weeks. Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell said detectives located three mal...
Mike Sabol May 13, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Illinois General Assembly is urged back to Springfield
CHICAGO - Governor J.B. Pritzker is urging Illinois lawmakers to reconvene and address financial concerns caused by the pandemic. The governor says it's time for the General Assembly to head back to S...
Mike Sabol May 12, 2020
Illinois must meet benchmarks to reach the next phase
CHICAGO - Governor J.B. Pritzker says most of the state is on track to move to the next phase of reopening at the end of the month. Under his "Restore Illinois" program, the state is divided into four...
Mike Sabol May 11, 2020 Midwest Communications