Category Archives: Local News
Peoria apartment fire displaces three residents
PEORIA, Ill. -- Three Peoria residents of an apartment complex in the 2400 block of Gale have been displaced after a Wednesday afternoon fire. Peoria fire crews responded just before 2:00 p.m. on repo...
Jul 21, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
OSF HealthCare requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for all employees
PEORIA, Ill. -- OSF HealthCare announced Wednesday all employees will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of September. The decision was made based on information and guidance fro...
Jul 21, 2021 CHOI_20160418
Peoria teenager dies in Cedar Rapids shooting
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- A 15-year-old girl from Peoria is dead following a shooting in Cedar Rapids, Iowa Tuesday morning. Tyliyah Whitis was found dead in a crashed car with gunshot wounds in Cedar Rap...
Jul 21, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
UPDATE: Homicide victim identified as 19-year-old
UPDATE 2:15 P.M. -- Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the man who was killed Tuesday night as 19-year-old De'Monyae Zaire Phelps, of Peoria. Phelps suffered multiple gunshot wounds th...
Jul 21, 2021 Midwest Communications
East Peoria patrolman named 'Officer of the Year'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- East Peoria Police Officer Jeffrey Bieber has been named the 2021 Most Outstanding Law Enforcement Officer of the Year by the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police (ILACP). Bie...
Jul 21, 2021 East Peoria Police
Juvenile dead after suffering gunshot wound
PEORIA, Ill. -- A juvenile male is dead after suffering gunshot wounds Wednesday morning just after 5:00 a.m. Peoria Police responded to the 3000 block of W. Seibold on reports of the juvenile being s...
Jul 21, 2021 Midwest Communications
Republicans abandon Capitol riot probe after Pelosi rejects Jordan, Banks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday withdrew his five nominees to serve on the special committee probing the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol ...
Jul 21, 2021 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a news conference with mothers helped by Child Tax Credit payments at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., July 20, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Work-in-progress U.S. infrastructure bill faces test on Senate floor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's goal of passing a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill faces a test on Wednesday as Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer presses ahead w...
Jul 21, 2021 U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer attends a news conference with mothers helped by Child Tax Credit payments at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., July 20, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Olympics-Australia's Brisbane to host 2032 summer Games
TOKYO (Reuters) -Brisbane will host the 2032 summer Olympics, after the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved its nomination in a vote that Australia's prime minister ha...
Jul 21, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A view of the city skyline of Brisbane, Australia, July 4, 2021. Picture taken July 4, 2021. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy
Olympics-Tokyo 2020 chief doesn't rule out cancelling Games
TOKYO (Reuters) - The chief of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee on Tuesday did not rule out cancelling the Olympics if COVID-19 cases spiked, as more athletes tested positive for the virus and spon...
Jul 21, 2021 Tokyo 2020 Olympics Preview - Tokyo, Japan - July 20, 2021 General view of the Olympic Rings outside The National Stadium, the main venue of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
