Category Archives: Local News
Fire at Powerton in Pekin under investigation
PEKIN, Ill. -- It's unclear what caused a fire at the Powerton Plant in Pekin late Tuesday night. A Battalion Chief told news partner 25 News that firefighters were called to the plant just before 10 ...
Jun 30, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Death toll rises to 16 nearly a week after Florida condo collapse
SURFSIDE, Fla. (Reuters) -Another four bodies were found overnight in the shattered ruins of a collapsed Miami-area condominium tower, the mayor of Miami-Dade County said on Wednesday, bringing the co...
Jun 29, 2021 Emergency workers conduct search and rescue efforts at the site of a partially collapsed residential building in Surfside, near Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. June 29, 2021. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
Peoria-area chemical plant worker survives electrocution
MAPLETON, Ill. -- An employee of the Evonik chemical company survived a Tuesday morning scare. Peoria County Sheriff's Deputies got a call around 10:00 about the electrocution of a 52-year-old man. He...
Jun 29, 2021 Cary Miller via Google Maps
Gov. Pritzker signs law allowing student-athletes to profit off likeness
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker Tuesday signed into law the Student-Athlete Endorsement Rights Act, SB 2338. The new law allows student-athletes to sign individual endorsement deals while...
Jun 29, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Pritzker encourages masks to help fight delta variant
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. J-B Pritzker is urging all Illinois residents to wear masks due to a rise in cases of the delta variant of COVID-19. Speaking Monday during an unrelated a news conference, Pr...
Jun 29, 2021 Midwest Communications
IL Secretary of State extends license renewal grace period
CHICAGO -- Illinois residents whose driver's licenses or ID cards are expiring soon won't need to rush to renew them. Secretary of State Jesse White has extended the grace period to renew licenses and...
Jun 29, 2021 Midwest Communications
With death count at 11, search for survivors of Florida collapse enters 6th day
SURFSIDE, Fla. (Reuters) -Search-and-rescue operations stretched into a sixth day on Tuesday at the site of a partially collapsed Florida condominium complex where at least 11 people were killed and a...
Jun 29, 2021 Rescue personnel work at the scene of the partially collapsed Champlain South Towers condominium in Surfside, near Miami Beach, Florida, in this undated recent photograph. Courtesy of Florida Task Force 3 / via REUTERS
Reditus Labs CEO receives recognition from State of Illinois
PEKIN, Ill. -- Reditus Laboratories CEO Dr. Aaron Rossi was surprised Monday by a visit from Pekin Mayor and State Rep. Mark Luft. Luft was there to honor Reditus and Rossi for their contributions to ...
Jun 28, 2021 Photo Courtesy: Reditus Labs
College athletes one step closer to being paid
INDIANAPOLIS -- An NCAA advisory board has recommended the association lift its rules regarding student-athletes' ability to profit off their names, images, and likenesses (NIL). Should it pass, stude...
Jun 28, 2021 MWC-LOGO-Flicker
UPDATE: Peoria Police have found elderly man
UPDATE 5:55 P.M. -- McGhee has been found and is OK, according to Peoria Police. _____________________________________________ PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Police Department has issued a missing persons...
Jun 28, 2021 Midwest Communications
