Category Archives: Local News
Peoria Fire handles unknown substance at Peoria Walgreens
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria Walgreens had to be evacuated and shut down Saturday morning due to an unknown substance found in a sealed container by the store's entrance, at 2515 N Knoxville Ave. Peoria F...
May 30, 2021 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Biden's big budget comes with a modest growth outlook for an aging country
(Reuters) - President Joe Biden's first budget proposal comes with a big price tag - at $6 trillion, roughly 50% higher than pre-COVID-19 federal spending - but, at least for now, projects a relativel...
May 29, 2021 REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
Local COVID roundup 5/28: bed usage remains under 50
PEORIA, Ill. -- A mere 21 residents, total, of Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties tested positive between Thursday and Friday for COVID-19. 13 of the cases are Peoria residents, eight live in Taz...
May 28, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria TikToker attracts new residents to area
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria TikToker, Angie Ostaszewski, has been promoting and showing affordable homes in the area since late last year on her page, @angieslistings. All of Ostaszewski's videos start w...
May 28, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
State COVID roundup 5/28: case count back under 1k
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A total of 982 people throughout Illinois between Thursday and Friday tested positive for the coronavirus, while 21 died from it. The Illinois Department of Public Health said 1,2...
May 28, 2021 Midwest Communications
Republicans in U.S. Senate block probe of Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Friday derailed a bipartisan inquiry into the deadly assault on the Capitol by former President Donald Trump's supporters, despite a torrent of ...
May 28, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A mob of supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump climb through a window they broke as they storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
A $6 trillion budget lays out Biden's vision, but Republicans unlikely to be swayed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House on Friday will present President Joe Biden's budget for trillions of dollars in spending on infrastructure, education and other initiatives, but the plan is unlik...
May 28, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on tackling climate change prior to signing executive actions in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 27, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Remember America's fallen soldiers on Memorial Day
PEORIA, Ill. -- America's Gold Star Families, based in Peoria Heights, typically puts on a ceremony at the Gateway Building on the Peoria riverfront honoring soldiers who've given the ultimate sacrifi...
May 28, 2021 Midwest Communications
Illinois Democrats roll out new legislative maps
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois' new legislative maps are out. And, for the first time, the maps have been drawn up by state politicians without the use of data from the U.S. Census. Republican State Rep. Ry...
May 28, 2021
California rail yard gunman was 'highly disgruntled' over work, police say
(Reuters) -A transit employee who gunned down nine co-workers and killed himself at a Northern California rail yard was "highly disgruntled" long before carrying out the latest U.S. shooting rampage, ...
May 28, 2021 Police secure the scene of a mass shooting at a rail yard run by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority in San Jose, California, U.S. May 26, 2021. REUTERS/Peter DaSilva
