Category Archives: Local News
Update: Victim of Peoria County crash identified
UPDATE: 12/22 10:13 a.m. PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says 24-year-old Cheyenne Edwards, of Canton, rolled her vehicle and struck a power pole in the 18-thousand, 2-hundr...
Dec 21, 2021 Midwest Communications
Kasper: Not surprised by Omicron's spread; but rather acceleration
PEORIA, Ill. -- With the Omicron variant of COVID-19 spreading rapidly in the U.S., there is one thing you can definitely do to help protect yourself...that's getting the vaccine if you haven't yet, o...
Dec 21, 2021 Midwest Communications
University of Illinois returns to remote learning after the holidays
URBANA, Ill. -- The University of Illinois will temporarily switch back to remote learning in January before students return to classrooms. Students and staff in Champaign-Urbana and Chicago will also...
Dec 21, 2021 Midwest Communications
Dozens test positive for COVID at Peoria Co. Jail
PEORIA, Ill. -- Over 50 inmates and jail staff have tested positive in a COVID outbreak at the Peoria County Jail. The Peoria County Sheriff's Office told news partner 25 News that 41 inmates and 11 j...
Dec 21, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
State: COVID-19 is causing hospital beds statewide to run out
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The State of Illinois is sounding an alarm similar to the one local health officials sounded last week, about hospital capacity right now, thanks in part to COVID-19. As of Sunday ...
Dec 20, 2021 Midwest Communications
State minimum wage goes up again Jan. 1
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - You might have forgotten, unless you're a business owner. The State of Illinois minimum wage goes up to $12 an hour, from $11, on New Years Day. But, that won't necessarily be the ...
Dec 20, 2021 Paul Sableman / CC
State Climatologist: Tornado patterns are changing
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A top weather expert in Illinois says as if you needed any more proof recently, tornado patterns are changing. State Climatologist Trent Ford says "Tornado Alley" -- typically Texa...
Dec 20, 2021 Midwest Communications
Man accused of murder, arson pleads not guilty
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man accused of killing a woman and leaving her body inside a home set on fire has pleaded not guilty. Court records indicate Tahir Goodman, 28, pleaded not guilty Monday. A gra...
Dec 20, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail
Residents displaced by a Peoria fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria home is a total loss. Firefighters responded around 7 a.m. Monday to the 600 block of Green Street, finding smoke and flames coming from a second story window. Fire officials ...
Dec 20, 2021 Midwest Communications
Casting Crowns latest group to headline Peoria Civic Center show
PEORIA, Ill. - A well-known band in the Christian music world is the newest act to confirm a tour date at the Peoria Civic Center. Casting Crowns has made the Civic Center a stop toward the tail end o...
Dec 20, 2021 Peoria Civic Center
