Category Archives: Local News
Ex-police officer Chauvin to be sentenced on June 16 in Floyd case
(Reuters) - Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted this week of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd during an arrest last year, will be sentenced on June 16, t...
Apr 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin is shown in a combination of police booking photos after a jury found him guilty on all counts in his trial for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. April 20, 2021. Minnesota Department of Corrections/Handout via REUTERS
Astronauts arrive at space station aboard SpaceX Endeavour
(Reuters) - A four-astronaut team arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour, NASA said, after becoming the first crew ever to be propelled ...
Apr 24, 2021 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Crew Dragon capsule, is launched carrying four astronauts on a NASA commercial crew mission to the International Space Station at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Steve Nesius
Local law enforcement agencies already seeing effects of police reform bill
PEORIA, Ill. -- After House Bill 3653, the Criminal Justice and Police Reforms Bill, passed through the Illinois General Assembly, Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell said he'd lost 10 employees over w...
Apr 23, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Illinois to resume J&J doses immediately
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Following Friday afternoon's approval by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel for the resumption of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the Illinois Depart...
Apr 23, 2021 Midwest Communications
Washington man faces multiple gun charges (CONTAINS INCIDENT VIDEO)
***UPDATE*** 4/23/21 6:15 P.M. Cell phone videos have surfaced, allegedly from the incident. Warning: contains NSFW language. IMG_2378 IMG_2379 IMG_2381 __________________________________ WASHINGTON, ...
Apr 23, 2021 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
U.S. to resume use of J&J COVID-19 vaccine immediately
***UPDATE*** 4/23/21 7 P.M. (Reuters) -The United States can resume use of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine immediately, top health regulators said on Friday, ending a 10-day pause to investig...
Apr 23, 2021 REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
Local COVID roundup 4/23: 5 new deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- At least five people in the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county between Thursday and Friday died from COVID-19 complications. In Tazewell County, a woman in her 50s and a man in his 80...
Apr 23, 2021 Midwest Communications
Bustos tours local distillery key to local pandemic response
PEORIA, Ill. -- When Black Band Distillery opened in Peoria's Warehouse District in 2020, owner Chris Ober didn't expect a pandemic to hit. When COVID-19 did hit, Ober started producing hand sanitizer...
Apr 23, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
State COVID roundup 4/23: doses received far surpass daily average
PEORIA, Ill. -- A total of 3,369 Illinoisans between Thursday and Friday tested positive for the coronavirus. 22 people died. 136,525 people during the reporting period received a dose of the vaccine,...
Apr 23, 2021 Midwest Communications
OSF adds Meridian to list of accepted providers
PEORIA, Ill. -- OSF HealthCare as of May 1 will start accepting Meridian Medicaid. This will include access to lab tests, x-rays, equipment, and access to the Children's Hospital of Illinois. Children...
Apr 23, 2021
