Category Archives: Local News
Garage destroyed in early morning fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called just after 2 a.m. Monday to a garage fire in the 500 block of W. Loucks. Fire Battalion Chief Steve Rada said when crews arrived, they found a fully inv...
Apr 19, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Both sides to make closing arguments in Derek Chauvin murder trial
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Jurors will hear closing arguments on Monday before they begin deliberating on whether the way former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin knelt on the neck of a dying George Fl...
Apr 19, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin tells the judge that he waived his right to testify to the jury on the fourteenth day of Chauvin's trial for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. April 15, 2021 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
State COVID roundup 4/17: Nearly 3,200 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Saturday reported 3,194 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 23 additional deaths....
Apr 18, 2021 Midwest Communications
Dr. Fauci expects decision on J&J vaccine as soon as Friday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A decision on whether to resume use of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine could come as soon as Friday, Dr. Anthony Fauci told CBS's "Face the Nation" on Sunday, adding tha...
Apr 18, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Johnson & Johnson logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Three dead, two injured in Wisconsin shooting
(Reuters) - Three people were killed and two wounded in a shooting at a bar in Kenosha County, Wisconsin early on Sunday, the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department said. The suspect in the shooting at S...
Apr 18, 2021 Midwest Communications
Pedestrian expected to survive hit-and-run
PEORIA, Ill. - A pedestrian was the victim of a hit-and-run in the wee hours of Saturday morning in Peoria. Peoria Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said the PPD, firefighters and AMT were called ...
Apr 17, 2021 Midwest Communications
Hundreds protest Chicago police killing of 13-year-old boy
CHICAGO (Reuters) -Hundreds marched through the streets of Chicago on Friday to protest the police shooting of Adam Toledo, a day after the city released a graphic video of a police officer shooting a...
Apr 17, 2021 Adam Toledo, 13, holds up his hands a split second before he was shot by police in Little Village, a neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S. March 29, 2021 in a still image from police body camera video. Image taken March 29, 2021. Civilian Office of Police Accountability/Handout via REUTERS
Update: Shooting leaves two teens injured after party in downtown Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called around 10 p.m. Friday to the area of Fayette and Madison on reports of a shooting. Upon arrival, officers observed a very large crowd in excess of 100 people ...
Apr 17, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 4/16: 4 more die
PEORIA, Ill. -- A combined four residents of Peoria and Tazewell Counties passed away between Thursday and Friday from COVID-19. A Tazewell man in his 40s succumbed to the virus, while in Peoria, a ma...
Apr 16, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 4/16: More than 166,000 doses administered
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday reported more than 166,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered Thursday throughout the state. The state continues to av...
Apr 16, 2021 Midwest Communications
