Category Archives: Local News
Dead body found in Pekin fire; murder ruled
***UPDATE*** 4/13/21 3 P.M. Ingles said the fire was the result of a first degree murder. The deceased has been identified as 31-year-old Kailey Windish. Pekin Police and the Pekin Fire Department col...
Apr 13, 2021 Tazewell County Sheriff's Office
Local COVID roundup 4/13: hospital beds in use drop by double digits
PEORIA, Ill. -- A combined three people from Peoria and Woodford Counties between Monday and Tuesday passed away from COVID-19. In Woodford County, a man in his 70s and one in his 80s both succumbed t...
Apr 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 4/13: More than 2,000 hospitalized
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Tuesday reported 2,028 Illinois were hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Monday night. Of those, 466 were in the ICU and 185 were on v...
Apr 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria County offering one-day Moderna vaccine clinic Wednesday
PEORIA, Ill. -- After the announcement Tuesday morning that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine would be put on hold, Peoria County is now holding a one-day Moderna vaccine clinic Wednesday, April 14. T...
Apr 13, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Chauvin's lawyers call officer in previous arrest to the stand as first witness
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Lawyers for Derek Chauvin on Tuesday began presenting their case in the former Minneapolis policeman's murder trial, calling to the stand a now-retired officer who pulled over ...
Apr 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Defense attorney Eric Nelson questions a witness on the eighth day of the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. April 7, 2021 in a still image from video. Pool via REUTERS
Tri-County pausing Johnson & Johnson vaccine clinics
***UPDATE*** 4/13/21 4:15 P.M. The Tazewell County Health Department has announced its pop-up clinic scheduled for Thursday will convert to a Pfizer site from its scheduled J&J site. It will run f...
Apr 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
Unrest flares again in Minnesota after fatal police shooting of Black motorist
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (Reuters) -A suburban Minneapolis police officer apparently drew her gun by mistake, instead of her Taser, when she shot a young Black man to death during a traffic stop, a poli...
Apr 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Tear gas is seen as officers stand guard outside Brooklyn Center Police Department with trash thrown at them by demonstrators at their feet after police allegedly shot and killed a man, who local media report is identified by the victim's mother as Daunte Wright, in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, U.S., April 11, 2021. REUTERS/Nick Pfosi
'A big momma's boy': Floyd's brother offers 'spark of life' testimony at Chauvin murder trial
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) -Prosecutors on Monday neared the end of their case in the murder trial of former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin, calling George Floyd's younger brother to the stand for emo...
Apr 13, 2021 Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill speaks with legal teams on the eleventh day of the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. April 12, 2021 in a still image from video. Pool via REUTERS
Peoria School District delays vote on year-round schooling
PEORIA, Ill. -- Despite earlier hopes to hold a vote this month on the matter, Peoria Public School District 150 on Monday night announced it would hold off on deciding whether or not the district wil...
Apr 12, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Peoria Police seeking help locating missing man
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Police Department is seeking help from the public in locating 39-year-old Antwan T. Freeman. Freeman is described as a black male and approximately 5'10" tall, 180lbs, bald,...
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