Category Archives: Local News
Pekin McDonald's drive-thru robber nabbed on foot
PEKIN, Ill. -- What began Thursday morning as an apparent attempt at an armed robbery evolved into a car chase and finished with a foot chase and capture. Pekin Police responded a little before 5:00 t...
Mar 25, 2021 Midwest Communications
Biden says he plans to run again, defends U.S.-Mexico border policy in news conference
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday said he expects to run for president again in 2024 and defended his policy to provide shelter to unaccompanied children crossing the U.S. border ...
Mar 25, 2021 REUTERS/Leah Millis
Peoria Heights provides more funding to local businesses
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Peoria Heights businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic may be eligible to receive grant money, officials said Thursday. The Commercial Expense Reimbursement Grant Progr...
Mar 25, 2021 (Village of Peoria Heights)
Boulder shooting suspect held without bail while he undergoes mental health assessment
(Reuters) - A county judge in Boulder, Colorado, on Thursday ordered a 21-year-old man accused of killing 10 people when he opened fire at a supermarket to be held without bail while he undergoes a me...
Mar 25, 2021 Geoffrey Nicosia plays the bagpipes at a makeshift memorial where people lay flowers on the police car of officer Eric Talley who died Monday responding to a call where a gunman opened fire on people in a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, U.S. March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall; fourth-quarter growth revised up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fewer than expected Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week as economic activity rebounds after weather-related disruptions in February, but it would like...
Mar 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People who lost their jobs wait in line to file for unemployment benefits, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Arkansas Workforce Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S. April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Nick Oxford
CityLink bus rear-ended in early morning crash
PEORIA, Ill. -- A CityLink bus was rear-ended in Peoria Thursday morning. The accident, that involved a passenger vehicle, happened around 6 a.m. near the Walgreens on Knoxville and McClure. Scanner t...
Mar 25, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Renovations and reconstruction set to begin at Taft Homes
PEORIA, Ill. -- Many of the apartments at Peoria's Taft Homes have been boarded up for months. Now, renovations of the public housing complex are set to begin soon at a cost of $47.3 million. At a mee...
Mar 25, 2021 (25 News)
AstraZeneca says COVID-19 vaccine 76% effective in new analysis, to seek U.S. approval
(Reuters) - AstraZeneca's said its COVID-19 vaccine was 76% effective in a new analysis of its U.S. trial - only a tad lower than the level in an earlier report this week criticised for using outdated...
Mar 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A vial labelled with the AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
ICC receives just under $900,000 from state for maintenance projects
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- The Illinois Capital Development Board (CDB) Wednesday announced nearly $867,000 has been released for the renovation of the courtyard and upgrades for ADA compliance at Illinois ...
Mar 24, 2021 (Illinois Central College Facebook)
Peoria Fire unable to determine cause of fatal fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- After spending 57 hours investigating, the Peoria Fire Prevention Division is ruling the cause of a fatal fire March 14 to be undetermined. "[57 hours] is an extremely long time -- we ...
Mar 24, 2021 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
