Category Archives: Local News
Peoria Walgreens held up Tuesday night
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just after 7 p.m. Tuesday to the Walgreens in the 2300 block of War Memorial Drive on reports of an armed robbery. Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said ...
Mar 17, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
U.S. facing biggest migrant surge in 20 years: Homeland Security
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is facing the biggest surge of migrants at its southwestern border in 20 years, the homeland security secretary said on Tuesday as the Biden administration rac...
Mar 17, 2021 A migrant child, asylum-seeking from Central America, who was airlifted from Brownsville to El Paso, Texas, and deported from the U.S. with his family, rests on chairs inside the office of the Center for Integral Attention to Migrants (CAIM) in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
Eight killed, including six women of Asian descent, in Atlanta-area shootings; suspect arrested
(Reuters) - Eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, were shot dead in a string of attacks on Atlanta-area day spas on Tuesday, and a man suspected of carrying out all of the shootings was ar...
Mar 17, 2021 Crime scene tape is seen outside Aromatherapy Spa after shootings at a massage parlor and two day spas in the Atlanta area, in Georgia, U.S. March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Chris Aluka Berry
EP Council eyes road upgrade project
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- East Peoria City Council on Tuesday night gave preliminary approval to a traffic project along IL-116. It would extend from just north of Interstate 74 through the intersection wi...
Mar 16, 2021 Midwest Communications
Pekin man sentenced to 47 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a minor
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Pekin man has been sentenced to 47 years in prison after entering a guilty plea for sexual exploitation of a minor. Harold L. Williams, 40, was on federal supervised release when he ...
Mar 16, 2021 Midwest Communications
$10M water project coming to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Public water throughout Peoria Metro is getting a $10 million upgrade. Illinois American Water announced Tuesday afternoon it's investing the money to replace 4.5 miles of water main, ...
Mar 16, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD
Local COVID roundup 3/16: Hospital bed usage on the rise
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department Tuesday reported 35 patients with COVID-19 were in area hospitals, up from Monday's total of 27. 11 of the patients in area hospitals on Tuesda...
Mar 16, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 3/16: case count more than doubles
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A day after the state of Illinois recorded its lowest 24-hour COVID-19 case count since July, with just over 700, close to 2,000 people tested positive. Illinois Department of Pub...
Mar 16, 2021 Midwest Communications
Moderna begins study of COVID-19 vaccine in kids
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc has begun dosing patients in a mid-to-late stage study of its COVID-19 vaccine, mRNA-1273, in children aged six months to less than 12 years, the company said on Tuesday. The s...
Mar 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Nurse Ellen Quinones prepares a dose of the Moderna's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at the Bathgate Post Office vaccination facility in the Bronx, in New York, U.S., January 10, 2021. Kevin Hagen/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
PPS families weigh in on year-round schooling
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Public Schools is considering moving to a "balanced calendar" in the 2022-2023 school year. Parents are being asked to give their input on the potential change in an online surv...
Mar 16, 2021 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
