Category Archives: Local News
Stimulus checks could hit bank accounts this weekend
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Some Americans will receive the latest round of COVID-19 stimulus checks as soon as this weekend, the White House said Thursday. White House press secretary Jen Psaki made the anno...
Mar 11, 2021 Midwest Communications
Biden to direct states to make all adults eligible for vaccine by May 1
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Thursday he would direct U.S. states to make all adults eligible for the coronavirus vaccine by May 1 and urged Americans to remain vigilant against ...
Mar 11, 2021 REUTERS/Tom Brenner
South Side Mission to hold a vaccine distribution event
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department Thursday discussed the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine rollout for the tri-county during its weekly news briefing. Peoria City/County Pu...
Mar 11, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
State COVID roundup 3/11: vax rate hits another high mark
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois's rolling seven-day COVID-19 vaccine rate is at an all-time high yet again. That number on Wednesday was just above 95,000. It increased Thursday to 98,166, thanks in lar...
Mar 11, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 3/11: region ICU bed capacity increases
PEORIA, Ill. -- While no COVID deaths occurred between Wednesday and Thursday in the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county, 89 people tested positive. 44 of the cases were in Peoria County, 35 were in T...
Mar 11, 2021 Midwest Communications
BBB warns of gift card scams
PEORIA, Ill. -- The coronavirus pandemic has provided a perfect breeding ground the past 12 months for so many scams. Jessica Tharp, with the Better Business Bureau of Peoria, told WMBD's "The Greg an...
Mar 11, 2021 (Courtesy of Kevin Bessler/WMBD)
Biden signs $1.9 trillion stimulus bill into law on U.S. lockdown anniversary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden signed his $1.9 trillion stimulus bill into law on Thursday, commemorating the one-year anniversary of a U.S. lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic with a m...
Mar 11, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the state of the U.S. economy and the need to pass coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid legislation during a speech in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 5, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
U.S. weekly jobless claims drop to four-month low
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits dropped to a four-month low last week as an improving public health environment allows more segments of the econom...
Mar 11, 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
Expansion of Peoria's Warehouse District hinges on post office
PEORIA, Ill. -- The idea of moving Peoria's downtown post office to expand the Warehouse District isn't a new one. But, City officials are asking state lawmakers to help find the money to relocate it....
Mar 11, 2021
Senators push to make Daylight Saving Time permanent
WASHINGTON -- As the nation prepares to "spring forward" this weekend, a group of bipartisan U.S. senators are seeking to make Daylight Saving Time permanent. Under the "Sunshine Protection Act of 202...
Mar 11, 2021
