Category Archives: Local News
Louisiana death toll from Hurricane Ida rises to 26
(Reuters) -Louisiana's death toll from Hurricane Ida rose to 26 on Wednesday after health officials reported 11 additional deaths in New Orleans. Of those deaths, eight were males and three were femal...
Sep 9, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Workers clean up the site of the Historic Karnofsky Shop, a historic building, that collapsed during Hurricane Ida in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., September 6, 2021. REUTERS/Kathleen Flynn
Taliban interim government agrees to let foreigners leave Afghanistan
(Reuters) -Two hundred foreigners in Afghanistan, Americans among them, are set to depart on charter flights from Kabul on Thursday after the new Taliban government agreed to their evacuation, a U.S. ...
Sep 9, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Taliban forces stand guard at the entrance gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport a day after U.S troops withdrawal in Kabul, Afghanistan August 31, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
Home in rural Hanna City damaged by Fire
HANNA CITY, Ill. - As much as $30,000 in damage was done to a home in rural Hanna City thanks to a late-morning fire Wednesday. That's according to Logan-Trivoli Fire Chief David Tuttle, who says fire...
Sep 8, 2021 Midwest Communications
CityLink unveils new battery-electric buses soon to take to the streets
PEORIA, Ill. - You will soon be able to see -- and possibly ride on -- three new, more environmentally-friendly CityLink buses. CityLink Wednesday unveiled three new battery-powered electric buses, bo...
Sep 8, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Democrats will not raise debt limit in $3.5 trillion bill -Pelosi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats will not include a provision to raise the federal government's borrowing limit in a $3.5 trillion "reconciliation" spending measure they hope to pass this autumn, U.S....
Sep 8, 2021 U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Civic Center adds additional safety protocols
PEORIA,Ill. -- With two big comedy shows (Jo Koy and Leanne Morgan), and the AJR concert at the Peoria Civic Center this weekend (September 10-12), there are some changes you need to be aware of. Gene...
Sep 8, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
New IL law could help reduce pedestrian fatatilies
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A new state law aims to reduce the number of pedestrian deaths in Illinois. The measure, sponsored by Senator Laura Murphy of Des Plaines, requires the Illinois Department of Tran...
Sep 8, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Strong quake rocks Mexico's Acapulco, damaging airport and killing one
ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake struck Mexico's Acapulco late on Tuesday, killing at least one man and damaging buildings including the control tower at the beach resort's internati...
Sep 8, 2021 A car damaged during a quake is pictured at the Hotel Emporio in Acapulco, Mexico September 7, 2021. Picture taken September 7, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
Residents weigh in on spending the rest of Peoria's COVID funds
PEORIA, Ill. -- The results are in...Peoria residents have spoken on how they think the city should spend the rest of $36.7 million in COVID relief funds. The city heard from 884 people and their top ...
Sep 8, 2021 Jeremy Scott/WMBD
Illinois House inches closer to saving two nuclear plants
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Illinois House plans to consider an energy bill on Thursday, the House speaker said, that could prevent two Exelon Corp nuclear power plants from shutting in coming days and ...
Sep 7, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470-100.3 WMBD
