Category Archives: Local News
State COVID roundup 1/31: Positivity dips below 4%
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 2,428 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the total number of cases since the pandemic began to 1,126,301. Sunday's report fro...
Feb 01, 2021 Midwest Communications
Republicans press Biden to scale back $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ten moderate Republican U.S. senators urged President Joe Biden on Sunday to significantly downsize his sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package to win bipartisan support a...
Feb 01, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Susan Collins (R-ME) walk to the office of the Majority Leader from the Senate Chamber ahead of a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 3, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
IHSA provides more event attendance details
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) announced a spectator limit at sporting events will limit attendance to either 25 or 50 individuals, depending on the region's current ...
Jan 31, 2021 Photo Courtesy -- IHSA.org
Underground parking deck fire Saturday evening
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighters and Paramedics responded to a call Saturday evening at 125 SW. Jefferson St. shortly after 4 p.m. When they arrived, crews found light smoke emerging from undergrou...
Jan 31, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
State COVID roundup 1/30: statewide positivity down slightly
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health Saturday announced 3,345 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, as well as 65 deaths. In past 24 hours, labs have collected 107,802...
Jan 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
Morton COVID update: student quarantines down
MORTON, Ill. -- Morton School District 709 announced Friday 14 students were positive with COVID-19, compared to nine the previous week. 105 students were in quarantine as of Friday, a decrease of 22 ...
Jan 30, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Fatal crash in Tazewell County
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. -- One person was killed, and two others were injured Friday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash between Deer Creek and Morton. "One of the occupants of a passenger vehicle was pron...
Jan 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
Biden says action on COVID-19 stimulus needed 'now'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that Congress needs to take immediate action on his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief proposal, adding that most economists believe additional...
Jan 30, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks on the U.S. response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 29, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Man injured in S. Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded around 8:15 p.m. Friday to the area of the 700 block of S. Western regarding two ShotSpotter alerts. Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said 10 rounds were f...
Jan 30, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Collins: A mix of rain and snow moves in Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. -- Another round of winter weather is headed for the Peoria area this weekend. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins predicts a slushy mess of rain and snow that will mov...
Jan 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
