Category Archives: Local News
U.S. coronavirus hospitalizations hit eight-month high over 100,000
(Reuters) - The number of coronavirus patients in U.S. hospitals breached 100,000 on Thursday, the highest level in eight months, according to the Department of Health and Human Services, as a resurge...
Aug 27, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A nurse tends to a COVID-19 patient during a tour of SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital's intensive care unit (ICU) amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., August 24, 2021. REUTERS/Nick Oxford
East Peoria not enforcing Illinois' new COVID mandates
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- East Peoria Mayor John Kahl said in a Facebook post Thursday night that his city will not be enforcing Gov. J-B Pritzker's latest COVID restrictions. He said quote, "East Peoria w...
Aug 27, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Officials: More local COVID cases among youth, among other problems
PEORIA, Ill. - COVID-19 cases continue to be on the rise in the Tri-County region, and that has the head of the Peoria City/County Health Department more than a little concerned. Administrator Monica ...
Aug 26, 2021 Will Stevenson - 1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Bradley following Pritzker's mandate, requiring vaccinations for students and staff
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University will now require all students and staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 after Gov. JB Pritzker Thursday mandated all higher education personnel and students receiv...
Aug 26, 2021 MWC-Bradley Campus 2020
Galesburg teen dies after being struck by train
GALESBURG, Ill. -- A 15-year-old Galesburg girl has died after being struck by a train Wednesday evening. The girl, Katie J. Ackerson, was found dead in a nearby drainage ditch around 6:37 p.m. The in...
Aug 26, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
UPDATE: Additional $20,000 in damage to apartment building after Thursday fire
UPDATE 1:30 P.M. -- According to Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Tom Sander, the fire Thursday at the apartment building was put out in approximately 25 minutes from alarm time. Sander said attack lines w...
Aug 26, 2021 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol)
Update: Pritzker reinstates indoor mask mandate
CHICAGO -- Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announced a new COVID-19 policy for the state on Thursday, requiring eligible students and school staffers to be vaccinated and all to wear masks in schools ...
Aug 26, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Afghans told to leave Kabul airport over 'very credible' Islamic State threat
(Reuters) - The United States and allies urged people to move away from Kabul airport on Thursday, citing the threat of an attack by Islamic State (IS) militants as Western troops hurry to evacuate as...
Aug 26, 2021 U.S. Air Force loadmasters and pilots assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, load passengers aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III in support of the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 24, 2021. Picture taken August 24, 2021. U.S. Air Force/Master Sgt. Donald R. Allen/Handout via REUTERS
U.S. House Jan. 6 committee demands Trump White House records
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol issued its first demands for documents from government agencies on Wednesday, including commu...
Aug 26, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A worker removes razor wire from the top of security fencing as part of a reduction in heightened security measures taken after the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Arrest made in November homicide
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have made an arrest related to a homicide from Nov. 6, 2020. The suspect was taken into custody Wednesday and arrested for first degree murder in relation to the homicide...
Aug 25, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
