Category Archives: Local News
Peorians celebrate Martin Luther King with vehicle parade/service
PEORIA, Ill. -- Due to COVID-19, Peoria's annual Martin Luther King Freedom March will be a vehicle parade this year, allowing participants to be socially distanced throughout the event. Monday's MLK ...
Jan 18, 2021 MWC-Peoria Police Media Release
IHSA: Low risk Winter sports can get underway
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- Since Illinois' Region Two has entered tier one COVID-19 mitigation, high school winter sports can start practicing. "That's a movement in the right direction. And, then our low-r...
Jan 18, 2021 Photo Courtesy -- IHSA.org
Trump, in wave of Tuesday pardons, so far not planning to pardon himself: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump at this point is opting not to issue a pardon for himself as he prepares an expansive list of more than 100 pardons and commutations for release on T...
Jan 18, 2021 U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as he speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One to depart Washington on travel to visit the U.S.-Mexico border Wall in Texas, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., January 12, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
State COVID roundup 1/17: Positivity rate just over 6%
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 4,162 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, including 29 additional deaths. As of midnight Saturday, 3,408 people were hospitalized for C...
Jan 18, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria, surrounding counties moved to tier 1
PEORIA, Ill. - Region Two, which encompasses Peoria County and surrounding counties, has been moved up to tier one COVID-19 mitigation level. The sudden move came just two days after it was moved Frid...
Jan 17, 2021 Midwest Communications
Vice president-elect Harris to resign Senate seat Monday
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Kamala Harris of California will resign from the Senate on Monday in preparation for her inauguration as Joe Biden's vice president on Wednesday, according to...
Jan 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris makes a speech after U.S. President-elect Joe Biden announced their nominee for secretary of education, Miguel Cardona in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 23, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Biden unveils plans for first day in office
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will cap a busy day of inauguration pageantry by using the powers of his new office to push policy changes on housing, student loans, climat...
Jan 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks about his plan to administer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to the U.S. population during a news conference at Biden's transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
State COVID roundup 1/16: statewide test positivity rate still declining
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health Saturday reported 5,343 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, as well as 130 addition deaths. In the most recent 24-hour period, l...
Jan 16, 2021 Midwest Communications
Morton School District 709 COVID update: student cases decreasing
MORTON, Ill. -- Morton School District 709 announced eight students have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and 114 are in quarantine, as of Friday, Jan. 15. Three staff members had coronavirus, and 16 wer...
Jan 16, 2021
Peoria crews keeping roads safe after latest snowfall
PEORIA, Ill. -- Snow fighters hit the streets in Peoria Saturday around 5:30 a.m. -- working all 17 routes to ensure the main roads are in safe and prime condition for area motorists. According to Dep...
Jan 16, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
