Category Archives: Local News
Par-A-Dice Hotel Casino set to reopen on Saturday
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Pending final regulatory approval, Par-A-Dice Hotel Casino Thursday announced it would reopen to the public on Saturday, Jan. 16. Gaming operations will resume at 8 a.m., along wi...
Jan 14, 2021 25 News
Health Department outlines vaccination plans moving forward
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department announced Thursday it expects Tier 1B vaccinations to begin next week. Tier 1B includes individuals 65 years and older, as well as frontline es...
Jan 14, 2021 Ben Pollard/1470-100.3 WMBD
Biden to unveil plan to pump $1.9 trillion into pandemic-hit economy
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden will unveil a $1.9 trillion stimulus package proposal on Thursday designed to jump-start the economy and speed up the U.S. response to the corona...
Jan 14, 2021 REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
OSF opens first-of-its-kind digital hub
PEORIA, Ill. -- Over 400 OSF employees will be working in downtown Peoria in the new OSF OnCall building, a first-of-its-kind digital hub. The first employees will begin working at the building on SW ...
Jan 14, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Hit-and-run suspect nabbed
***UPDATE*** The suspect was a Peoria County Sheriff's Deputy. He has resigned his post. ________________________________ PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have arrested a man they believe was responsible...
Jan 14, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Local COVID roundup 1/14: all systems go for tier 2 return
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois Region Two appears set to return Friday to tier two COVID-19 mitigation levels. Illinois Department of Public Health reported the region as of Thursday was meeting all proper ...
Jan 14, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. weekly jobless claims increase more than expected
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing first-time applications for unemployment benefits surged last week, confirming a weakening in labor market conditions as a worsening COVID-19 pand...
Jan 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Hundreds of people line up outside a Kentucky Career Center hoping to find assistance with their unemployment claim in Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S. June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo
Bitter Senate impeachment trial of Trump could bog down Biden's first days
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The second impeachment of President Donald Trump by the U.S. House of Representatives, for inciting last week's deadly rampage at the Capitol, could set off a bitter Senate figh...
Jan 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks as he announces members of economics and jobs team at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., January 8, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Local COVID roundup 1/13: region remains on target
PEORIA, Ill. -- 192 tri-county residents between Tuesday and Wednesday received positive COVID-19 test results. One person also died, a woman in her 80s who lived in Peoria County who had comorbiditie...
Jan 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
House impeaches Trump second time
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has become the first U.S. President ever to be impeached twice. The House reached the 217-vote threshold Wednesday afternoon to impeach Trump on a count of incitem...
Jan 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
