Category Archives: Local News
CityLink resumes services impacted by COVID-19
PEORIA, Ill. -- On Monday, CityLink is resuming peak hour weekday bus service on routes that were recently reduced or suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Returning bus services in Peoria include t...
Jan 11, 2021 Courtesy of Kevin Bessler/WMBD
U.S. House Democrats to pursue impeachment if Trump not removed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Democrats plan a vote on Monday to urge Vice President Mike Pence to take steps to remove President Donald Trump from office after his supporters' ...
Jan 11, 2021 U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks to reporters a day after supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump occupied the Capitol, during a news conference in Washington, U.S., January 7, 2021. REUTERS/Erin Scott
Indonesia locates black boxes of crashed jet, body parts also recovered
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities on Sunday located the black boxes of the Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the sea soon after taking off from the capital Jakarta, as human body parts and ...
Jan 10, 2021 An Indonesian Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) officer inspects the debris of Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182, which crashed to the sea, at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 10, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
Morton School District 709 COVID update: cases and quarantines rise
MORTON, Ill. -- As of Friday, Jan. 8, 17 students were diagnosed with COVID-19, and 77 were in quarantine across Morton School District 709. Three staff members had coronavirus, and eight were in isol...
Jan 09, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
State COVID roundup 1/9: over 100 new deaths
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health reported Saturday 6,717 new confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases, as well 101 additional deaths. As of Friday night, 3,589 people were ho...
Jan 09, 2021 Midwest Communications
Impeachment push from Democrats could come Monday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With only days left in his presidency, Donald Trump faces a renewed drive by Democrats to remove him from office. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the top congress...
Jan 09, 2021 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
Jaws of Life used to rescue person after Friday afternoon accident
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Jaws of Life had to be used Friday afternoon by the Peoria Fire Department in response to an accident in the 2800 block of SW Washington St. just before 2:00 p.m. that involved a s...
Jan 09, 2021 Julia Bradley/1470-100.3 WMBD
New Year's at the gym: Different in a pandemic
PEORIA, Ill. -- New Year's may look different to start 2021 for local gyms, but it also has a similar feel to previous years. According to Statista, exercising more is Americans top New Year's resolut...
Jan 08, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local missing kayaker found dead
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. -- Sarah Gray, a 45-year-old woman who went missing Thursday evening after kayaking in the Illinois River, has been found dead, according to Illinois Conservation Police. Gray's husb...
Jan 08, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Local COVID roundup 1/8: 13 area deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department Friday reported 13 new area deaths due to COVID-19 throughout Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford counties. Of those, more than half were residents o...
Jan 08, 2021 Midwest Communications
