Category Archives: Local News
PPD and neighborhoods ready to celebrate National Night Out
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police, Peoria Firefighters and public officials will make the rounds of the City's neighborhoods Tuesday night in celebration of National Night Out Against Crime. A number of P...
Aug 3, 2021 MWC-PPD
Some Republican U.S. senators snipe at $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will try to complete work this week on a $1 trillion infrastructure investment bill that would bring long-awaited improvements to roads, bridges and mass-transit...
Aug 3, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Vehicles are parked outside the U.S. Capitol building the morning the Senate returned to session in Washington, DC, U.S., July 31, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
UPDATE: Officer ran towards gunfire after being shot in leg Sunday morning, arrest made
PEORIA, Ill. -- More details have been released surrounding the officer-involved shooting early Sunday morning near Taft Homes. According to Sgt. Amy Dotson, the officer observed a large fight near th...
Aug 2, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
New Illinois law expands background checks to all gun sales
AURORA, Ill. -- Gov. JB Pritzker Monday signed House Bill (HB) 562 into law, which expands background checks on all gun sales in Illinois and provides mental health funding for communities most impact...
Aug 2, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. Republican report says coronavirus leaked from Chinese lab; scientists still probing origins
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A preponderance of evidence proves the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic leaked from a Chinese research facility, said a report by U.S. Republicans released on Monday, a c...
Aug 2, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication together with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to COVID-19, shared with Reuters on February 18, 2020. NEXU Science Communication/via REUTERS
UPDATE: Man who died in Monday morning motorcycle crash identified
UPDATE -- Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley has identified the motorcycle rider who died after a crash Monday morning as 20-year-old Samuel Rodgers, of Mason County. The Tazewell County Sheriff's...
Aug 2, 2021 (25 News)
Olympics-Biles to compete in balance beam, Belarus athlete enters Polish embassy
TOKYO (Reuters) -Simone Biles will compete in the balance beam competition, officials said on Monday, in what would be the U.S. superstar gymnast's last chance for gold in Tokyo after pulling out of o...
Aug 2, 2021 Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Gymnastics - Artistic - Women's Team - Final - Ariake Gymnastics Centre, Tokyo, Japan - July 27, 2021. Simone Biles of the United States wearing a protective face mask is seen leaving a medical station during the final REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
CAT prioritizes employees' health and safety with COVID protocols
DEERFIELD, Ill. -- In an effort to keep employees safe, Caterpillar, Inc. has announced enhanced protocols in the fight against COVID-19 and the Delta variant. Following the latest guidance from the C...
Aug 2, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
U.S. Senate works to push $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill to passage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will try to complete work this week on a $1 trillion infrastructure investment bill that would bring long-awaited improvements to roads, bridges and mass-transit...
Aug 2, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Vehicles are parked outside the U.S. Capitol building the morning the Senate returned to session in Washington, DC, U.S., July 31, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Remote Illinois driver's license renewal to be expanded
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Secretary of State's office has noticed an increase in foot traffic in its Driver Services facilities. The office is responding by expanding its remote renewal program...
Aug 2, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
