Category Archives: Local News
2021 kicking off with a "bang" at Sankoty Lakes
SPRING BAY, Ill. -- 2021 will be kicking off with a bang at Sankoty Lakes Resort and Retreat in Spring Bay on New Year's Eve night. A free fireworks show will be hosted at the resort beginning at 7 p....
Dec 30, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 12/30: ICU bed, vent use down
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- 7,374 people throughout Illinois between Tuesday and Wednesday found out they have coronavirus. 178 people died from virus complications. The Illinois Department of Public Health ...
Dec 30, 2020 Midwest Communications
COVID hits Bradley men's hoops team
PEORIA, Ill. -- Positive COVID-19 test results among Bradley men's basketball tier one personnel have forced the postponement of this Sunday and Monday's Braves-Loyola series. Tier one personnel consi...
Dec 30, 2020 Bradley University
West Peoria house fire requires multiple crew response
WEST PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics were joined by many other companies in responding around 8:40 Wednesday morning to a fire at 725 N. Swords Ave. following a request for assistance fr...
Dec 30, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 12/29: No deaths in most recent reporting period
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford Counties experienced 194 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths in the most recent 24-hour period. Peoria County had an increase of 79 cases, and Tazewell s...
Dec 29, 2020 Midwest Communications
Vacant house catches fire Tuesday around noon
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics responded Tuesday around noon to reports of a house fire at 1614 S. Easton Ave. According to Battalion Chief Nathaniel Rice, a large amount of fire was fo...
Dec 29, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria County rolls out first COVID vaccine 'pod'
WEST PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department announced Tuesday it has opened a "closed point of dispensing," or "closed pod," to ensure healthcare providers across the area are vaccin...
Dec 29, 2020 Ben Pollard/1470-100.3 WMBD
Space heater causes Tuesday afternoon fire that displaces residents
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics responded to a house fire Tuesday afternoon just after 1:00 p.m. in the 1600 block of N. Linn St. that has been determined to have been caused by a space ...
Dec 29, 2020 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Suspicious package found at Willow Knolls Kohl’s, later deemed safe
***UPDATE*** Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said officers around 5:50 P.M. were clearing the scene. "Everything is fine. Package was determined not a threat," she told WMBD News over text messa...
Dec 29, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Propane blast at Chillicothe home hospitalizes man
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. -- A blast in the basement of a home has sent a man to the hospital with severe burns. The Peoria County Sheriff's Office responded shortly after 2:00 Tuesday afternoon to the 13000 ...
Dec 29, 2020 Midwest Communications
