Category Archives: Local News
Illinois Department of Public Health aligns with new CDC guidance
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced Tuesday it is fully adopting updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) masking recommendations. The CDC Tu...
Jul 27, 2021 Midwest Communications
Non-profit announces plans to renovate Peoria's Madison Theater
PEORIA, Ill. -- An effort to restore the historic Madison Theater in downtown Peoria is taking shape. Plans to reopen the theater, built in 1920, would be part of a larger project that would relocate ...
Jul 27, 2021 (Madison Preservation Association)
Olympics-Gymnastics-Russia Olympic Committee win women's team gold
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Russian Olympic Committee won the gymnastics women's team event at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, denying American Simone Biles the first of what she hoped would be six gold meda...
Jul 27, 2021 Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Gymnastics - Artistic - Women's Team - Final - Ariake Gymnastics Centre, Tokyo, Japan - July 27, 2021. Angelina Melnikova of the Russian Olympic Committee, Vladislava Urazova of the Russian Olympic Committee and Liliia Akhaimova of the Russian Olympic Committee react wearing face protective face masks REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Olympics-Gymnastics-Biles out of team event, can still get medal
TOKYO (Reuters) - Simone Biles's quest to become the greatest female Olympian here in Tokyo took a bizarre twist on Tuesday, when she dropped out of the women's team event after one vault. After a dis...
Jul 27, 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
Police who defended U.S. Capitol to testify at riot probe's first hearing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four police officers who worked to defend the U.S. Capitol from a mob of then-President Donald Trump's supporters are due to testify on Tuesday at the first hearing before a con...
Jul 27, 2021 REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Peoria man sentenced to federal prison for gun theft
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria man has been sentenced to 5 1/2-years in federal prison for stealing nearly 100 guns, including one that that was used in a mass shooting last summer. The guns were stolen fro...
Jul 27, 2021 Midwest Communications
PPS will require masks; COVID pay approved
PEORIA,Ill. -- Peoria Public Schools will require all students and staff to wear masks this school year. Peoria School Board President Gregory Wilson said the decision was made to put safety first. PP...
Jul 27, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
UPDATE: Juvenile killed last Wednesday was just 12; now being investigated as homicide
PEORIA, Ill. -- A 12-year-old boy was the victim of a shooting last Wednesday morning just after 5:00 a.m. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the victim as Deshawnteris Edwards, who li...
Jul 26, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
New Peoria County COVID-19 cases more than double; hospitalizations remain low
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department Monday reported 116 new cases of COVID-19 in the county in the last week, an average of more than 16 per day. Just one week ago, the average of...
Jul 26, 2021 Midwest Communications
Ameren warns of utility scams on the rise in Galesburg and Pekin
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. -- Ameren Illinois is warning customers about utility scams spreading in the areas of Galesburg and Pekin over the last several days. According to Ameren, 75 customers have called t...
Jul 26, 2021 Courtesy: Ameren Illinois
