Category Archives: Local News
Three officers shot in Chicago
CHICAGO -- Police say three law enforcement officers were shot and wounded while driving onto Interstate 57 Wednesday morning on Chicago's South Side. The shooting was reported about 6 a.m. in the Mor...
Jul 7, 2021 Midwest Communications
Haitian president assassinated at home in 'barbaric act' -PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Haitian President Jovenel Moise was shot dead by unidentified attackers in his private residence overnight in an "inhuman and barbaric act" and his wife was injured, Interim ...
Jul 7, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Haiti's President Jovenel Moise speaks during the investiture ceremony of the independent advisory committee for the drafting of the new constitution at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares/File Photo
UnityPoint plans new $24 million mental health facility
PEORIA, Ill. -- UnityPoint Health UnityPlace has plans in the works for a new $24 million behavioral health clinic for children and adolescents. "Especially post-pandemic is an increase in anxiety and...
Jul 7, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Juvenile seriously injured in Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded around 8:20 Tuesday night to a ShotSpotter alert in the 700 block of E. Frye that indicated multiple shots fired. A caller also said someone had been shot. Poli...
Jul 7, 2021 (25 News)
UPDATE: One dead after 4th of July shooting in Peoria
UPDATE 5:45 P.M. -- One of the men shot, 21-year-old Michael Anthony Charles Johnson, II, was pronounced brain dead by Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood Tuesday afternoon at 3:09 p.m. Harwood will r...
Jul 6, 2021 (25 News)
Peoria Community Development Department receives $45,000 to demolish abandoned homes
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Community Development Department has been granted an additional $45,000 by the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) for demolition of abandoned residential structur...
Jul 6, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria Humane Society talks taking care of pets during hot summer months
PEORIA, Ill. -- Just as bitterly cold temperatures can be dangerous for pets, the same goes for hot, humid temperatures seen in summer months. With an average heat index in Peoria of 90F in July, it's...
Jul 6, 2021 Midwest Communications
Gov. Pritzker signs bill expanding Medicaid healthcare access
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker Tuesday signed legislation that will expand healthcare access and affordability for residents on the state's Medicaid system. The bill, Senate Bill 229...
Jul 6, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Tropical storm Elsa exits Cuba trailing heavy rains, takes aim at Florida
HAVANA (Reuters) -Tropical storm Elsa's center exited Cuba late on Monday, just east of Havana, churning northwards on track to Florida although the lopsided weather system continued to dump heavy rai...
Jul 6, 2021 A red flag is seen on the beach prior to the arrival of Storm Elsa in Guanabo, Cuba, July 5, 2021. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
Dozens shot over holiday weekend in Chicago
CHICAGO -- It was a Fourth of July weekend marked by violence in Chicago, with nearly 100 people shot, including two Chicago Police officers responding to a disturbance over fireworks, and five childr...
Jul 5, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
