Category Archives: Local News
Congress returns with virus aid, federal funding unresolved
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress is returning to Washington for one last attempt at deal-making this year. The only absolute must-do is preventing a government shutdown on Dec. 11. But lawmakers are also de...
Nov 30, 2020 FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2020, file photo the morning sun illuminates the rotunda of the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington. After months of shadowboxing amid a tense and toxic campaign, Capitol Hill's main players are returning to Washington for one final, perhaps futile, attempt at deal making on a challenging menu of year-end business. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Biden fractures foot while playing with dog
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - President-elect Joe Biden has fractured his right foot and will likely wear a walking boot for several weeks. Biden's office says the president-elect suffered the injury Saturd...
Nov 30, 2020 A motorcade with President-elect Joe Biden aboard arrives at Delaware Orthopaedic Specialists to see a doctor, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020, in Newark, Del. Biden slipped while playing with his dog Major, and twisted his ankle. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
State COVID roundup 11/29: Over 7,000 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday reported 7,178 new COVID-19 cases, including 57 additional deaths. As of Saturday night, there were 5,858 people hospitalized st...
Nov 30, 2020 Midwest Communications
COVID delays SJU-BU hoops tilt
PEORIA, Ill. - The Dec. 5 Bradley University men's basketball game against St. Joseph's has been postponed after a positive COVID-19 test in the St. Joseph's camp. A statement from the school said a m...
Nov 29, 2020 Bradley University
Experts say COVID-19 numbers could be erratic after Thanksgiving
MILWAUKEE (AP) - The coronavirus testing numbers that have guided much of the nation's response to the pandemic are likely to be erratic over the next week or so, experts said Friday, as fewer people ...
Nov 28, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Wrong-way driver closes portion of I-74 Thanksgiving night
PEORIA, Ill. -- A driver who was on the wrong side of I-74 caused a portion of the interstate near Downtown Peoria to be shut down Thanksgiving night. State Police said just before 10 p.m. a Kia Optim...
Nov 28, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Northwoods Church repackages Christmas show due to COVID
PEORIA, Ill. -- Each year, thousands of people attend Northwoods Community Church's Christmas show. But, COVID-19 has changed that this year. Northwoods Communications Pastor Kirt Manuel told WMBD New...
Nov 27, 2020 (Courtesy of Northwoods Church Facebook)
Black Friday offers beacon of hope to struggling stores
NEW YORK (AP) - After months of slumping sales and businesses toppling into bankruptcy, Black Friday is offering a small beacon of hope. In normal times, Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of th...
Nov 27, 2020 A social-distancing sign reminds shoppers to stay apart as a Christmas trees display stands at the end of walkway in a Macy's department store Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, in northeast Denver. After months of slumping sales and businesses toppling into bankruptcy, Black Friday is offering a small beacon of hope. In normal times, Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year, drawing millions of shoppers eager to get started on their holiday spending. But these are not normal times. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Trump says he'll leave if Electoral College seats Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will leave the White House if the Electoral College formalizes President-Elect Joe Biden's victory even as he insisted such a decision wo...
Nov 27, 2020 President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after participating in a video teleconference call with members of the military on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Folepi's Winter Wonderland opens to the public
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- East Peoria's Festival Of Lights Winter Wonderland drive-through display is now open to the public. Officials say 25,000 cars are expected to drive through the light show this yea...
Nov 27, 2020 Rick Hirschmann/1470-100.3 WMBD
