Category Archives: Local News
Local COVID roundup 6/11: Just 4 new tri-county cases
PEORIA, Ill. -- On the same day Illinois moved into Phase 5 of Restore Illinois, the Peoria City/County Health Department reported just four new COVID-19 cases across the tri-county area. Woodford Cou...
Jun 11, 2021 Midwest Communications
Tremont Turkey Festival returns this weekend after year away due to COVID
TREMONT, Ill. -- After COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the 2020 Tremont Turkey Festival, the event is back this weekend as Illinois fully reopens. Crowds of people have already started flooding th...
Jun 11, 2021 Tremont Turkey Festival Facebook
G7 vaccine pledge is just a drop in the ocean, campaigners say
CARBIS BAY, England (Reuters) - A Group of Seven plan to donate 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries lacks ambition, is far too slow and shows Western leaders are not yet up to the job...
Jun 11, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A migrant holds her baby as she receives a shot of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Mavrovouni camp for refugees and migrants on the island of Lesbos, Greece, June 3, 2021. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
UPDATE: Missing person from Peoria found
UPDATE (9:54 a.m.) PEORIA, ILL. --Peoria Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said 34-year-old Kimberly Anderson, who was reported missing Thursday, has been found and is okay. ----------------------...
Jun 11, 2021 (Peoria Police Department)
Back to life: IL to fully reopen
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- It's a day 15 months in the making. Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health have officially announced Friday will be the start of Phase Five of Restore Ill...
Jun 10, 2021 Midwest Communications
Restaurant reax part 2: eatery owners sound off on reopening
PEORIA, Ill. -- It was Sun., March 15, 2020 Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a mandatory shutdown of all dine-in options until further notice. On that day, WMBD News talked to three area people involved i...
Jun 10, 2021 MWC
State COVID roundup 6/10: More than 62,000 vaccine doses administered
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Thursday reported 62,268 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered Wednesday in the state. That is an uptick from the current...
Jun 10, 2021 Midwest Communications
The other side of reopening: COVID-induced anxiety
PEORIA, Ill. -- Friday's full reopening of Illinois brings to an end roughly 15 months of restrictions outside the home. This means the ability to gather with friends, family, and acquaintances withou...
Jun 10, 2021 Kevin Simmons / CC
Local business leaders urge patience during reopening
PEORIA, Ill. -- Phase 5, a full reopening of Illinois, will be a welcome sight to many Illinoisans, but especially businesses that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Phase 5, which goes into...
Jun 10, 2021 Midwest Communications
State's Attorney: Dr. Marshall's killer was part of a larger burglary ring
PEORIA, Ill. -- More information was released Thursday regarding the murder of Dr. William Marshall inside his home on Jan. 6. 54-year-old Robert Ely was arrested in St. Louis Wednesday for the first ...
Jun 10, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
