Category Archives: Local News
Local COVID roundup 6/3: ICU patient count remains in single digits
PEORIA, Ill. -- No deaths and only 15 new cases highlighted Thursday's Peoria City/County Health Department COVID-19 report. 10 of the new cases belong to Tazewell County, and all others are of Peoria...
Jun 3, 2021 Midwest Communications
Biden says U.S. to send 25 million COVID-19 vaccines around the world
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Thursday laid out how the United States would share some 25 million of a planned 80 million COVID-19 vaccine doses with the rest of the world. The United S...
Jun 3, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled "Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine" are seen in this illustration picture taken May 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
County stars set to perform at Tailgate N' Tallboys festival
PEORIA, Ill. -- One of the Midwest's first outdoor music festivals of the summer begins Thursday night at Peoria's Louisville Slugger Sports Complex. Tailgate N' Tallboys Organizer Wayne Klein, with U...
Jun 3, 2021
Netanyahu, battling for political life, attacks deal to unseat him
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday fought back against an agreement by his political opponents for a government of left-wing, centrist and right-wing parties ai...
Jun 3, 2021 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on after a special session of the Knesset whereby Israeli lawmakers elected a new president, at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem June 2, 2021. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
Biden to speak again with Republican Senator Capito on Friday on infrastructure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden and Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito had a "constructive and frank" discussion on Wednesday about revitalizing U.S. infrastructure and agreed to talk a...
Jun 3, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the U.S. economy in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Wed. night incident being investigated as double murder; victims named
***UPDATE*** 6/4/21 8:19 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Two people are dead following what Peoria Police have deemed a double homicide. Medics responded just after 6 p.m. Wednesday to the 2300 block of N. Idaho ...
Jun 2, 2021 Midwest Communications
Mayor Rita Ali speaks on vision of Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Newly-elected Mayor Rita Ali spoke Wednesday evening at Dozer Park on her vision for the future of Peoria. The event was organized by the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce (PACC), with t...
Jun 2, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
This one's on the house: new IL Sen. bill worth free drink
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- In an effort to incentivize the COVID-19 vaccine and to boost business, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law on Wednesday Senate Bill 104. If patrons of alcohol-serving establishmen...
Jun 2, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 6/2: ICU hospitalizations nearly cut in half
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department Wednesday reported ICU hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in the area dropped from 15 to eight in the last 24 hours. In addition, just 13 new cas...
Jun 2, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 6/2: Still fewer than 500 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Wednesday reported 478 new cases of COVID-19, including nine additional deaths. It's the second straight day that fewer than 10 dea...
Jun 2, 2021 Midwest Communications
