Category Archives: Local News
Morton District 709 weekly COVID-19 update
MORTON, Ill. -- COVID-19 numbers went down from the week of Nov. 13 to the week of Nov. 20 at Morton School District 709. This decrease continued the trend the district has seen the entire month of No...
Nov 21, 2020
Friday East Bluff gunfire sends woman to hospital
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were continuing an investigation Saturday morning into a late Friday night shooting in the East Bluff. Police were called around 10:40 to the 900 block of E. Republic fol...
Nov 21, 2020 Midwest Communications
City Treasurer Patrick Nichting will not seek re-election
PEORIA, Ill. -- City of Peoria City Treasurer Patrick Nichting announced Friday that he will not seek another term as Treasurer. Nichting has served in the position since 2009. Prior to his position a...
Nov 20, 2020
Eight injured in Wisconsin mall shooting; police still looking for suspect
WAUWATOSA, Wis. (AP) - Eight people were injured in a shooting Friday at a suburban Milwaukee mall and police said they were still seeking the suspect. Wauwatosa Police Chief Barry Weber gave no motiv...
Nov 20, 2020 AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh
Donald Trump Jr. tests positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) - A spokesman says President Donald Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., has been infected with the coronavirus. The spokesman says the younger Trump learned his diagnosis earlier thi...
Nov 20, 2020 AP Photo/Eric Gay
Local COVID roundup 11/20: double digit death count
PEORIA, Ill. -- 11 area residents died between Thursday and Friday from COVID-19 complications. Woodford County experienced the deaths of two Apostolic Christian residents. One was a male in his 90s a...
Nov 20, 2020 Midwest Communications
King formally concedes election
EAST MOLINE, Ill. -- Esther Joy King, Republican challenger for the 17th District Congresssional seat, has officially conceded the race to Rep. Cheri Bustos. "The 2020 election has been like no other ...
Nov 20, 2020 Esther for Congress
Illinois teen charged in protest slayings posts $2M bail
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - A 17-year-old from Illinois who is charged with killing two people during a protest in Wisconsin and whose case has become a rallying cry for some conservatives posted $2 million ...
Nov 20, 2020 Antioch Police Department/Chicago Tribune via AP
Severe Friday morning accident claims life
PEORIA, Ill. -- One person has died following injuries sustained from a Friday morning accident that occurred at 10:37 a.m. Peoria Police and Fire responded to Reservoir and Rochelle regarding a rollo...
Nov 20, 2020 Midwest Communications
Illinois State Police and IDOT staying ready for different holiday travel
PEORIA, Ill. -- Holiday travel throughout the United States may look different this year due to COVID-19, but the Illinois State Police and Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) will be followi...
Nov 20, 2020 Midwest Communications
