Category Archives: Local News
Washington mayor reflects seven years after an EF-4 tornado
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- November 17, 2013. It's been seven years since tornadoes ripped through Pekin, East Peoria and Washington, Illinois. The damage was especially devastating in Washington, where thre...
Nov 17, 2020 (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
Pritzker: Stay home to help reduce the virus' spread
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- As COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to rise in Illinois, Gov. J-B Pritzker is urging everyone to stay home as much as possible. The number of COVID patients in the hospital has ...
Nov 17, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Trump campaign lawsuit over Pennsylvania vote heads to court
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A hearing on the Trump campaign's federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Pennsylvania officials from certifying the vote results remains on track. It's scheduled for Tuesday in Williams...
Nov 17, 2020 A Luzerne County worker canvases ballots that arrived after closing of voting until Friday at 5 p.m. and postmarked by Nov. 3rd as vote counting in the general election continues, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Peoria Public Schools returning to distance learning starting Nov. 30
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Schools will be returning to all distance learning beginning Nov. 30. "Even though cases within Peoria Public Schools have not reflected the rise in positivity regionally ...
Nov 16, 2020 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
Bustos tests positive for COVID-19
PEORIA, Ill. -- U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos says she has tested positive for COVID-19. The congresswoman, who represents Illinois' 17th District, announced her test results on Monday in a series of tweets....
Nov 16, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Local COVID roundup 11/16: Over 1,000 new cases over weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department reported Monday 1,059 new cases of COVID-19 throughout the tri-county over the weekend. In addition, 13 deaths were also reported. Nine deaths ...
Nov 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Suspect charged in shots fired at Peoria Police Officer
UPDATE 6:30 P.M. 11/16/20 PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have identified and arrested the suspect responsible for firing a weapon at a Peoria Police Officer Monday afternoon. The suspect, 26-year-old L...
Nov 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
IPDH adds mobile COVID test sites in Central Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health is adding several mobile COVID-19 testing sites this month in central Illinois. Free drive-through and walk-up testing will be available a...
Nov 16, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
State COVID roundup 11/16: Record number of hospitalizations
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday reported that 5,581 people in the state are in the hospital with COVID-19, which is a new high. Of those, 1,144 patients wer...
Nov 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
Attorney Steve Kouri to run for Peoria City Council
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria attorney Steve Kouri has announced he wants to represent the Fourth District on the City Council. Kouri filed petitions on Monday for the February primary. Current 4th District ...
Nov 16, 2020 (File-1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy)
