Category Archives: Local News
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)
Peoria offering additional business recovery grants
PEORIA, Ill. -- The City of Peoria is giving businesses a chance to recover losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Peoria applied for a grant from the State of Illinois, and received nearly $1.2 million...
Nov 16, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
Trump campaign drops key request in Pennsylvania lawsuit
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - President Donald Trump's campaign is withdrawing a central request in its lawsuit seeking to stop the certification of the election results in Pennsylvania. Democrat Joe Biden c...
Nov 16, 2020 FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump listens during an event on Operation Warp Speed in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Ruckriegel says he'll run for Peoria mayor
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria At-Large City Council member Sid Ruckriegel announced over the weekend that he plans to run for the Mayor's Office in the spring election. Ruckriegel was elected to City Council...
Nov 16, 2020 (Photo courtesy of City of Peoria)
2nd coronavirus vaccine shows early success in U.S. tests
(AP) -- There's more promising news on the COVID-19 vaccine front as Moderna says its shot provides strong protection against the coronavirus. Monday's announcement comes a week after a competitor, Pf...
Nov 16, 2020 FILE - In this July 27, 2020, file photo, nurse Kathe Olmstead prepares a shot that is part of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., in Binghamton, N.Y. Moderna said Monday, Nov. 16, 2020, its COVID-19 shot provides strong protection against the coronavirus that's surging in the U.S. and around the world. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
