Category Archives: Local News
State COVID roundup 5/13: More than 62% of adults have one dose
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Thursday reported more than 62% of adult Illinoisans have at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Overall, more than 10.1 millio...
May 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
Woodruff students experience healthcare careers first-hand
PEORIA, Ill. -- Students at Woodruff Career and Technical Center were able to have first-hand experience in the healthcare field Wednesday at OSF's Jump Trading Simulation and Education Center. Studen...
May 13, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Local COVID roundup 5/13: 4 deaths reported among otherwise positive numbers
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City/County Health Department said a total of four residents of Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties between Wednesday and Thursday passed away from COVID-19 complications. A...
May 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. CDC says vaccinated people can avoid masks in most places
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday advised that fully vaccinated people do not need to wear masks outdoors and can avoid wearing them indoors ...
May 13, 2021 REUTERS/Tami Chappell/File Photo
Peoria Park District events and activities return this summer
PEORIA, Ill. -- The COVID-19 pandemic in summer 2020 forced the cancellation of Peoria Park District (PPD) camps and activities, but those activities will be returning in summer 2021. The announcement...
May 13, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Home stretch: IL to enter Bridge Phase
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health have announced the state of Illinois on Friday will officially enter the Bridge Phase of Restore Illinois. Capacity...
May 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall; producer prices surge in April
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fewer Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week, as companies held on to their workers amid the growing labor shortage that helped to curb job growth in Apr...
May 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud/File Photo
Broadway series returning to the Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. -- Broadway is coming back. The Ameren Broadway Series will return to the Peoria Civic Center Theater on Friday, November 5. Civic Center General Manager Rik Edgar told WMBD's "The Greg a...
May 13, 2021 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Top U.S. fuel pipeline recovering from devastating ransomware attack
(Reuters) - After a six-day outage, the top U.S. fuel pipeline on Thursday moved some of the first millions of gallons of motor fuels to East Coast states after throwing off a crippling cyberattack. T...
May 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Holding tanks are seen at Colonial Pipeline's Linden Junction Tank Farm in Woodbridge, New Jersey, U.S. in an undated photograph. Colonial Pipeline/Handout via REUTERS./File Photo
Peoria home and garage damaged by fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called around 6:50 p.m. Wednesday to a home near the corner of Shelley and Butler Streets on reports of a structure fire. Fire Battalion Chief Michael Hughes s...
May 13, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
