Category Archives: Local News
Region meets mitigation criteria
***UPDATE*** IDPH has announced Region Two will enter mitigation on Wed., Nov. 4. In the coming days, IDPH will continue to track the positivity rate in Region 2 to determine if mitigations can be rel...
Nov 01, 2020 Midwest Communications
Trump hopes rallies mean votes
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is counting on his ability to turn out big crowds to translate into votes as he wraps up the final days of the campaign with a blitz of rallies. Trump will ho...
Nov 01, 2020 A supporter listens as President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Reading Regional Airport, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, in Reading, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
State COVID roundup 10/31: nearly 8,000 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 7,899 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, breaking the previous record of 6,943. Illinois' total number of coronavirus cases now stan...
Nov 01, 2020 Midwest Communications
Civics 101: role of a circuit clerk
The seat is up for grabs this year. But, what does the job entail? With Election Day quickly approaching, WMBD News is getting a series of civics lessons from Dr. Megan Remmel, Political Science Profe...
Oct 31, 2020 Midwest Communications
Morton Schools see uptick in COVID-19 cases and quarantines
MORTON, Ill. -- The region, state and nation have all been seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases lately, and Morton District 709 is no different. 22 students in the district have tested positive for CO...
Oct 31, 2020
State Fire Marshal: test your smoke alarms when you change your clocks
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- When you set your clock back one hour Saturday night, the State Fire Marshal is asking you to inspect your smoke alarms as well. According to the Fire Marshal, there were 91 resid...
Oct 31, 2020
Person dead in accident between go-kart and semi
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. -- A Friday night accident between a go-kart and semi has claimed a life. The accident that occurred around 7 p.m. had Route 26 near Spring Bay blocked off in Woodford County. No...
Oct 31, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
It's finally time: Murray Baker Bridge reopens Saturday night
PEORIA, Ill. -- After months of finding detour routes around the closed I-74 bridge, the Murray Baker will reopen Saturday night. The bridge has been closed since March 29 and will hit the original go...
Oct 31, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Civics 101: what is a county clerk, and why is it a partisan office?
The seat is up for grabs this year. But, what does the job entail? With Election Day quickly approaching, WMBD News is getting a series of civics lessons from Dr. Megan Remmel, Political Science Profe...
Oct 30, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 10/30: 8% threshold reached
PEORIA, Ill. -- Region Two, of which Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties are all a part, rose Friday to an 8.5% rolling seven-day COVID-19 positivity rate. When a region has been at 8% or higher f...
Oct 30, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
