Category Archives: Local News
Jobless claims fall to 751,000, but new infections a threat
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 751,000, the lowest since March but a figure that remains historically high and indicates the viral pandemic i...
Oct 29, 2020 Midwest Communications
Bride: Nearly 45,000 Peoria Co. residents have already voted
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's been busy, but pretty much smooth sailing for the Peoria County Election Commission, according to Executive Director Thomas Bride, just days ahead of the 2020 election. Bride told...
Oct 29, 2020 Midwest Communications
Trump, Biden to appeal to last-minute voters in Florida
Trump, Biden to appeal to last-minute voters in Florida TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden are set to chase votes in Florida, a state all but essential to the Rep...
Oct 29, 2020 President Donald Trump waves to the crowd after speaking at a campaign rally at Phoenix Goodyear Airport Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, in Goodyear, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
3 dead in knife attack in French church; terrorism suspected
PARIS (AP) - An attacker armed with a knife killed three people at a church in the Mediterranean city of Nice, the third attack in two months in France. The assailant was shot by police and hospitaliz...
Oct 29, 2020 French policemen stand next to Notre Dame church after a knife attack, in Nice, France, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. French anti-terrorism prosecutors are investigating a knife attack at a church in the Mediterranean city of Nice that killed two people and injured several others. (AP Photo/Alexis Gilli)
Arrest made in Tuesday night stabbing
PEORIA, Ill. -- An arrest has been made in the Tuesday night stabbing outside of Ulrich's Rebellion Room. Upon arrival at approximately 2:30 a.m., officers found an adult male with stab wounds to the ...
Oct 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
IHSA to defy state orders, go forward with basketball season
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- The Illinois High School Association has voted to move forward with basketball season as planned, which would defy orders handed down Tuesday by Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinoi...
Oct 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 10/28: 4 deaths, FCI outbreak update
PEORIA, Ill. -- There was significant COVID-19 activity to report between Tuesday and Wednesday throughout the entirety of the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county. In Woodford County, a man in his 80s...
Oct 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 10/28: 6K
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois's 24-hour COVID-19 case count from Tuesday to Wednesday surpassed 6,000, setting yet another one-day record. Along with the 6,110 positives were 51 reported deaths. Labs ...
Oct 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
No. 9 Wisconsin cancels Nebraska game; Chryst tests positive
No. 9 Wisconsin has canceled its game at Nebraska on Saturday and paused all team activities for at least seven days after a dozen people within the program including coach Paul Chryst tested positive...
Oct 28, 2020 AP Photo/Morry Gash
Students help bring Bradley's positivity rate down
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University, like schools nationwide, has had to deal with outbreaks of the coronavirus on campus. Bradley Spokesperson Renee Charles told WMBD's "The Greg and Dan Show", the po...
Oct 28, 2020 MWC-Bradley Campus 2020
