Category Archives: Local News
Local COVID roundup 5/6: double digit drop in bed usage
PEORIA, Ill. -- A total of 119 residents of Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties between Wednesday and Thursday tested positive for COVID-19. 71 of those residents are of Peoria, 41 live in Tazewel...
May 6, 2021 Midwest Communications
Pritzker: Illinois will move to Bridge Phase May 14
CHICAGO -- Illinois Gov. JB Pritkzer Thursday announced Illinois will move into the Bridge Phase of Restore Illinois on Friday, May 14, making a full reopening possible as soon as June 11. "The light ...
May 6, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Arrest made after long negotiation at home in Peoria Heights
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. -- A domestic situation eventually ended in the arrest of an individual Thursday morning, but not before an hour-long negotiation with police. Peoria Heights Police were called to...
May 6, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
State COVID roundup 5/6: 85% of 65 and older have at least one dose
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Thursday reported 85% of Illinoisans 65 years and older have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose. Overall, just under 100,0...
May 6, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria's fire chief announces retirement
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Fire Department Chief Anthony "Tony" Ardis has announced he will retire this month. Ardis' last day on the job will be May 14, according to a news release. Ardis joined the fire...
May 6, 2021 (Peoria FIre Dept.)
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall more than expected
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fewer Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market recovery gains steam amid an economic boom, which is being fueled by a rapidly improving...
May 6, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Construction workers wait in line to do a temperature test to return to the job site after lunch, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
U.S. backs giving poorer countries access to COVID-19 vaccine patents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday threw his support behind waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, bowing to mounting pressure from Democratic lawmakers and mo...
May 6, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca, Sputnik V, and Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine labels are seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
3 nabbed in shooting near Glen Oak School
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Tuesday morning shooting in Peoria's East Bluff has landed three men in Peoria County Jail. Peoria Police responded around 8:00 to the 1000 block of E. Republic on two ShotSpotter al...
May 5, 2021 Peoria Police Department
Local COVID roundup 5/5: 4 deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- The tri-county of Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford between Tuesday and Wednesday added four deaths related to COVID-19 to its totals. A woman from Peoria in her 40s died, and was not rep...
May 5, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 5/5: majority of IL adults have had at least 1 shot
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health reported as of Wednesday, 80% of Illinois senior citizens and 60% of all the state's adults, overall, have gotten at least one dose of the...
May 5, 2021 Midwest Communications
