Category Archives: Local News

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...
Julia Bradley 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...
Julia Bradley 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 ...
Dalton Kemper 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...
Rick Hirschmann 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...
Rick Hirschmann 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 ...
Rick Hirschmann 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...
Rick Hirschmann 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...
Julia Bradley Oct 28, 2020 MWC-Bradley Campus 2020

Fitting finale: Dodgers win title, Turner tests positive
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Justin Turner was removed from Los Angeles' 3-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 6 of the World Series after registering Major League Baseball's first positive coronavir...
Julia Bradley Oct 28, 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and third baseman Justin Turner pose for a group picture after the Dodgers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 in Game 6 to win the baseball World Series, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Man stabbed overnight outside Peoria bar
PEORIA, Ill. -- One person was transported to a local hospital early Wednesday morning after being stabbed in the neck outside a bar in the 600 block of Main Street in Peoria. Public Information Offic...
Julia Bradley Oct 28, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock


