Category Archives: Local News
2 PCSO deputies terminated
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell relieved two deputies Tuesday of their duties. 33-year-old Joshua Carr was fired for an alleged Sept. 27 incident at Tavern on Prospect, in which Car...
Oct 20, 2020
Local COVID roundup: 10 new deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- 10 more people in Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties have passed away from complications related to COVID-19. In Peoria County, Heritage Health in Chillicothe experienced another ...
Oct 20, 2020 Midwest Communications
IHSA upholds ruling against Limestone senior
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- The Illinois High School Association has ruled a Limestone High School cross country runner must serve the entirety of his two-meet suspension. IHSA ruled last Wednesday senior Br...
Oct 20, 2020 Courtesy of Bob Baker
State COVID roundup 10/20: more than 3,700 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Tuesday reported 3,714 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state, including 41 additional deaths. The preliminary seven-day stat...
Oct 20, 2020 Midwest Communications
Trump says Fauci is 'terrific guy' but not 'team player'
WASHINGTON (AP) - A day after claiming the American people are tired of listening to Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Donald Trump is insisting that he gets along with the nation's top infectious disease ...
Oct 20, 2020 President Donald Trump talks to reporters at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020, in Phoenix. Second from right is Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Pop-up COVID testing site moved to Shore Acres
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. -- A pop-up COVID-19 testing site, scheduled to be held in Chillicothe at the end of the month, is being moved. The Peoria City/County Health Department said on Tuesday that the stat...
Oct 20, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
CAT unveils video of giant "PAC-MAN" game
PEORIA, Ill. -- A few years back, Caterpillar launched a series of videos featuring a gigantic Jenga game, an outrageous setup of Dominoes, construction of the world's tallest sand castle, and a pair ...
Oct 20, 2020 (Courtesy of Caterpillar)
Trump plans to debate Biden despite rule changes
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump plans to attend Thursday's debate with Democratic nominee Joe Biden despite rule changes - opposed by his campaign - that are meant to foster more ordered disc...
Oct 20, 2020 President Donald Trump waves to a cheering crowd as he arrives for a campaign rally Monday, Oct. 19, 2020, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Pritzker brings back daily press briefings
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. J-B Pritzker is resuming his daily updates on COVID-19 as all regions of the state are seeing cases increase. "Thursday we set a record high of cases identified in one day. A...
Oct 20, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy (file)
Local COVID roundup 10/19: 6 die, over 200 new positives
PEORIA, Ill. -- Long-term care facilities in Peoria and Tazewell Counties over the weekend grieved six deaths related to COVID-19. In Tazewell, a woman in her 80s who lived at Timber Creek Rehab succu...
Oct 19, 2020 Midwest Communications
