Category Archives: Local News
GOP, Dems hope Supreme Court fight bolsters senate prospects
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats and Republicans both think the Amy Coney Barrett confirmation battle will help them in this fall's elections. Republicans are using the fight to embrace issues like ...
Oct 17, 2020 Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett departs with her husband, Jesse, after the third day of her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)
No spring break at Bradley: Prez and students give their thoughts
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University made a controversial change last week when administration moved the start of the Spring 2021 semester back one week, as well as eliminating the traditional spring br...
Oct 16, 2020 MWC-Bradley Campus 2020
Peoria City Council member enters plea deal
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City Council member Zachary Oyler appeared in Peoria County court Friday, where he had charges of domestic battery and interfering with reporting of a domestic battery dropped. ...
Oct 16, 2020
South side blaze brings wrecking ball to house
PEORIA, Ill. -- An early morning South Peoria fire on Friday led to the demolishing of a house. The Peoria Fire Department was called around 6:00 to a home in the 1500 block of W. Widenham. Firefighte...
Oct 16, 2020 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Local COVID roundup 10/16: outbreak at FCI
PEORIA, Ill. - An outbreak at a prison and two deaths highlighted Friday's COVID-19 report from the Peoria City/County Health Department. Peoria and Tazewell Counties recorded a death apiece. Peoria's...
Oct 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 10/16: record high cases for consecutive day
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Coronavirus cases for the second day in a row in Illinois have hit a 24-hour high. Illinois Department of Public Health said 4,554 people between Thursday and Friday tested positi...
Oct 16, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
WHO study finds remdesivir didn't help COVID-19 patients
GENEVA (AP) - A large study led by the World Health Organization suggests that the antiviral drug remdesivir did not help hospitalized COVID-19 patients, in contrast to an earlier study that made the ...
Oct 16, 2020 AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File
Colts close practice facility after positive tests for virus
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indianapolis Colts say they have closed their practice facility after "several individuals" tested positive for COVID-19. The Colts wrote on Twitter that the team will work rem...
Oct 16, 2020 Indianapolis Colts cornerback Isaiah Rodgers (34) celebrates with teammates after Rodgers returned a kickoff for 101-yard touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Richard)
Pekin mother pleads not guilty to manslaughter
PEKIN, Ill. -- A Pekin woman facing an involuntary manslaughter charge after the death of her 11-month-old daughter pled not guilty yesterday (Thursday) in Tazewell County. An affidavit in the case of...
Oct 16, 2020 (Tazewell County Jail)
Trump, Biden go at it — from a distance — in town halls
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden squared off, in a way, Thursday night. Their scuttled second debate were replaced by dueling televised town halls. The events showcased ...
Oct 16, 2020 President Donald Trump talks with voters after an NBC News Town Hall, at Perez Art Museum Miami, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
