Category Archives: Local News
Out of the running: IHSA DQs local athlete from further competition
***UPDATE 10/15/20 6:45 P.M.*** Bob Baker told WMBD News the family has decided not to pursue an emergency injunction, meaning Bryce will miss Friday's meet. Monday's appeal will take place at 11 A.M....
Oct 15, 2020 Courtesy of Bob Baker
Donovan Park possible location for 18-acre performing arts venue
PEORIA, Ill. -- Donovan Park is being looked at as a future home for an 18-acre performing arts venue. The Peoria Park District Board of Trustees gave permission to park district staff Wednesday night...
Oct 14, 2020 Peoria Park District
Peoria teen handed sentence of 60 years for double murder
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria teen has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for his role in a 2018 double homicide near Bradley University. 18-year-old Jermontay Brock was found guilty in August of first-d...
Oct 14, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
State COVID roundup 10/14: IDPH announces expanded inclusion in test numbers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health said Wednesday 2,862 people received positive COVID-19 test results between Tuesday and Wednesday. 49 deaths were reported during that tim...
Oct 14, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 10/14: elderly Peoria woman dies
PEORIA, Ill. -- The death of a Peoria County woman in her 80s highlighted Wednesday's COVID-19 report from the Peoria City/County Health Department. The woman lived at Generations at Peoria. The healt...
Oct 14, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis announces he won’t seek re-election
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis announced in a Wednesday morning news conference he will be moving on from his current post following the 2021 mayoral election. "Spent a lot of time with my wife...
Oct 14, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Jeremy Scott
Trump/Biden will hold simultaneous town halls Thursday night
WASHINGTON (AP) - In lieu of a formal debate, President Donald Trump has agreed to answer voters' questions during a town hall program sponsored by NBC News on Thursday night. The event will be held o...
Oct 14, 2020 President Donald Trump throws face masks into the crowd as he arrives to speak during a campaign rally at John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, in Johnstown, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Accused Kenosha gunman won't face charges in Illinois
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - Prosecutors say a 17-year-old accused of killing two protesters days after Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, won't face charges in his home state of Illinois....
Oct 14, 2020 In this screen grab from live stream video, Kyle Rittenhouse appears via video during a hearing at the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court in Waukegan, Ill., on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. Rittenhouse, who is accused of killing two protesters days after Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wis., is fighting his return to Wisconsin to face homicide charges. (Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court via AP)
Supreme Court halts census in latest twist of 2020 count
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has ruled that the Trump administration can end census field operations early, in a blow to efforts to make sure minorities are properly counted in the crucial onc...
Oct 14, 2020 A briefcase of a census taker is seen as she knocks on the door of a residence Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, in Winter Park, Fla. A half-million census takers head out en mass this week to knock on the doors of households that haven't yet responded to the 2020 census. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Barrett back on Capitol Hill for senators' final questions
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett returns to Capitol Hill for a third day of confirmation hearings by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senators are digging deeper into the conse...
Oct 14, 2020 Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett listens during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Stefani Reynolds/Pool via AP)
