Category Archives: Local News
Health department warns of church COVID exposure
DUNLAP, Ill. -- Churchgoers of Cedar Hills Baptist Church in Dunlap were warned Tuesday of potential exposure to COVID-19. Peoria City/County Health Department posted on its social media a public heal...
Oct 13, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 10/13: Woodford hits 500 cases, 9 deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- Woodford County reached 500 COVID-19 cases on the same day it saw its ninth COVID-related death. Peoria City/County Health Department said Tuesday a man in his 90s who lived at Heritag...
Oct 13, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local high school reports 2 new COVID cases
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. -- Illinois Valley Central High School students, staff, and parents received word Tuesday afternoon two individuals within the school have tested positive for COVID-19. Principal Ken...
Oct 13, 2020 Midwest Communications
McConnell slates October revote on GOP COVID relief plan
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says that he's scheduling a vote regarding a GOP COVID-19 relief bill for later this month. He says aid to hard-hit businesses shouldn't be hel...
Oct 13, 2020 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks during a debate with Democratic challenger Amy McGrath in Lexington, Ky., Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. (Michael Clubb/The Kentucky Kernel via AP, Pool)
OSF Healthcare Foundation President Hammerton joining Bradley administration
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University announced Tuesday it's bringing back a familiar face to its front office. Longtime OSF HealthCare Foundation President Tom Hammerton has been hired by the school as ...
Oct 13, 2020
Barrett facing senators on health care, legal precedent
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is facing senators' questions for the first time during confirmation hearings. The mood is likely to shift Tuesday to a more confrontational t...
Oct 13, 2020 Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett speaks during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP)
Trump tells Fla. supporters he feels 'powerful'
WASHINGTON (AP) -President Donald Trump has returned to the campaign trail, holding his first rally since he contracted the coronavirus. Trump took the stage Monday in Sanford, Florida, and declared h...
Oct 13, 2020 Supporters cheer as President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at the Orlando Sanford International Airport Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, in Sanford, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
PPS superintendent presents updated back-to-school plan
PEORIA, Ill. -- Another group of Peoria Public Schools students will return to the classroom on October 26. Kindergarten and 1st graders were back in schools October 5. Special Education students retu...
Oct 13, 2020 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Local COVID roundup 10/12: 6,600 since start of pandemic
PEORIA, Ill. -- Three COVID deaths over the weekend throughout Peoria and Tazewell Counties have increased the tri-county total -- which includes Woodford -- to 103. The Tazewell deaths were to female...
Oct 12, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 10/12: state nears 9,000 deaths
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The statewide seven-day positivity rate for COVID-19 has risen to 4.3%. Illinois Department of Public Health reported Monday 2,742 people since Sunday throughout Illinois tested p...
Oct 12, 2020 Midwest Communications
