Category Archives: Local News
IL governor says Trump partly to blame for COVID-19 spike
CHICAGO (AP) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker says President Donald Trump and his allies in Illinois are partly to blame for the surge in coronavirus cases in the state. Pritzker spoke Sunday on CNN's "State of t...
Oct 19, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
COVID-19 cases worldwide surpasses 40 million
LONDON (AP) - The world's number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has surpassed 40 million. The milestone was hit Monday according to Johns Hopkins University, which collates tallies from around the wor...
Oct 19, 2020 Pedestrians in masks pass a store on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, as government restrictions on business activity limit operations due to an increase of COVID-19 cases, in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of the borough of Queens in New York. After shutdowns swept entire nations during the first surge of the coronavirus earlier this year, some countries and U.S. states are trying more targeted measures as cases rise again around the world. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Female shot in back; taken to hospital with serious injury
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded to the 4300 block of W. Castleton Rd. just after 5:00 p.m. Saturday evening on reports of a female with a gunshot wound. When they arrived, they found the femal...
Oct 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
Precautions urged for holiday parties as COVID-19 cases rise
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois' public health director is urging residents to celebrate the holidays with limited activities and greater precautions because of the persistence of COVID-19. Dr. Ngoz...
Oct 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
Collins: Roller coaster temperatures but not as much snow this winter
PEORIA, Ill. -- The leaves are falling, and soon snow will be too. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins told WMBD News what we can expect this winter. "Recent roller coaster temperat...
Oct 17, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
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
