Category Archives: Local News
Health care is focus as Barrett Supreme Court hearing opens
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats branded Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett a threat to Americans' health care during the coronavirus pandemic Monday at the start of a fast-tracked hearing that...
Oct 12, 2020 Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett arrives for her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. (Caroline Brehman/Pool via AP)
Gilmore Foundation/Reditus Labs providing rapid COVID tests to PPS
PEORIA, Ill. -- A donation to Peoria Public Schools will help middle and high school students return to the classroom sooner than expected. The Gilmore Foundation, founded by former Caterpillar Presid...
Oct 12, 2020 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
State COVID roundup 10/11: 9 deaths reported
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday reported 2,727 new cases of COVID-19, including nine additional deaths statewide. The state's preliminary seven-day positivity r...
Oct 12, 2020 Midwest Communications
Teen arrested for September homicide in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have made an arrest in the September shooting death of 28-year-old Donald Allen. Allen died of a single gunshot wound to the head, near the 1500 block of Faraday on Septe...
Oct 12, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Sheriff's office preps for Election Day issues
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria County Sheriff's Office will be ready at a moment's notice to respond to any voter intimidation at the polls. Sheriff Brian Asbell laid out the plans to WMBD News. "We are g...
Oct 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 10/10: statewide positivity rate creeps upwards
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- 2,905 people between Friday and Saturday tested positive for coronavirus throughout the state of Illinois. Illinois Department of Public Health reported 31 deaths in that time. 66...
Oct 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
Get the picture: Warehouse District building receives facelift
PEORIA, Ill. -- "It's an outstanding day in the greatest art city in America, Peoria, Illinois!" exclaimed Peoria Riverfront Museum CEO John Morris on Saturday morning in the Warehouse District. Morri...
Oct 10, 2020 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Man severely burned in Sat. AM Peoria blaze
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man sustained burns serious enough to hospitalize him after a fire Saturday morning in Peoria's West Bluff. Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics responded to a call around 4:45 regarding a ...
Oct 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
One dead after mini bike, car collide
***UPDATE*** Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the man as 40-year-old Edwin Bolen of Peoria. Harwood said Bolen suffered "multiple detrimental blunt force trauma injuries," and likely...
Oct 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria Police buy 11-year-old PlayStation after hit-and-run incident
PEORIA, Ill. -- 11-year-old Anthony "AJ" Gallion was injured in a hit-and-run incident on Oct. 1, leaving him with a broken leg, swollen eye and a concussion. Because of his injuries, Gallion was not ...
Oct 09, 2020 Photo Courtesy: Peoria Police Department
