Category Archives: Local News
In 25th Amendment bid, Pelosi mulls Trump's fitness to serve
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is questioning President Donald Trump's fitness to serve, announcing legislation Thursday that would create a commission to allow Congress to intervene und...
Oct 08, 2020 AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
Local COVID roundup 10/8: nursing facility experiences 6th death in 6 days
PEORIA, Ill. -- Three Tazewell County long-term care facility residents passed away between Wednesday and Thursday from coronavirus complications. One was a male in his 70s, a resident of Timber Creek...
Oct 08, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 10/8: 3,000 plus cases in 24 hours
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Thursday reported over 3,000 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 32 additional deaths. With 3,059 cases, this is the first time ...
Oct 08, 2020 Midwest Communications
Biden says he'll hold town hall event without President Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe Biden's presidential campaign says because of President Donald Trump's rejection of a virtual presidential debate on Oct. 15, the Democratic challenger will hold his own town hal...
Oct 08, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media as he leaves the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Del., Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Sheriff: More bones found near Glasford
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell confirms that more bones have been found near Glasford, not far from Banner Marsh. Asbell told WMBD News, the bones were found about 5:30 p.m....
Oct 08, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
US layoffs remain elevated as 840,000 seek jobless aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell slightly last week to a still-high 840,000, evidence that job cuts remain elevated seven months into the pandemic recession...
Oct 08, 2020 Midwest Communications
Trump says he won't debate virtually
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Commission on Presidential Debates says the second Trump-Biden debate will be 'virtual' amid concerns about the president's COVID-19. The nonpartisan host of the debates made the...
Oct 08, 2020 FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 5, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump removes his mask as he stands on the Blue Room Balcony upon returning to the White House in Washington, after leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md. Trump announced he tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 2. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Arson likely cause of Peoria fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called just before 10:30 p.m. Wednesday to a home in the 1100 block of W. Dr. Martin Luther King Drive. When crews arrived, they encountered heavy smoke and fi...
Oct 08, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Update: Standoff with police in Goodfield ends
***UPDATE*** Deer Creek/Goodfield Police Chief Bradley Potts identified the man as 29-year-old Trent D. Johnson. Potts said the welfare check came at 6:24, after a report Johnson may have been suicida...
Oct 07, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Pence, Harris spar over COVID-19 in vice presidential debate
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Republican Mike Pence firmly defended the Trump administration's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic while his Democratic challenger, Kamala Harris, condemned what she called "the ...
Oct 07, 2020 AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool
