Category Archives: Local News
Illinois House passes bill mandating Asian-American history in schools
(Reuters) -- The Illinois lower house passed a bill on Wednesday requiring public schools to teach Asian-American history, setting the stage for possible adoption of milestone legislation amid rising ...
Apr 14, 2021 REUTERS/Eileen Meslar/File Photo
Local COVID roundup 4/14: 2nd straight day case count rises by 300
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties combined between Tuesday and Wednesday for 323 new cases of COVID-19. 192 of the cases are Peoria residents, 110 live in Tazewell, and the other...
Apr 14, 2021 Midwest Communications
Woman in PCSO custody for Wed. A.M. shooting at bar
***UPDATE 4/14/21 4 P.M. Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell said Frye is the victim's daughter. The victim, he said, owns the bar. _________________________________ PEORIA, Ill. -- A woman has been ch...
Apr 14, 2021 Peoria County Sheriff's Office
Biden announces end of U.S. troop deployment to Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden declared on Wednesday he plans to end the longest U.S. war and that it is "time for American troops to come home" from Afghanistan, as he looks to close out 2...
Apr 14, 2021 REUTERS/Omar Sobhani/File Photo
State COVID roundup 4/14: Hospitalizations still over 2,000
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Wednesday reported 2,076 Illinoisans were hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Tuesday night. Of those, 453 were in the ICU and 198 wer...
Apr 14, 2021 Midwest Communications
New mobile hygiene unit to provide services to homeless population
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Heart of Illinois United Way and Home for All Continuum Care are partnering with Phoenix Community Development Services (CDS) to provide a mobile hygiene unit that will support hom...
Apr 14, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Ex-police officer who shot Black man to be charged with manslaughter: report
(Reuters) - A former police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a scuffle in a Minneapolis suburb that followed a routine traffic stop was expected to be charged with second-degree manslaughte...
Apr 14, 2021 REUTERS/Nick Pfosi
Carver Arena housing region of 64-team hoops tourney
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Civic Center will play regional host to a 64-team televised ESPN basketball tournament worth $1 million. "The Basketball Tournament" is scheduled for Jul. 24-28 in Peoria, an...
Apr 14, 2021 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Federal Bureau of Prisons says Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff has passed away
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Bernard Madoff, who was convicted for running the largest known Ponzi scheme in history, died on Wednesday in federal prison where he was serving a 150-year sentence, the Bureau of...
Apr 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Accused swindler Bernard Madoff exits the Manhattan federal court house in New York, U.S. on January 14, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
U.S. CDC to weigh rare clot risk with J&J's COVID-19 vaccine as use paused
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. health advisory panel on Wednesday is set to review six reported cases of rare blood clots in women who received Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine one day after fe...
Apr 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Johnson & Johnson logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
