Category Archives: Local News
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
Teen named suspect in hit-and-run that injured child
PEORIA, Ill. -- A 17-year-old male has been cited by Peoria Police for two violations in regards to a hit-and-run that left an 11-year-old with serious injuries. The teen appeared at the Peoria Police...
Oct 07, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 10/7: statewide tests hit 6M
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- 6 million people throughout Illinois as of Wednesday have been tested for COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. Illinois Department of Public Health said the milestone was rea...
Oct 07, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 10/7: two Tazewell deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two elderly Tazewell County residents passed away between Tuesday and Wednesday from complications related to the coronavirus. The Peoria City/County Health Department said one was a f...
Oct 07, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria County War Memorial adds 34 new names
PEORIA, Ill. -- There are more than 30 new brick engravings at the Peoria County War Memorials recognizing veterans and other honorees. A reception was held Wednesday afternoon on the Peoria County Co...
Oct 07, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Trump seeks to salvage parts of virus aid package
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House on Wednesday tried to salvage items lost in the rubble of COVID-19 relief talks that President Donald Trump halted, with his administration pressing for $1,200 stimul...
Oct 07, 2020 President Donald Trump stands on the balcony outside of the Blue Room as returns to the White House Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Washington, after leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Without a stimulus package, Peoria will borrow $14 million in 2021
PEORIA,Ill. -- President Donald Trump has halted talks regarding comprehensive COVID relief ahead of the November election. A few days ago, Peoria City Manager Patrick Urich was still hoping the city ...
Oct 07, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
Pence-Harris debate to unfold as Trump recovers from virus
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Vice President Mike Pence and his Democratic challenger, California Sen. Kamala Harris, are poised to meet for a debate that will offer starkly different visions for a country co...
Oct 07, 2020
