Category Archives: Local News
Country star and hit Elvis songwriter Mac Davis dies at 78
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country star and hit Elvis songwriter Mac Davis has died. He was 78. His manager said Davis died on Tuesday after heart surgery. Davis started his career writing hits for Presl...
Sep 30, 2020 FILE - Musician Mac Davis performs at the Texas Film Awards in Austin, Texas on March 6, 2014. Davis, a country star and Elvis songwriter, died on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020 after heart surgery. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP, File)
'I Am Woman' singer Helen Reddy dies at 78
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Helen Reddy, the Australian-born singer who scored an enduring hit with her feminist anthem "I Am Woman," has died at 78 in Los Angeles. Reddy's children announced their mother's de...
Sep 30, 2020 FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2015, file photo, Australian-born singer Helen Reddy attends the 2015 G'DAY USA GALA at the Hollywood Palladium, in Los Angeles. Reddy, who shot to stardom in the 1970s with her feminist anthem “I Am Woman” and recorded a string of other hits, has died at age 78. Reddy’s children Traci and Jordan announced that the actress-singer died Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rob Latour/Invision/AP, File)
Update: Teen killed in Woodford County crash identified
UPDATE: Woodford County Coroner Tim Ruestman has identified the victim of the fatal accident on Rt. 89 as 18-year-old Benjamin Bedell, of Brimfield, a student at Illinois Central College. ------------...
Sep 30, 2020 Midwest Communications
One dead at UAW Senior Citizens Center in Pekin from Legionnaires' Disease
PEKIN, Ill. -- A resident of UAW Senior Citizens Center in Pekin is dead after contracting Legionnaires' Disease, according to news partner 25 News. Another individual who lives at UAW contracted the ...
Sep 29, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Disney to lay off 28,000 at its parks in California, Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Squeezed by limits on attendance at its theme parks and other restrictions due to the pandemic, The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday it planned to lay off 28,000 workers in its parks ...
Sep 29, 2020 Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel
Local COVID roundup 9/29: tri-county reaches 80 deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man who had underlying conditions contracted COVID-19 and passed away between Monday and Tuesday, according to the Peoria City/County Health Department. The man lived in Tazewell Cou...
Sep 29, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 9/29: rolling positive % gets better
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,362 COVID-19 tests between Monday and Tuesday came back positive throughout Illinois. In that time, 23 deaths were reported. 45,624...
Sep 29, 2020 Midwest Communications
Pritzker in isolation after staffer tests positive for COVID
CHICAGO -- A member of Gov. J-B Pritzker's staff has tested positive for COVID-19. According to a release from the Pritzker's office, that staffer tested negative during weekly testing last Wednesday,...
Sep 29, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
NFL sees first big outbreak of COVID-19
***UPDATE*** The league said Tuesday it plans to play Sunday's Steelers-Titans game as scheduled and, if a contingency plan is needed to allow for more contact tracing, the game could be moved to Mond...
Sep 29, 2020 Midwest Communications
More human remains found at Banner Marsh
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- A bone, discovered on Saturday near Banner Marsh by a couple fishing on the riverbanks, is confirmed to be human. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood told WMBD News, the bone, w...
Sep 29, 2020 (25 News)
