Category Archives: Local News
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)
Worldwide death toll from coronavirus eclipses 1 million
NEW DELHI (AP) - The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus has eclipsed 1 million. The milestone, recorded by Johns Hopkins University, comes nine months into a crisis that has devastated the glob...
Sep 29, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria Public Schools working to use saliva testing for students and staff
PEORIA, Ill. -- COVID-19 saliva testing may be used for students and staff of Peoria Public Schools to cut down on quarantine numbers when they return to in-person learning. Superintendent Dr. Sharon ...
Sep 28, 2020 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
Pekin approves participation in $250M state COVID reimbursement program
PEKIN, Ill. -- The City of Pekin voted Monday night to take advantage of an allotment of $1.4 million in state coronavirus relief funds. The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity in...
Sep 28, 2020 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Pekin mother charged with manslaughter in death of child
PEKIN, Ill. -- A 19-year-old Pekin mother is in jail after the death of her 11-month-old daughter, according to news partner 25 News. The mother, Angel Vanduker, now faces involuntary manslaughter cha...
Sep 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
Officer charged in Breonna Taylor case pleads not guilty
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The lone Kentucky detective facing charges related to the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor pleaded not guilty Monday. Brett Hankison's plea comes five days after a grand jury in...
Sep 28, 2020 AP Photo/Darron Cummings
North, Lakeview libraries set to reopen
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two Peoria Public Library branches closed for the last week because an employee tested positive for COVID-19 are on target to reopen as scheduled. The North and Lakeview facilities are...
Sep 28, 2020 MWC-Logo Credit - Peoria Public Library
