Category Archives: Local News
State COVID roundup 9/24: 62,000 tests given
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Labs across Illinois between Wednesday and Thursday received 62,071 tests for COVID-19. During that time, 2,257 people throughout the state received positive tests, while the Illi...
Sep 24, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 9/24: Tazewell female dies
PEORIA, Ill. -- A woman from Tazewell County in her 70s has passed away from coronavirus complications, the county's 24th such death and the 74th for Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford, combined. The woma...
Sep 24, 2020 Midwest Communications
Area residents gather for opening ceremony of Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Area residents gathered Thursday, while observing facial covering and social distancing protocols, in East Peoria to attend the opening ceremony of the Vietnam Traveling Memorial ...
Sep 24, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Peoria library branches closed after employee tests positive for COVID
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Public Library's North and Lakeview branches are closed after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. The Library's Executive Director Randall Yelverton said both branches wil...
Sep 24, 2020 MWC-Logo Credit - Peoria Public Library
Jobless claims at 870,000 as fraud and backlogs cloud data
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment aid rose slightly last week to 870,000, a historically high figure that shows that the viral pandemic is still squeezing restaurants, a...
Sep 24, 2020 Midwest Communications
Park district votes to remove Columbus statue from Bradley Park
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Park District voted 4-2 Wednesday night to remove a statue of explorer Christopher Columbus from Bradley Park, replacing it with green space. The move follows several town h...
Sep 24, 2020 (Peoria Park District)
Trump won't commit to peaceful transfer of power if he loses
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is declining to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the Nov. 3 presidential election. "We're going to have to see what happens," Trump said Wedn...
Sep 24, 2020 President Donald Trump listens during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Dismay over Breonna Taylor spills into America's streets
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Anger, frustration and sadness over the decision not to charge Kentucky police officers for Breonna Taylor's death poured into America's streets as protesters lashed out at a cr...
Sep 24, 2020 Demonstrators march during a protest, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in New York, following a Kentucky grand jury's decision not to indict any police officers for the killing of Breonna Taylor. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
State COVID roundup 9/23: over 1,500 once again in hospitals
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Wednesday added 1,848 cases of COVID-19 and 22 deaths related to the virus to the state totals. Labs throughout the state reported a to...
Sep 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 9/23: Tazewell death total rises
PEORIA, Ill. -- In addition to 107 new local COVID-19 cases, one virus-related death also occurred during the Tuesday-Wednesday reporting period. The life of a Tazewell County man in his 70s, who was ...
Sep 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
