Category Archives: Local News
Update: Pedestrian killed by motorcycle identified
UPDATE - Early Saturday morning a pedestrian was struck by a motorcycle and killed. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the victim as 49-year-old Allen Hulin, of Peoria. Harwood said Hu...
Sep 26, 2020
Trump expected to announce conservative Barrett for court
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is expected to announce Saturday that he is nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court as he aims to put a historic conservative stamp on the high...
Sep 25, 2020 Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP
City of Peoria in discussions with Firefighter's Union to only cut one engine
PEORIA, Ill. -- The decision by the Peoria City Council to decommission two fire engines, Station 4 on the southside and Station 20 on the northside, has been a hotly-contested one since the decision ...
Sep 25, 2020 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Local COVID roundup 9/25: 0 deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- The tri-county of Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford experienced no new COVID-19 deaths between Thursday and Friday. However, there was a relatively high amount of new cases, with 83. Peor...
Sep 25, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 9/25: Over 2,500 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Over 2,500 new cases of COVID-19 were announced Friday by the Illinois Department of Public Health. In addition to the 2,514 new cases, 25 deaths were reported. Currently, IDPH is...
Sep 25, 2020 Midwest Communications
In the orange: Peoria County at COVID warning level
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County was one of 17 counties throughout the state to receive notice Friday from the Illinois Department of Public Health. IDPH has placed said counties in the orange -- at a wa...
Sep 25, 2020 Midwest Communications
Man suffers shot to head, expected to be okay
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man who was apparently shot in the head Thursday night in South Peoria is expected to recover. Peoria Police were called just before 11:00 to the 1000 block of John Gwynn on three Sh...
Sep 25, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria shooting leaves man hospitalized
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just before 8 p.m. Thursday to the area of Kansas and Wisconsin by a ShotSpotter alert, indicating 10 shots were fired. Peoria Public Information Officer Amy ...
Sep 25, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Ginsburg is first woman to lie in state at US Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) - Commemorations are set to begin Friday honoring the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the U.S. Capitol, the first woman in American history to lie in state at the dom...
Sep 25, 2020 The flag-draped casket of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg arrives at the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. Ginsburg, 87, died of cancer on Sept. 18. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
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Grayeb seeks re-election, won't run for mayor
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City Council Member Chuck Grayeb, who represents the City's 2nd District, confirms he will not run for mayor, but instead seek another term on the City Council. Grayeb has serve...
Sep 25, 2020 (City of Peoria)
