Category Archives: Local News
Arrest made after equipment stolen from Raber Packing site
WEST PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria man has been arrested for theft after Peoria County Deputies found $20,000 worth of construction equipment in his vehicle Saturday night. The equipment had been stolen fr...
Sep 21, 2020
As Democrats balk, Trump to make high court pick by Saturday
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Monday he expects to announce his pick for the Supreme Court on Friday or Saturday, after funeral services for Ruth Bader Ginsburg and just days before th...
Sep 21, 2020 President Donald Trump wraps up his speech at a campaign rally at Fayetteville Regional Airport, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, in Fayetteville, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
State COVID roundup 9/20: Woodford County death among 14 statewide
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday reported just over 1,400 new coronavirus cases and 14 additional deaths. One of the deaths announced was a Woodford County man i...
Sep 21, 2020 Midwest Communications
Pressure mounts on GOP senators over filling Ginsburg seat
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden hammered President Donald Trump and leading Senate Republicans for trying to rush a replacement for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as...
Sep 21, 2020 Matthew Kronzek, of Washington, D.C. takes a photo at the Supreme Court as people honor the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Morton High School records no COVID positives for first time this year
MORTON, Ill. -- Morton District 709 is making strides as it relates to COVID-19 positives within the school district. For the first time this school year, no student positives were recorded Friday at ...
Sep 20, 2020 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Double shooting early Sunday morning in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria emergency crews responded to reports of gunshot wounds to multiple victims early Sunday morning on the South Side of Peoria. A ShotSpotter alert indicated 20 rounds were fired ar...
Sep 20, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Mail-in ballots being sent out beginning Thursday
PEORIA,Ill. -- Requests for mail-in ballots have been out several weeks now, and on Thursday, September 24, election officials will start mailing those ballots. Peoria County Election Commission's Tho...
Sep 19, 2020 Midwest Communications
McConnell vows quick vote on next justice; Biden says wait
WASHINGTON (AP) - The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg just six weeks before the election cast an immediate spotlight on the crucial high court vacancy, with Senate Majority Leader M...
Sep 19, 2020 The flag flies at half-staff at the Supreme Court on the morning after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020 in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women's rights champion who became the court's second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She ...
Sep 18, 2020 AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File
BCDI plans move to former Midstate College campus
PEORIA, Ill. -- The former Midstate College campus on Northmoor in Peoria will soon be home to the Blood and Clotting Disorders Institute. BCDI is recognized as one of the top hemophilia treatment cen...
Sep 18, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley
