Category Archives: Local News
Local COVID roundup 9/16: triple-digit case count, one additional death
PEORIA, Ill. -- A burst of 109 COVID-19 tests between Tuesday and Wednesday came back positive throughout Peoria, Woodford, and Tazewell Counties, and yet another person has died. The Peoria City/Coun...
Sep 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 9/16: 50k+ tests given
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois as a state remained under 2,000 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday as labs took in 52,311 tests. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,941 throughout the state te...
Sep 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
Big Ten Football set to return in October
Big Ten is going to give fall football a shot after all. Less than five weeks after pushing fall sports to spring in the name of player safety during the pandemic, the conference changed course Wednes...
Sep 16, 2020
US outlines sweeping plan to provide free COVID-19 vaccines
WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government outlined a sweeping plan Wednesday to make vaccines for COVID-19 available for free to all Americans, even as polls show a strong undercurrent of skepticism ri...
Sep 16, 2020 FILE - In this July 30, 2020 photo, Kai Hu, a research associate transfers medium to cells, in the laboratory at Imperial College in London. Imperial College is working on the development of a COVID-19 vaccine. In a report to Congress and an accompanying “playbook” for states and localities, key federal health agencies and the Defense Department sketched out complex plans for a vaccination campaign to begin gradually early next year or later in 2020, eventually ramping up to reach any American who wants a shot. The Pentagon is involved with the distribution of vaccines, but civilian health workers will be the ones giving shots. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Overturned semi shuts down part of I-74 eastbound
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- An overturned semi hauler on Eastbound I-74 shut down traffic heading into Peoria Wednesday morning. Illinois State Police said the accident occurred around 4:30 a.m. just east ...
Sep 16, 2020 (25 News)
Classes at WIU canceled after shooting on campus
MACOMB, Ill. -- Western Illinois University canceled classes Wednesday after a shooting on the Macomb campus Tuesday night. University officials said all online and in-person classes at both the Macom...
Sep 16, 2020 (Western Illinois University Police)
EP Council addresses water bill increase concerns
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- East Peoria City Council responded Tuesday night to recent concerns over water bills. Following an Aug. 1 rate hike, residents of the city have been voicing concern on social medi...
Sep 15, 2020 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Hurricane Sally blasts ashore in Alabama with punishing rain
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, pushing a surge of ocean water onto the coast and dumping torrential rain that forecast...
Sep 15, 2020 AP Photo/Gerald Herbrt
Over $200 million in grants available for Illinois small businesses
CHICAGO -- Business owners in Illinois will be eligible to receive more funding in the form of grants due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, announced Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Applications for the Business ...
Sep 15, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 9/15: case count remains below 2k
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Newly reported positive coronavirus cases throughout Illinois remained Tuesday between 1,000 and 2,000, as the Illinois Department of Public Health said 1,466 people received posi...
Sep 15, 2020 Midwest Communications
