Category Archives: Local News
State COVID roundup 9/12: man in Peoria dies
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health said Saturday a man in his 90s in Peoria County has passed away from COVID-19, making it the second COVID-related death since Thursday to ...
Sep 12, 2020 Midwest Communications
Death of actor brings colon cancer concern to forefront
PEORIA, Ill. -- The late August death from colon cancer of actor Chadwick Boseman has raised awareness on the topic of knowing how and when to get checked. "In most cases, it's a cancer that's fairly ...
Sep 12, 2020 Midwest Communications
Pekin Marigold Parade called off
PEKIN, Ill. -- The 2020 parade portion of the Pekin Marigold Festival, which had been modified to a drive-thru event because of COVID, has been completely canceled. From the event's official Facebook ...
Sep 12, 2020 (Pekin Marigold Festival Facebook)
Travelling Vietnam Memorial Wall stopping in East Peoria
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- The Vietnam Travelling Memorial Wall will be in East Peoria later this month. The wall honoring those who lost their lives while serving in Vietnam will be in East Peoria's Levee ...
Sep 11, 2020 Maureen Welsh/Provided by East Peoria
Local COVID roundup 9/11: death reported for third straight day
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Tazewell County man in his 70s was reported Friday by the Peoria City/County Health Department as the area's most recent fatal COVID-19 case. The man resided in the long-term care fa...
Sep 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 9/11: Tazewell County at warning level
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Tazewell County is among the counties in the state of Illinois considered to be at warning level by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). A county enters warning level ...
Sep 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
PPD makes second arrest in Peoria's latest homicide
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have arrested a second individual in connection with the City's 8th homicide of the year last weekend on W. Woodhill Lane. Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said the ...
Sep 11, 2020
ISP trooper struck on I-39 in Woodford County
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. -- A 71-year-old Wisconsin man was cited Thursday for a Scott's Law violation after his vehicle struck an Illinois State Police cruiser, injuring a sergeant. The incident happene...
Sep 11, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD
10 dead as California fire becomes deadliest of 2020
GRIDLEY, Calif. (AP) - A Northern California wildfire that destroyed a foothill hamlet has become the state's deadliest blaze of the year with 10 people confirmed dead - and the toll could climb as se...
Sep 11, 2020 Flames lick above vehicles on Highway 162 as the Bear Fire burns in Oroville, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. The blaze, part of the lightning-sparked North Complex, expanded at a critical rate of spread as winds buffeted the region. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
U.S. remembers 9/11 as pandemic changes tribute traditions
NEW YORK (AP) - Americans are commemorating 9/11 with tributes that have been altered by coronavirus precautions and woven into the presidential campaign, drawing President Donald Trump and Democratic...
Sep 11, 2020 FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2013, file photo, Charlotte Newman, 8, visits the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York. On Sept. 11, 2020, Americans will commemorate 9/11 with tributes that have been altered by coronavirus precautions and woven into the presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
