Category Archives: Local News
Injury from Thurs. gunshot deemed life-threatening
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics were called around 1:45 Thursday afternoon to the 1200 block of E. Frye on reports of a gunshot victim. During their travels to the call, they received re...
Sep 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
Four cases of Legionnaires' disease confirmed in Tazewell County since July
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. -- Since July of this year, Tazewell County has seen four confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease. Legionnaires' disease is a very serious type of pneumonia caused by a bacteria...
Sep 10, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Local COVID roundup 9/10: female long-term care resident dies
PEORIA, Ill. -- The local death toll due to COVID-19 is now at 56 after a female in her 90's has died. The woman was a resident of a long-term care facility, Apostolic Christian Skyline. The woman is ...
Sep 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
GOP's slimmed-down virus bill scuttled by Senate Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats have scuttled a scaled-back GOP coronavirus rescue package, saying the measure shortchanges too many pressing needs as the pandemic continues its assault on the coun...
Sep 10, 2020 Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., left, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
State COVID roundup 9/10: seven-day positivity rate under 4%
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The state of Illinois' preliminary seven-day statewide positivity rate has fallen below 4%. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced Thursday that the rate from S...
Sep 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
UnityPoint Health opens region's first hospital-based dialysis center
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Central Illinois region's first hospital-based dialysis center is now open in Peoria. UnityPoint Health opened the center Thursday, Sept. 10, and the hospital can serve 14 patients...
Sep 10, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
In a year of social distancing, virus alters Sept. 11, too
NEW YORK (AP) - The coronavirus pandemic has reshaped how the U.S. is observing the anniversary of 9/11. The terror attacks' 19th anniversary will be marked Friday by dueling ceremonies at the Sept. 1...
Sep 10, 2020 FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2017, file photo, the Tribute in Light illuminates in the sky above the Lower Manhattan area of New York, as seen from across the Hudson River in Jersey City, N.J. The coronavirus pandemic has reshaped how the U.S. is observing the anniversary of 9/11. The terror attacks' 19th anniversary will be marked Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, by dueling ceremonies at the Sept. 11 memorial plaza and a corner nearby in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)
James Bond, 'Avengers' star Diana Rigg dies at 82
LONDON (AP) - British actress Diana Rigg, who became a 1960s style icon as secret agent Emma Peel in TV series "The Avengers," has died. She was 82. Rigg's agent Simon Beresford said she died Thursday...
Sep 10, 2020 FILE - In this Sept. 20, 1972 file photo, British actress Diana Rigg and actor Anthony Hopkins attend the opening night of Macbeth at the National Theatre, London. Rigg plays Lady Macbeth opposite Hopkins' Macbeth in the Shakespearean tragedy. Actress Diana Rigg, who became a 1960s style icon as secret agent Emma Peel in TV series “The Avengers,” has died at age 82. Rigg’s agent Simon Beresford says she died Thursday Sept. 10, 2020 at home with her family. (AP Photo/Bob Dear, File)
Marigold Festival adapts to keep volunteers and patrons safe
PEKIN, Ill. -- Although it will look a little different this year, Pekin's annual Marigold Festival will go on this weekend. Pekin Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Amy McCoy told WMBD's Greg and...
Sep 10, 2020 (Pekin Marigold Festival Facebook)
US layoffs remain elevated as 884K seek jobless aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans applying for jobless aid was unchanged last week at 884,000, a sign that layoffs are stuck at a historically high level six months after the viral pandemic fl...
Sep 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
