Category Archives: Local News
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
California fire that killed 3 threatens thousands of homes
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) - A Northern California wildfire is threatening thousands of homes after winds whipped it into a monster that incinerated houses in a small mountain community and killed at least...
Sep 10, 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)
Arrest made in eighth homicide of the year
PEORIA, Ill. -- A suspect in the Saturday evening shooting of 21-year-old Terrence Dunigan has been arrested. 19-year-old Talya T. Zolicoffer, Jr. was identified as a suspect by detectives assigned to...
Sep 09, 2020 Midwest Communications
Book: Trump said of virus, 'I wanted to always play it down'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump talked privately about the severity of the coronavirus threat even as he was telling the nation the virus was no worse than the seasonal flu and insisting the ...
Sep 09, 2020 (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Local COVID roundup 9/9: nursing home resident dies
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Woodford County man in his 80s was reported Wednesday as the most recent area resident to die while sick with COVID-19. The man, according to Peoria City/County Health Department, li...
Sep 09, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria to receive more than $800,000 in COVID relief funds
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- More than $1 million will be coming to Peoria and Pekin in federal COVID relief funds. Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) announced Wednesday that Peoria will be receiving $808,791...
Sep 09, 2020 MWC-Bustos
Past-due fines forgiven at Peoria Public Library
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Public Library is offering a clean slate to past patrons. The Library's Roberta Koescielski told WMBD's Greg and Dan Show, as long as you bring past-due books and materials back...
Sep 09, 2020 MWC-Logo Credit - Peoria Public Library
President Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - A Norwegian lawmaker says he has nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in the Middle East. Norwegian parliament member Christian Ty...
Sep 09, 2020 FILE - In this Sunday, June 14, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up while walking across the tarmac as he boards Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport, in Morristown, N.J. Trump is returning to Washington. A far-right Norwegian lawmaker says he has nominated President Donald Trump for the Nobel Prize 2021 for his efforts to reach a peace agreement in the Middle East. Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament for the far-right Progress Party, said on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020 that Trump should be considered for his work “for reaching a peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel which opens up for possible peace in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
More U.S. troops coming home from Iraq
WASHINGTON (AP) - The top U.S. general for the Middle East says the number of American troops in Iraq will drop this month from about 5,200 to 3,000. Gen. Frank McKenzie said while visiting Iraq on We...
Sep 09, 2020 FILE - In this Dec. 26, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks to members of the military at a hangar rally at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. Among veterans and military families across the United States, there are sharply mixed feelings about the new reports that Trump made multiple disparaging comments about the U.S. military. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
