Category Archives: Local News

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 ...
Dalton Kemper 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...
Rick Hirschmann 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 ...
Dalton Kemper 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 ...
Julia Bradley 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...
Julia Bradley 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...
Julia Bradley 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...
Julia Bradley 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)

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...
Rick Hirschmann 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...
Dalton Kemper 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 ...
Dalton Kemper Sep 10, 2020 Midwest Communications


