Category Archives: Local News
Illinois House panel to investigate long-serving speaker
CHICAGO (AP) - The Illinois House has formed a special panel to investigate Speaker Michael Madigan, who has been implicated in a federal bribery probe. Republicans petitioned to form the committee ea...
Sep 03, 2020 AP Photo/Seth Perlman
Second annual BrownFest Saturday to honor Kevin Brown
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- When Kevin Brown passed away in June 2019, it shook the local area. Brown, former Washington basketball coach, lost his battle with Glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, after ...
Sep 02, 2020 Photo Courtesy: KBStrong - Fighting the Fight
CDC tells states: Be ready to distribute vaccines on Nov. 1
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The federal government has told states to prepare for a coronavirus vaccine to be ready to distribute by Nov. 1. The timeline raised concern among public health experts about a...
Sep 02, 2020 Midwest Communications
Arson listed as preliminary reason for Wednesday blaze
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria man was taken into custody Wednesday morning after being suspected of arson. The county sheriff's office and Peoria Police Department arrived around 8:45 to 9619 N. Rt. 91. Th...
Sep 02, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 9/2: senior citizen passes away
PEORIA, Ill. -- The death of a Peoria County man in his 90s reported Wednesday by the Peoria City/County Health Department brought the area's total COVID-19 fatality count to 51. The agency said the m...
Sep 02, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 9/2: back over 2k
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- 2,128 Illinoisans between Tuesday and Wednesday received positive COVID-19 results. This was according to a report from the Illinois Department of Public Health, which said 32,751...
Sep 02, 2020 Midwest Communications
Officials urge mail-in voters to send ballots back quickly
PEORIA, Ill. -- You've likely received a card in the mailbox regarding mail-in voting for the November election. Executive Director of the Peoria County Election Commission Thomas Bride said if you ch...
Sep 02, 2020 Midwest Communications
IEMA encourages families to be prepared for anything
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- September is National Preparedness Month and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency is encouraging families to be ready for all kinds of emergencies. IEMA Spokesperson Rebecca C...
Sep 02, 2020
PIA gets major federal grant
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria International Airport will receive $1.1 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation through the Coronavirus Air, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to expand an ap...
Sep 01, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Peoria City Council votes to decommission two engines, borrow $10 million
PEORIA, Ill. -- After hours of discussion in previous weeks that led up to Tuesday night's special meeting, the Peoria City Council has voted 6-5 to decommission two fire engines and borrow $10 millio...
Sep 01, 2020 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
