Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: human remains found on bank of Illinois River, coroner rules out 3 missing persons
***UPDATE*** Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said a forensic autopsy and dental examination were performed Monday morning to determine whether or not the remains matched key profile points of loca...
Aug 30, 2020 Midwest Communications
Multiple police officers shot in Chicago and St. Louis Saturday night
CHICAGO (AP) -- Two police officers have been shot during a traffic stop in Chicago, prompting a third officer to return fire and injure the suspect. Police told reporters during a news conference ear...
Aug 30, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Morton Dist. 709: COVID cases down, quarantines up slightly
MORTON, Ill. -- Morton School District 709's weekly COVID-19 update showed fewer students tested positive this week for the coronavirus, but there's an increase in the number of kids quarantined due t...
Aug 29, 2020
Riverfront Museum offers "Movies on the Plaza"
PEORIA,Ill. -- The Peoria Riverfront Museum invites you to the movies. The museum has added a 40-foot by 30-foot outdoor movie screen where they're showing family-friendly and classic films. The Museu...
Aug 29, 2020
Changes to PPS meal distribution begin Monday
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Public Schools is making changes to its meal distribution program, adding a new restriction. Starting Monday, August 31, PPS will require children to present a PPS ID card to re...
Aug 29, 2020 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
Trump to head to Louisiana as Hurricane Laura cleanup starts
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - President Donald Trump says he is heading to Louisiana and Texas after Hurricane Laura tore through parts of the states. Trump's Saturday visit comes two days after the Catego...
Aug 29, 2020 (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Flooding surrounds a damaged building and boat Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, in Cameron, La., after Hurricane Laura moved through the area Thursday.
Chadwick Boseman, who embodied Black icons, dies of cancer
LOS ANGELES (AP) - First Chadwick Boseman slipped on the cleats of Jackie Robinson, then the Godfather of Soul's dancing shoes, portraying both Black American icons with a searing intensity that comma...
Aug 29, 2020 (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - In this March 4, 2018 file photo, Chadwick Boseman arrives at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe, has died of cancer. His representative says Boseman died Friday, Aug. 28, 2020 in Los Angeles after a four-year battle with colon cancer. He was 43.
State COVID roundup 8/28: positivity rate remains steady
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday announced 2,149 new cases of COVID-19, including 20 additional deaths. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity rate c...
Aug 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Par-A-Dice and FanDuel officially launch partnership
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Confirming speculation last week, Par-A-Dice Casino has officially launched its sports betting partnership with FanDuel Sportsbook. It is only the third sports betting app in the ...
Aug 28, 2020 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Local COVID roundup 8/28: recovery rate, hospitalizations both have increase
PEORIA, Ill. -- The tri-county recovery rate from COVID-19 continued its recent precipitous climb upwards, according to the Friday report from the Peoria City/County Health Department. After being in ...
Aug 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
