Category Archives: Local News
Fire dept. makes river rescue
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics were called to a potentially scary scene Thursday afternoon near the McClugage Bridge. Crews received word around 2:00 a catamaran boat had capsized at th...
Aug 27, 2020 MWC- PHOTO CREDIT - THE MCCLUGAGE BRIDGE PROJECT
State COVID roundup 8/27: hospitalizations, ventilator use rise
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Department of Public Health on Thursday reported 1,707 new cases of COVID-19. During the Wednesday-to-Thursday reporting period, 24 passed away from the virus. The rollin...
Aug 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
K-8 school reports first COVID case
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. -- Days after Illinois Valley Central High School reported its first case of COVID-19, another building inside Illinois Valley School District 321 has recorded its first case. Superi...
Aug 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
IHSA: Fall sports to end with "entry-level" tournaments
Bloomington, Ill. -- The Illinois High School Association has taken heat on a recent decision to forgo state championships for all fall sports. IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson told WMBD's Greg ...
Aug 27, 2020
Teen girl first reported death from Hurricane Laura
UNDATED (AP) - Hurricane Laura is headed toward Arkansas, where an unusual tropical storm warning has been issued for much of the state. Many schools that just reopened for the first time since March ...
Aug 27, 2020 (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A woman passes on a street near businesses on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in downtown Lake Charles, La., in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura.
Over 1 million Americans join the ranks of the unemployed
WASHINGTON (AP) - Just over 1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that the coronavirus outbreak continues to threaten jobs even as the housing market, auto sales and ...
Aug 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
Fatal accident overnight in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- One person is dead following a late night crash in Peoria. Peoria Police responded to a single-vehicle accident in the 300 block of W. Glen, near the intersection with Knoxville, just ...
Aug 27, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Laura makes landfall in southwestern Louisiana near Texas
LAKE ARTHUR, La. (AP) - Laura has weakened to a Category 1 hurricane as its center moved deeper inland over Louisiana. That's no longer a major hurricane but it still has extremely dangerous winds hou...
Aug 27, 2020 This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, at 4:50 p.m. EDT., and provided by NOAA, shows Hurricane Laura over the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane Laura strengthened Wednesday into “an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane," Laura is expected to struck Thursday morning along the Louisiana-Texas border. (NOAA via AP)
Peoria County Sheriff's deputy arrested for burglary
PEORIA, Ill. -- Matthew Hawkins, a 47-year-old Peoria County Sheriff's deputy, was arrested Wednesday on charges of retail theft, burglary to a commercial business (Class 2 felony) and official miscon...
Aug 26, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Local COVID roundup 8/26: drastic improvement in recovery rate
PEORIA, Ill. -- Tazewell County as of Wednesday broke the 1,000 COVID-19 case mark, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. The county reported 21 new cases between Tuesday and Wednesda...
Aug 26, 2020 Midwest Communications
