Category Archives: Local News
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
Milwaukee Bucks protest Blake shooting, opt against playing Wednesday playoff game
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The Milwaukee Bucks have decided to boycott Game 5 of their NBA playoff series against the Orlando Magic, according to ESPN. The decision came in the aftermath of the Sunday ...
Aug 26, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria Police officer Shawn Allen running for City Clerk
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police officer Shawn Allen Wednesday announced his candidacy for Peoria City Clerk. Allen made the announcement Wednesday in a video on his Facebook page. "As a resident, I see ...
Aug 26, 2020 Midwest Communications
Suspect arrested after 2 are killed at Kenosha protest
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - lllinois police have arrested a juvenile after two people were shot to death during another night of Black Lives Matter protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Commander Norman Johnson of...
Aug 26, 2020 (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Authorities disperse protesters out of a park Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020 in Kenosha, Wis. Anger over the Sunday shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, by police spilled into the streets for a third night.
State COVID roundup 8/26: Peoria woman in her 90s dies from virus
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria woman in her 90s is reported to have died from COVID-19. She was among 37 additional deaths announced Wednesday by the Illinois Department of Public Health. IDPH also announce...
Aug 26, 2020 Midwest Communications
