Category Archives: Local News
Motorcyclist dies in Woodford County crash
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. -- A Germantown Hills man was killed over the weekend when his motorcycle went off the road on Rt. 26 near Banta Road, just south of Lacon. Woodford County Coroner Tim Ruestman h...
Aug 26, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Laura now forecast to be a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - Hurricane Laura is rapidly intensifying and forecasters now expect it to become a "catastrophic" Category 4 hurricane. It's already a Category 3 as it approaches Texas and Loui...
Aug 26, 2020 Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, in Galveston, Texas, Hurricane Laura moves toward the Gulf Coast. Forecasters say Laura is rapidly intensifying and will become a “catastrophic” Category 4 hurricane before landfall. It's churning toward Texas and Louisiana, gathering wind and water that swirls over much of the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Rep. Spain opposed to Illinois' proposed graduated income tax plan
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois voters will cast their ballots on a graduated income tax initiative in November. State Rep. Ryan Spain, of Peoria, said with Illinois being in such financial turmoil, approvin...
Aug 26, 2020 Rep. Ryan Spain
First lady makes her case for Trump vote
WASHINGTON (AP) - First lady Melania Trump has cast her husband as the best hope for America's future in a Rose Garden address. President Donald Trump turned to family, farmers and the trappings of th...
Aug 26, 2020 First lady Melania Trump arrives to speak to the 2020 Republican National Convention from the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Kenosha Police: 3 shot, 2 fatally, during Wisconsin protests
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - Two people died and one person was injured as shots were fired late Tuesday in Kenosha during the third night of unrest in Wisconsin following the shooting of a Black man by polic...
Aug 26, 2020 Police in riot gear clear a park during clashes with protesters outside the Kenosha County Courthouse late Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. Protests continue following the police shooting of Jacob Blake two days earlier. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Collins: There's science behind the heat index
PEORIA, Ill. -- The heat index hasn't been around too long, it was created in 1979, but it's part of our summer time vernacular. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins explains that th...
Aug 26, 2020
Debate stalemate: Peoria still without finalized budget
PEORIA, Ill. -- After a heated back-and-forth Tuesday night that, unofficially, lasted one hour, 48 minutes, Peoria City Council voted not to approve a recommended restructuring to its fiscal year 202...
Aug 26, 2020
Saliva COVID-19 test cuts out multiple steps, according to Infectious Disease Specialist
PEORIA, Ill. -- With COVID-19 saliva testing gaining emergency-use authorization from the FDA last week, patients should expect to see faster results compared to nasal swab tests. Infectious Disease S...
Aug 25, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Butler pleads guilty to misdemeanor charge
Bloomington, Ill. -- Former BMI Concessions President John Butler has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor theft charge in McLean County court. At one time, Butler was the general manager of the Peoria Chi...
Aug 25, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Illinois seniors have more time to renew their licenses
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Drivers 75 and older have been given another year to renew their Illinois driver's license. Secretary of State Spokesperson Dave Druker said the goal is to shorten lines at driver...
Aug 25, 2020 Midwest Communications
