Category Archives: Local News
Local COVID roundup 8/25: 49th area death
PEORIA, Ill. -- COVID-19 has now claimed the life of a Woodford County man in his 50s. The Tuesday report from Peoria City/County Health Department said the man did not reside in a long-term care faci...
Aug 25, 2020 Midwest Communications
Evacuations ordered as Hurricane Laura aims at U.S. coast
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Thousands of people were ordered to evacuate the Texas and Louisiana coasts Tuesday as Laura strengthened into a hurricane that forecasters said could slam into land as a major stor...
Aug 25, 2020
Peoria Public Schools to look at renaming buildings
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Public Schools may be changing the names of their buildings sooner rather than later. Vice President of the Board of Education Gregory Wilson expressed his interest in examining...
Aug 24, 2020 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
Local COVID roundup 8/24: weekend sees nearly 200 new cases
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County recorded exactly 100 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend. Meanwhile, Tazewell had 76 and Woodford reported 18, giving the tri-county a total of 194 new cases from Satu...
Aug 24, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 8/24: lower test numbers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Monday snapped a five-day streak of over 50,000 COVID-19 tests performed throughout the state, attributable partially to typically slower activity on Sundays. The Illinois Departm...
Aug 24, 2020 Midwest Communications
IVC records first known COVID case
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - Illinois Valley Central has announced its first confirmed case of COVID-19. Principal Kenton Bergman e-mailed parents and students early on Monday afternoon to inform them of the s...
Aug 24, 2020 Midwest Communications
GOP delegates open convention to renominate Trump for 2020
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Republicans gathered Monday to formally nominate President Donald Trump for reelection at a scaled-down convention kickoff in Charlotte that begins a weeklong effort to convince...
Aug 24, 2020
MTHS opts for all remote learning
***UPDATE*** MTHS will be going to all-remote learning until Sept. 8, pending board of education approval. The following e-mail was sent Monday afternoon from Superintendent Sean O'Laughlin to distric...
Aug 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
Marco becomes hurricane headed for US Gulf Coast
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Marco became a hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico Sunday on a path toward the Louisiana coast as Tropical Storm Laura killed at least seven people in the Dominican Republic...
Aug 23, 2020 People line up to enter retail chain Costco to buy provisions in New Orleans, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, in advance of Hurricane Marco, expected to make landfall on the Southern Louisiana coast. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
State COVID roundup 8/23: 50k the new norm
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Sunday marked five straight days of 50,000-plus COVID-19 tests administered across the state of Illinois. The Illinois Department of Public Health said 54,351 people took part in ...
Aug 23, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
