Category Archives: Local News
Saliva testing at U of I puts the state on the "cutting edge"
CHICAGO -- A big breakthrough as it relates to COVID-19 testing was announced Wednesday by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. "The University of Illinois has been granted emergency use authorization from the Food an...
Aug 19, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Local COVID roundup 8/19: Peoria woman dies, area tops 3,000 cases
PEORIA, Ill. -- A female Peoria County resident in her 80s has passed away from complications related to COVID-19, the area's latest casualty from coronavirus. The Peoria City/County Health Department...
Aug 19, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 8/19: over 2,000 new cases again
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The state of Illinois is back over the 2,000 new cases mark. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Wednesday announced 2,295 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 2...
Aug 19, 2020 Midwest Communications
Pekin gets a share of $40M in revitalization grants
PEKIN, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. J-B Pritzker Wednesday announced new grants for 27 projects statewide, including one in Pekin. The City of Pekin has been awarded $2 million for the revitalization of Cour...
Aug 19, 2020 1470&100.3 WMBD
Washington Dist. 52 goes with all-remote start
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- According to a letter sent out to families on Tuesday, Washington Grade School students will start the school year learning from home, like many students in the Peoria area. Washin...
Aug 19, 2020
Shooting overnight leaves one injured
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert around 2 a.m. Wednesday in the 2000 block of S. Oregon. Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said seven shots were fired. "Officers a ma...
Aug 19, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Democrats nominate Biden for epic challenge to oust Trump
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Democrats formally nominated Joe Biden as their 2020 presidential nominee Tuesday night, as party officials and activists from across the nation gave the former vice president ...
Aug 19, 2020 Democratic 2020 presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden reacts in a video feed from Delaware after winning the votes to become the Democratic Party's 2020 nominee for President during the second night of the virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisc., Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. (Brian Snyder/Pool via AP)
Multimillion dollar housing structure approved
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- A residential facility is coming to East Peoria that will mean a minimum of a $13 million investment. City Council on Tuesday night voted to move forward with the Riverfront Midri...
Aug 18, 2020 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Murray Baker project still on schedule for Nov. 1
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Murray Baker Bridge project that has left the bridge closed since March 29 is still on schedule to reopen on the target date of Nov. 1. Even though the world has been dealing with ...
Aug 18, 2020 (Illinois Dept. of Transportation)
Local COVID roundup 8/18: triple digits over 24 hours
PEORIA, Ill. -- A batch of 104 new COVID-19 cases highlighted the 24-hour reporting period between Monday and Tuesday for the Peoria City/County Health Department. 51 of those cases stemmed from Peori...
Aug 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
