Category Archives: Local News
Peoria County Primary Election Results
Precincts reporting: 95 of 95 City of Peoria Mayor (top 2 advance to General Election April 6): Andres A. Diaz: 8.88% Rita Ali: 38.83% Jim Montelongo: 23.93% Sid Ruckriegel: 18.76% Chama St. Louis: 9....
Feb 23, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 2/23: 0 deaths, relatively few new cases
PEORIA, Ill. -- 61 new COVID-19 cases and no newly reported deaths highlighted Tuesday's Peoria City/County Health Department report. Tazewell County topped the tri-county with 29, while Peoria report...
Feb 23, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 2/23: Just over 1,600 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Tuesday reported 1,665 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 27 additional deaths. In the past 24 hou...
Feb 23, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria Public Schools recipient of $850,000 R3 grant
PEORIA, Ill. -- Thanks to the state of Illinois' Restore, Reinvest, Renew (R3) program, Peoria Public Schools (PPS) will be the recipient of a $858,669 grant. The grant was announced Tuesday at a news...
Feb 23, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Mayor Ardis prepares virtual State of the City address
PEORIA, Ill. -- COVID-19 has changed a lot in the past year...including how Wednesday's Peoria State of the City address will be given. Mayor Jim Ardis will give his final yearly recap on YouTube on W...
Feb 23, 2021 Peoria City
Central Illinois voters go to the polls on Primary Day
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's Primary Election Day. The mayor's race and four City Council races in Peoria will likely be top of mind on Tuesday as voters go to the polls. There are five candidates for Peoria ...
Feb 23, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria Police searching for highjacking suspects
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded just before 11 p.m. Monday to the 2700 block of N. Bootz regarding a report of a vehicle hijacking. Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said the victim told p...
Feb 23, 2021 MWC-PPD
U.S. Senate begins review of security failings ahead of deadly Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. Senate panels reviewing security failings in the run-up to the deadly assault on the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump are due on Tuesday to interv...
Feb 23, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Police release tear gas into a crowd of pro-Trump protesters during clashes at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo/File Photo
New criminal justice reforms signed into Illinois law
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. J-B Pritzker signed a sweeping criminal justice reform package into law on Monday. The new law ends cash bail in many cases, sets statewide standards on police use o...
Feb 23, 2021 (File-1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol)
Peoria schools further discuss year-round schooling
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Public Schools' Balanced Calendar Committee presented an update on its studies and findings during Monday night's District 150 Board of Education meeting. Essentially, a "ba...
Feb 22, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
