Category Archives: Local News
Motorcyclist involved in accident dies after fleeing from officer
PEORIA, Ill. -- An East Peoria motorcyclist has died after fleeing from an East Peoria Police Officer attempting to stop him for speeding. The individual, 25-year-old Craig B. Spurlock, Jr, of East Pe...
Aug 10, 2020 (File-1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol)
State COVID roundup 8/10: fewer cases, fewer tests
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The statewide positivity rate for COVID-19 stagnated at 4.1%, but Monday brought a second straight day of cases under 2,000, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health....
Aug 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
Big Ten nixes fall football schedule
ROSEMONT, Ill. -- The Big Ten voted Monday none of its member schools will play football in the fall of 2020. By a 12-2 vote, university presidents decided the coronavirus concern was just too great t...
Aug 10, 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Watch in effect Monday until 7:00 P.M.
PEORIA, Ill. -- The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Peoria and the surrounding counties Monday until 7:00 P.M. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collin...
Aug 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
Ardis says Pritzker's emergency rules aren't enforceable
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois' new emergency rules may not make it past committee. On Friday, Gov. J-B Pritzker announced a three-step plan to help encourage masks and social distancing at businesses, scho...
Aug 10, 2020 Peoria City
Over 100 arrests in Chicago after looting and unrest
CHICAGO (AP) - More than 100 people were arrested Monday following a night of looting and unrest that left 13 officers injured and caused damage in the city's upscale Magnificent Mile shopping distric...
Aug 10, 2020 Kajal Dalal walks through her family's food and liquor store Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, after it was vandalized in downtown Chicago. Chicago’s police commissioner says more than 100 people were arrested following a night of looting and unrest that left several officers injured and caused damage in the city’s upscale Magnificent Mile shopping district and other parts of the city. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Peoria's Golden Corral closes
PEORIA, Ill. -- Citing the financial strain of the COVID-19 pandemic, the owner of Peoria's Golden Corral announced Sunday that the restaurant was closing indefinitely. In a statement, Phil Caplis bla...
Aug 10, 2020 (Google)
States on hook for billions under Trump's unemployment plan
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - States are having to consider whether they can afford a plan from President Donald Trump to extend additional unemployment benefits, the plan requires states to provide 25 per...
Aug 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 8/9: key metrics come down
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- After consecutive days of 2,000+ coronavirus cases throughout the state, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported Sunday that trend was broken, with 1,382 cases. Eight pe...
Aug 09, 2020 Midwest Communications
Trump orders encroach on Congress' powers, invite challenges
BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) - President Donald Trump has bypassed the nation's lawmakers as he claimed the authority to defer payroll taxes and replace an expired unemployment benefit with a lower amount af...
Aug 09, 2020 President Donald Trump delivers remarks about American energy production during a visit to the Double Eagle Energy Oil Rig, Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Midland, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
