Category Archives: Local News
"Go Local" campaign aims to highlight local establishments
PEORIA, Ill. -- The first-ever "Go Local" event Saturday in Junction City promoted local business and emphasized the importance of shopping small and supporting local. The event hosted nine different ...
Feb 6, 2021 Ben Pollard/1470-100.3 WMBD
Collins: More snow and bitter cold this weekend and next week
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria area will be hit this weekend and next week by some of the coldest temperatures so far this winter. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins says Peoria can ex...
Feb 6, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley (file)
Local COVID roundup 2/5: long-term care facility reports death
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man in his 60s who lived at University Rehab accounted for the area's latest COVID-19 death. Peoria City/County Health Department said 129 people between Thursday and Friday received...
Feb 5, 2021 Midwest Communications
City of Peoria announces warming centers with plummeting temperatures
PEORIA, Ill. -- The City of Peoria is reminding residents that there will be warming centers open throughout the city as temperatures will drop to below zero at times this weekend and next week. The c...
Feb 5, 2021 Midwest Communications
After the GameStop short squeeze, what's next for the stock market?
PEORIA, Ill. -- Last week, the nation watched as the price of GameStop stock skyrocketed to over $300 a share. A large group of users from Reddit decided to short squeeze the stock, driving the price ...
Feb 5, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 2/5: vax record set
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- More Illinoisans received the COVID-19 vaccine between Thursday and Friday than during any other 24-hour reporting period since the shot has been available. Just short of 75,000 -...
Feb 5, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. job growth rebound less than expected; more government aid needed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employment growth rebounded less than expected in January and job losses the prior month were deeper than initially thought, strengthening the argument for additional relie...
Feb 5, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Job seekers break out to visit corporate employment personnel at a U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation "Hiring Our Heroes" military job fair in Washington January 8, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron
U.S. Senate passes budget plan to advance Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID aid package
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's drive to enact a $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill gained momentum on Friday as the U.S. Senate narrowly approved a budget blueprint allowing Democrats to...
Feb 5, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Peoria crews battle house fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters responded just before 11 p.m. Thursday to a house fire in the 4000 block of N. University. Fire Battalion Chief Steve Rada said a resident noticed sparks coming fro...
Feb 5, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. House punishes Republican congresswoman over incendiary remarks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of two high-profile committee assignments on Thursday, punishing the Republican congresswoman for incendi...
Feb 4, 2021 REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo
