Category Archives: Local News
State COVID roundup 7/23: another large case count
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Thursday reported another significant increase in COVID-19 cases. IDPH said 1,624 Illinoisans received positive test results between We...
Jul 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
White House drops payroll tax cut as GOP unveils virus aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House has dropped a bid to cut Social Security payroll taxes as Republicans unveil a $1 trillion COVID-19 rescue package. The tax cut had been opposed by top Senate GOP all...
Jul 23, 2020 MWC Radio
30 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 at Peoria Co. Jail
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell confirms the number of inmates at the Peoria County Jail has risen to 30 after eight more cases of COVID-19 were reported Wednesday night. "Th...
Jul 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
1.4 million Americans file for unemployment benefits
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of laid-off Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose last week for the first time since the pandemic struck in March, evidence of the deepening economic pain the outbr...
Jul 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
Trump deploys more federal agents under 'law-and-order' push
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says he will send federal agents into Chicago and Albuquerque to help combat rising crime as he runs for reelection under a "law-and-order" mantle. Using alarm...
Jul 22, 2020 AP-Photo/Evan Vucci
Columbus statue: keep or remove? Park District wants feedback
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Park District is seeking public opinion about the future of the Christopher Columbus statue that sits in Bradley Park. The district has scheduled a Facebook Live event for 6...
Jul 22, 2020 Peoria Park District
Local COVID roundup 7/22: improvement in two big areas
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two local COVID-19 metrics trended in the right direction from Tuesday to Wednesday. First, tri-county hospitalizations dropped to 29 from 31. Six people were in intensive care unit be...
Jul 22, 2020 Midwest Communications
Hackers prey on COVID assistance program
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A nationwide security breach has led the Illinois Department of Employment Security to issue a dire warning. Each state's Federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program has been...
Jul 22, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
State COVID roundup 7/22: almost 1,600 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- For the first time since early June, the state of Illinois's 24-hour COVID-19 case count surpassed the 1,500 mark over a 24-hour period. The Illinois Department of Public Health o...
Jul 22, 2020 Midwest Communications
Red, White, and Boom canceled
PEORIA, Ill. - Organizers of Red, White, and Boom have decided to outright cancel the 2020 event. Officials on May 1 postponed the July 4 event, with the hopes of holding it around Labor Day if the co...
Jul 22, 2020 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Laynee Mauerman)
