Category Archives: Local News
US signs contract with Pfizer for COVID-19 vaccine doses
WASHINGTON (AP) - Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar says the U.S. has signed a contract with Pfizer for delivery in December of the first 100 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine the pharma...
Jul 22, 2020 Midwest Communications
PPS answers questions about back-to-school plans
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Public Schools gave parents an opportunity Tuesday night to ask questions and to comment on the school district's return to school plan. Questions were sent in ahead of the virt...
Jul 22, 2020 1470/100.3 WMBD
EPCHS will start year with remote learning due to flooding
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- East Peoria Community High School will start the 2020-21 school year with all remote learning. 9.3 inches of rain that fell in a matter of an hour and a half on July 15, caused fl...
Jul 22, 2020 (25 News/HOI)
Gov. Pritzker announces $21.3 billion roads and bridges improvement plan
SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. JB Pritzker joined the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) Tuesday to announce the release of a $21.3 billion plan to improve Illinois roads and bridges over the next six ...
Jul 21, 2020 (Illinois Dept. of Transportation)
East Peoria Council approves traffic project
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Motorists going through East Peoria will soon experience some minor inconveniences as traffic work gets underway. Commissioners voted unanimously at Tuesday night's City Council me...
Jul 21, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
State COVID roundup 7/21: two facilities experience outbreaks
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A COVID-19 outbreak at one mental health facility and at one correctional facility have contributed to the state's latest case count. The Illinois Department of Public Health repo...
Jul 21, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 7/21: two percent of local cases hospitalized
PEORIA, Ill. -- After a decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations over the weekend brought the Peoria region's rolling 28-day hospitalization rate down, the Tuesday report showed a slight increase from Mon...
Jul 21, 2020 Midwest Communications
Changes made to 'Backpack Peoria' due to COVID-19
PEORIA, Ill. -- Backpack Peoria will look a little different this year. Dream Center Peoria will hold their annual Backpack Peoria event for students and their families this Saturday, July 25. The eve...
Jul 21, 2020 (Dream Center Peoria)
Family Dollar, Dollar Tree not requiring masks
(UNDATED) -- Family Dollar and Dollar Tree will no longer make you wear a mask. While a growing number of national retailers are requiring shoppers and employees to wear face coverings, Family Dollar ...
Jul 21, 2020 A sign is displayed a Dollar Tree store in Richland, Miss., Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019. Dollar Tree Inc. on Tuesday reported fiscal third-quarter profit of $255.8 million. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
He's back: Trump to re-up virus briefings amid lagging polls
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is set to once again take center stage in the federal government's coronavirus response. That's after a White House debate over how best to deploy its greatest...
Jul 21, 2020 MWC-Fox News Photo Credit
