Category Archives: Local News
Justice Ginsburg says cancer has returned, but won't retire
WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Friday she is receiving chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer, but has no plans to retire from the Supreme Court. The 87-year-old Ginsburg, who spe...
Jul 17, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Notre Dame player tests positive for COVID-19
PEORIA, Ill. -- Another local high school football player has tested positive for COVID-19. Peoria Notre Dame Head Football Coach Pat Armstrong sent an email to parents Thursday night informing them t...
Jul 17, 2020 (25 News)
Two shot overnight in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called at approximately 4:09 a.m. Friday to the 2300 block of N. Knoxville Avenue on a ShotSpotter alert of nine rounds fired. Public Information Officer Amy Dotson ...
Jul 17, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Pritzker lawsuit seeks face mask order for IL schools
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois governor took the unusual step Thursday of preemptively filing a lawsuit to ensure school children wear face coverings to prevent the spread of the coronavirus wh...
Jul 17, 2020 Amid concerns of the spread of COVID-19, sixth-grader Salih Tas wears a mask as he works on building a robot during a STEM summer camp at Wylie High School Tuesday, July 14, 2020, in Wylie, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
A man reported missing found dead in Tazewell County
DELAVAN, Ill. -- The Tazewell County Coroner is investigating the death of a man found in rural Delavan. Sheriff's deputies were called to a field off of Locust Road around 10:20 a.m. Thursday, on a r...
Jul 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 7/16: new record for testing
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Another trend of four-digit COVID-19 case counts for Illinois has seemingly begun. For the second straight day, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported over 1,000 new ca...
Jul 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 7/16: region officially below key metric
PEORIA, Ill. -- While local leaders said Thursday the Peoria region will not immediately be moved back to phase three of Restore Illinois, they did hint more stringent efforts to prevent further sprea...
Jul 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
Spoon River Scenic Drive event canceled by COVID-19
CANTON, Ill. -- There won't be a Spoon River Scenic Drive Fall Festival this year. The Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive Association voted Wednesday night to cancel the annual event due to ongoing conce...
Jul 16, 2020 (Spoon River Scenic Drive Facebook)
1.3 million Americans apply for unemployment benefits
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits remained stuck at 1.3 million last week, an historically high level that indicates many companies are still cutting jobs ...
Jul 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
Electrical fire damages Peoria home overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters responded around 12:20 a.m. Thursday to a home in the 2100 block of W. North Circle Court on reports of a residential fire. Residents of the home were awakened by a...
Jul 16, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
