Category Archives: Local News
Peoria Civic Center excited to bounce back after 2020
PEORIA, Ill. -- The COVID-19 pandemic hit many businesses hard across the Peoria area, but arguably none were as hard hit as the Peoria Civic Center. The downtown building used specifically for variou...
Jan 23, 2021 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Human remains identified as Jeffrey Blevins
UPDATE 2:50 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have identified the human remains discovered Friday morning inside of a recreation vehicle in the 8300 block of N. Knoxville to be 49-year-old Jeffrey Bl...
Jan 22, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Local COVID roundup 1/22: slight setback
PEORIA, Ill. -- Region Two of Illinois has been looking forward to a return in the near future to phase four of Restore Illinois from tier three COVID-19 mitigation, but those plans on Friday encounte...
Jan 22, 2021 Midwest Communications
Pop-A-Shot partners with NBA for officially-licensed games
PEORIA, Ill. -- Pop-A-Shot announced Friday they have partnered with the National Basketball Association (NBA) to launch a line of officially-licensed games. Pop-A-Shot's best-selling game, the Home D...
Jan 22, 2021
IDPH Director says all HS sports allowed in Phase 4
CHICAGO -- Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike Friday announced all high school sports are allowed to compete in intraconference play in Phase 4 of Restore Illinois. As of Fr...
Jan 22, 2021 Photo Courtesy -- IHSA.org
State COVID roundup 1/22: positivity rate continues to drop
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday reported the preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity is 6.2%. On Thursday, that number was at 6.5%. IDPH Friday also...
Jan 22, 2021 Midwest Communications
Arrest made in Peoria woman's death
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have made an arrest in the death of 50-year-old Mona Ellison. The PPD's Criminal Investigations Division has identified the suspect as 42-year-old Christopher Sanders. Du...
Jan 22, 2021 (Peoria County Jail)
U.S. House to deliver Trump impeachment to Senate on Monday: Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives will deliver an impeachment charge against former President Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, rejecting Republican Se...
Jan 22, 2021 U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) exits his office on his way to a photo-op with freshman senators at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Biden pivots away from old court battles, helps ignite new ones
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden in his short time in office already has turned the page on some major legal battles that consumed former President Donald Trump's administration while also t...
Jan 22, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden swears in presidential appointees in a virtual ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, after his inauguration as the 46th President of the United States, U.S., January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
'Don't call us, we'll call you': local hospitals outline vax protocol
PEORIA, Ill. -- Area health officials continually emphasized patience regarding COVID-19 vaccinations during the Peoria City/County Health Department's weekly COVID-19 news conference on Thursday. "Th...
Jan 21, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
