Category Archives: Local News
Pekin will hold scaled-back Marigold Festival
PEKIN, Ill. -- Pekin's Marigold Festival will look a bit different this year. The Pekin Chamber of Commerce announced in a news release Wednesday, instead of the traditional Marigold Festival, they wi...
Jul 02, 2020 (Pekin Marigold Festival Facebook)
Family escapes house fire thanks to smoke detector
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters responded around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday to a house fire at 304 E. Republic St. "When our crews arrived, they found light smoke coming from the home, due to a fire loca...
Jul 01, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 7/1: another triple-digit day
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois remained below 1,000 newly-reported positive COVID-19 cases over a 24-hour period, as the Department of Public Health on Wednesday reported 828. There were 30 new deaths,...
Jul 01, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 7/1: Peoria County inches closer to 500
PEORIA, Ill. -- The area's positive COVID-19 case count rose Wednesday to 666, an increase of 18 from Tuesday. Peoria County could hit the 500 mark by the end of the week, as the county's total increa...
Jul 01, 2020 Midwest Communications
New state law cracks down further on distracted driving
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A new state law taking effect Wednesday, July 1, takes aim at drivers who end up hurting someone because they are distracted. "This new law simply increases the penalties for thos...
Jul 01, 2020 "Distracted" is defined as being engaged in an activity not necessary to the operation of the vehicle and that impairs the ability to drive safely. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Peoria's Steamboat Classic cancelled
PEORIA,Ill. -- The Illinois Valley Striders, organizers of Peoria's Steamboat Classic race, said Tuesday the 47th annual running, already postponed from the Father's Day weekend date, is now cancelled...
Jul 01, 2020 (Steamboat Classic Facebook)
US could reach 100,000 new cases a day
WASHINGTON - Dr. Anthony Fauci said coronavirus cases could grow to 100,000 a day in the U.S. if Americans don't start following public health recommendations. The nation's leading infectious disease ...
Jun 30, 2020 MWC-AP News Photo Credit
A fatal hit and run in May leads to an arrest
PEORIA, Ill. - In the early morning hours of May 25th, Police responded to the 2300 block of W. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive of a male victim that appeared to be hit by a vehicle. The victim was ident...
Jun 30, 2020 MWC-PPD
Minor League Baseball season canceled
PEORIA, Ill. -- Dozer Park will remain dark the rest of the year, as there will be no 2020 Minor League Baseball season. The announcement came down Tuesday afternoon from the league, citing ongoing CO...
Jun 30, 2020 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley)
State COVID roundup 6/30: another day of 30,000+ tests
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- It was another day of over 30,000 COVID-19 tests administered across the state, the Illinois Department of Public Health said Tuesday in its daily update. That trend started last ...
Jun 30, 2020 Midwest Communications
