Category Archives: Local News
Vacant home razed after Sunday fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called around 12:15 p.m. Sunday to a vacant home in the 3400 block of W. Mary Knoll Court on reports of a fire. Upon arrival, crews saw fire coming from the fr...
Jun 29, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Illinois adds Spinal Muscular Atrophy to newborn testing
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - State health officials say every baby newly born in Illinois will be tested for Spinal Muscular Atrophy starting Monday. The Illinois Department of Public Health says Spinal M...
Jun 29, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 6/28: Illinois progressing ahead of schedule
CHICAGO, Ill. -- llinois officials are reporting 646 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths in the state. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported the latest figures Sunday, saying...
Jun 29, 2020 Midwest Communications
Deputy injured in weekend crash
SMITHVILLE, Ill. -- A Peoria County Deputy suffered head injuries after being involved in a single-vehicle crash on Saturday night. Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell said the accident happened around...
Jun 29, 2020
FIREWORKS! What is legal and Illegal in the City of Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Police Department would like to remind the public what type of fireworks are legal and illegal, and the dangers associated with using fireworks. In response to police calls ...
Jun 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
Summer may decide fate of leading shots in vaccine race
(AP) -- People on six continents already are getting jabs in the arm as the race for a COVID-19 vaccine enters a defining summer, with even bigger studies poised to prove if any shot really works -- a...
Jun 28, 2020 AP Photo-Siphiwe Sibeko
Princeton to remove Wilson name from public policy school
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) - Princeton University has announced plans to remove the name of former President Woodrow Wilson from its public policy school because of his segregationist views, reversing a dec...
Jun 27, 2020 MWC-PHOTO CREDIT - AP- Photo Mel Evans file
7 injured from multiple shootings in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Seven people were injured due to four overnight shooting incidents in Peoria. Three of the victims are reported to be in critical condition. Peoria Police responded to the first shootin...
Jun 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
A car is totaled due to garage fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters responded 2:30 a.m. Saturday to a garage fire at 1319 W. Main St. Fire crews found a detached two stall garage fully engulfed. "The fire did spread to a vehicle par...
Jun 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
Police: Illinois warehouse shooting suspect killed himself
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A 48-year-old man suspected in the fatal shooting of two co-workers and the critical wounding of another at a Springfield, Illinois, warehouse died of an apparent self-inflict...
Jun 26, 2020 PHOTO CREDIT-Justin L. Fowler-The State Journal-Register via AP
