Category Archives: Local News
Pizza Ranch ends indoor dining after receiving "Cease-and-Desist"
PEORIA, Ill. -- No more indoor pizza buffet. Peoria's Pizza Ranch restaurant received a cease-and-desist letter Saturday from the Peoria County Health Department, barring them from continuing to serve...
Jun 15, 2020 (Photo courtesy of Pizza Ranch Peoria)
Early morning shooting leaves two injured in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police are investigating a shooting that occurred just after 3 a.m. Monday in the 200 block of Hamilton Street, near the Caterpillar Building and Kelly Seed. Peoria Public Infor...
Jun 15, 2020
Residents escape Sunday morning fire in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria emergency crews were called to the 400 block of W. Glen around 6:30 a.m. Sunday on reports of a residential fire. Firefighters found two people trapped inside the home. They wer...
Jun 15, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Get your popcorn ready: Park District eyes drive-in theater program
PEORIA, Ill. -- The closest drive-in theater to Peoria is over 40 miles away. The Peoria Park District hopes to change that -- at least, on a makeshift basis -- this summer. "We're looking at a Movies...
Jun 14, 2020 Peoria Park District
State COVID roundup 6/14: lowest death numbers since early April
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday reported the lowest statewide COVID-19 death toll in a 24-hour period in over two months. The IDPH said 19 people across four co...
Jun 14, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 6/14: Peoria County reaches 20 deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- Another Peoria County long-term care facility resident has died from COVID-19. The Peoria City/County Health Department's Sunday report indicated coronavirus claimed the life of a fema...
Jun 14, 2020 Midwest Communications
Heights draws peaceful protest
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. -- A Black Lives Matter march drew around 150 people on Saturday to the streets of Peoria Heights. Heights resident Tanisha Cayson organized the rally, which began at the library ...
Jun 13, 2020 Mike Bailey/Village of Peoria Heights
State COVID roundup 6/13: positive test rate drops
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Saturday reported 673 newly-confirmed cases of COVID-19. It was the eighth straight day of fewer than 1,000 reported positive cases. Th...
Jun 13, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 6/13: ICU usage remains low
PEORIA, Ill. -- All three counties of the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county region saw an increase in COVID-19 cases from Friday to Saturday. Peoria's case count went up 19, to 383, while Tazewell s...
Jun 13, 2020 Midwest Communications
Group doing wellness checks for veterans, military, families
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A network of military and veteran organizations is offering free wellness checks for veterans, service members and their families during the coronavirus pandemic. Illinois Joi...
Jun 13, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
