Category Archives: Local News
Center for Prevention of Abuse gearing up for annual race
PEORIA, Ill. -- Ducks are on sale now. The Center for Prevention of Abuse in Peoria has begun selling ducks for its annual Duck Race scheduled for the end of August. The Center's Executive Director Ca...
Jun 07, 2020 (Center for Prevention of Abuse)
Chicago mayor lifts curfew and reopens downtown
CHICAGO (AP) -- Mayor Lori Lightfoot has lifted Chicago's curfew and the city has reopened downtown train stations and allowed full bus service to resume following days of protests that largely remain...
Jun 07, 2020 A demonstrator gives a bottled of water to a Chicago Police officer during march for Justice in honor of George Floyd Saturday, June 6, 2020, in Chicago. Floyd, a black man, died after he was restrained in Minneapolis police custody on May 25. Demonstrators who gathered at Union Park marched through the city's West Side on Saturday afternoon, as the city prepared for another weekend of rallies. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
State COVID roundup 6/7: Illinois' positivity rate reaches 5%
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The hospitalization of Illinois' COVID-19 cases continues to fall. The Illinois Department of Public Health Sunday reported the preliminary seven-day statewide positivity rate for...
Jun 07, 2020 Midwest Communications
Class of 2020: Battle-scarred and resilient amid new crises
(AP) -- They are the Class of 2020, born in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks and coming of age in another tumultuous time. The Associated Press spoke with and photographed several graduating high s...
Jun 07, 2020 MWC-Graduation - FLICKER
The loneliest of D-Day remembrances is hit by pandemic
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) - Saturday's D-Day remembrance in Normandy has turned out to be one of the loneliest remembrances ever. The coronavirus pandemic and its lockdown restrictions made sure...
Jun 06, 2020 Midwest Communications
UnityPoint Health joins "White Coats for Black Lives" movement
PEORIA, Ill. -- UnityPoint Health-Central Illinois employees came together Friday afternoon to show their commitment to the health and safety of people of color, taking part in the "White Coats for Bl...
Jun 06, 2020 (Photo courtesy of UnityPoint Health)
Norwood teen dies from fiery crash in Peoria County
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- Emergency crews and police were called at approximately 2:31 a.m. Thursday to the 600 block of S. Cameron Lane in Peoria County. Initial reports indicated a roll over accident w...
Jun 06, 2020 Midwest Communications
Crews battle apartment fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Emergency crews responded to a call just before 2 a.m. Saturday to an apartment building in the 3400 block of W. Sunburst Lane in Peoria. "We got there and the entire third floor apart...
Jun 06, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Minneapolis-St. Paul curfew over as troopers, National Guard to be sent home
MINNEAPOLIS - Residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul were no longer under a curfew Friday night and the state is planning to start sending state troopers and National Guard members back home. Minneapol...
Jun 05, 2020 (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Peoria mayoral candidate helped release four people arrested for looting
PEORIA, Ill. -- Chama St. Louis, Peoria mayoral candidate, assisted with bailing out four individuals jailed for looting over the weekend. St. Louis said a group of organizations created the Peoria Co...
Jun 05, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
