Category Archives: Local News
Nine new cases of COVID-19 in the Tri-County Area
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Health Department reported nine new cases of COVID-19 Saturday, bringing the total of 318 COVID-19 cases in the Tri-County area. There are now 225 positive cases in Pe...
May 30, 2020 Midwest Communications
SpaceX rocket ship blasts off into orbit with 2 Americans
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A rocket ship built by Elon Musk's SpaceX company thundered away from Earth with two Americans on Saturday, ushering in a new era in commercial space travel and putting the...
May 30, 2020 AP News Photo Credit
Peorians take a stand with one another in a peace walk
PEORIA, Ill. - Organizers have planned multiple protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. As the anger over Floyd's killing spread to cities nationwide, this now includes Peoria, as loca...
May 30, 2020
National Guard summoned to aid cities amid police clashes
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's governor declared a state of emergency early Saturday to activate the state National Guard as violence flared in Atlanta and cities nationwide following the death in Minnesota...
May 30, 2020 AP News photo credit
Finding a new way to kick off Pride Month
PEORIA, Ill. -- June is National Pride Month and while Peoria Proud can not have parade, they thought of another plan. Trevor Neff, Vice President of Business for Peoria Proud, said this year they wil...
May 29, 2020 Peoria Proud
Local COVID roundup 5/29: only two ICU beds in use
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county area has broken the 300 mark of COVID-19 positive cases, with 309. Meanwhile, ICU bed usage in the tri-county as of Friday was down to two, both...
May 29, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 5/29: Contact tracing is part of the new normal
CHICAGO -- Dr. Ngozi Ezike said Friday while restrictions are being lifted and Illinois moves into phase three of Restore Illinois, residents still must take personal responsibility such as social dis...
May 29, 2020 Midwest Communications
Joblessness up all across Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. -- In a stark showing of the impact of COVID-19, the Peoria Metro area was more than four times as jobless in April 2020 as it was in April 2019. Unemployment statistics releaed Friday sh...
May 29, 2020
CityLink extending fixed route bus service
PEORIA, Ill. -- As local businesses reopen in phase three of the Restore Illinois Plan, CityLink is extending its fixed route bus service effective June 1. CityLink Spokesperson Emily Watson said Mond...
May 29, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
CNN crew arrested while reporting in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota State Patrol on Friday arrested a CNN television crew as they reported on violent protests in Minneapolis following the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man w...
May 29, 2020 A protester carries a U.S. flag upside, a sign of distress, next to a burning building Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody Monday, broke out in Minneapolis for a third straight night. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
