Category Archives: Local News
Local COVID roundup 5/19: new death in Woodford
PEORIA, Ill. -- The tri-county death toll from COVID-19 rose Tuesday to 11, with one new death being reported in Woodford County, a 90-year-old female with multiple comorbidities, according to Dr. Gre...
May 19, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 5/19: all regions looking able to move to phase three
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. J.B Pritzker said Illinois on Tuesday reached another milestone. Illinois became the number one state in the country for COVID-19 testing per capita, overtaking New York. "Th...
May 19, 2020 Midwest Communications
Tazewell County Dental Center closed
NORTH PEKIN, Ill. -- The Tazewell County Health Department Dental Center has been permanently closed. In a statement released Tuesday, the health department said the closure is effective immediately. ...
May 19, 2020
GOP: Graduated tax 'cash grab' will stifle pandemic recovery
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Republicans are demanding a vote in the General Assembly on removing from the fall ballot a proposed graduated income tax structure, saying the state's pandemic-pilla...
May 19, 2020
Pritzker staying with the state's plan
CHICAGO - Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker says his regional plan still stands. During the past few weeks, 11 local counties, including Peoria, provided the governor with proposed plans that provided n...
May 18, 2020
Gunshot victim in serious condition Monday night
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man is in serious condition Monday night after a shooting in Peoria. Peoria Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said just after 4:00 p.m. police received a ShotSpotter alert of thr...
May 18, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Local COVID roundup 5/18: experimental drug comes to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A COVID-19 drug being used in clinical trials has become available in the tri-county. UnityPoint Health and OSF HealthCare have both recently received a limited supply of remdesivir. Dr...
May 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 5/18: new contact tracing program introduced
CHICAGO -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday the state is building a tech-based approach to contact tracing. "That way larger health departments can assist where smaller departments need help," Pritzker ...
May 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local chamber urges businesses to focus on safety as they reopen
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce is currently focused on helping local businesses get ready to reopen. Chris Setti, who's currently heading up the Chamber of Commerce as it searches...
May 18, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Unemployment portal 'Glitch' makes private info public
CHICAGO (AP) - State officials are blaming a "glitch" in Illinois' new system for processing unemployment benefits for making private information public. An Illinois Department of Employment Security ...
May 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
