Category Archives: Local News
Peoria's third homicide victim has been identified
PEORIA, Ill. -- The victim of Peoria's third homicide of 2020 has been identified as 22-year-old Brein Metts of Peoria. Peoria Police responded Wednesday around 7:15 p.m. to the 1700 block of N. Great...
May 14, 2020
Burr steps aside as Senate intelligence chair amid FBI probe
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Richard Burr stepped aside as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee after the FBI served a search warrant for his phone as part of an ongoing insider-trading investigati...
May 14, 2020 (Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
Nearly 3 million workers seek jobless aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly 3 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week as the viral outbreak led more companies to slash jobs even though most states have begun to let so...
May 14, 2020 Midwest Communications
Collins: Thursday evening storms could be severe
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria area will see occasional showers and thunderstorms Thursday. But, a chance of severe storms is more likely Thursday evening. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck C...
May 14, 2020 Midwest Communications
Police investigate Peoria's third homicide of 2020
UPDATE -- The victim has been identified at 22-year-old Brein Metts. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PEORIA, Ill. -- A fatal shooting...
May 14, 2020 Midwest Communications
Arrests made in relation to vehicle and school vandalism
PEORIA, Ill. - Three juveniles were arrested after an investigation of vandalism reported in Peoria County over the past two weeks. Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell said detectives located three mal...
May 13, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Pride for Peoria: Richwoods teacher and coach says remote learning is a lesson for everyone
PEORIA, Ill. -- Another school year is almost in the books. Richwoods High School teacher and coach, Patrick Hogan, said when the pandemic started and classes were moved online, teachers received five...
May 13, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Local COVID recoveries hit 70%
PEORIA, Ill. -- Tri-county COVID-19 cases went up Wednesday by four, to 221. Three of those new cases were reported in Peoria, giving the county 148, while Tazewell had one new case, making its total ...
May 13, 2020 Midwest Communications
Ezike: Expect increase in cases with increased testing in Illinois
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Dr. Ngozi Ezike with the Illinois Department of Public Health shared pride for local health departments and said local health officials are making decisions based on science. Ezike sa...
May 13, 2020 Midwest Communications
Health Department reports 221 COVID-19 cases for Tri-County
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Tri-County region has reached a total of 221 confirmed cases of COVID-19. ' There are 148 confirmed cases in Peoria County, 58 in Tazewell, and Woodford remains at 15. 70% of the T...
May 13, 2020 Midwest Communitcations
