Category Archives: Local News
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
General Assembly to take up work May 20 in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois House will convene in Springfield for three days next week to take up its spring session workload long delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. A letter from Democrat...
May 13, 2020
Details for the Heart of Illinois reopening plan
PEORIA, Ill. -- A local plan to Governor J.B. Pritzker has been revealed. Several mayors around central Illinois and the Peoria City/County Health Department have gathered to create the Heart of Illin...
May 13, 2020
CDC guidance more restrictive than White House
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Advice from the nation's top disease control experts on how to safely reopen businesses and institutions in the coronavirus pandemic included detailed instructive guidance and...
May 13, 2020 Midwest Communications
Illinois General Assembly is urged back to Springfield
CHICAGO - Governor J.B. Pritzker is urging Illinois lawmakers to reconvene and address financial concerns caused by the pandemic. The governor says it's time for the General Assembly to head back to S...
May 12, 2020
