Category Archives: Local News
Council approves resolution for small local retailers
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City Council Tuesday night unanimously approved a resolution that will be sent to Governor J.B Pritzker for local non-essential retail businesses. Big box stores are open du...
May 12, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
Peoria judge rules in favor of Pritzker venue change request in RC Outfitters case
PEORIA, Ill. -- In a small victory for Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Peoria County Judge Derek Asbury has ruled the lawsuit filed by RC Outfitters and owner/operator Adam White must be heard in Sangamon County ...
May 12, 2020 MWC (file)
Tri-county cases increase as Pekin prepares new testing site
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county region's COVID-19 case total has risen to 217. 145 have been recorded in Peoria, 57 in Tazewell, and 15 in Woodford. There were no deaths report...
May 12, 2020 Midwest Communications
Ezike address concerns with death total in relation to COVID-19
CHICAGO -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Tuesday he shares his appreciation for nurses on National Nurses Day. "Thank you for answering the call to save lives," Pritzker said. Dr. Ngozi Ezike with the Illin...
May 12, 2020 Midwest Communications
Pride for Peoria: Peoria High teacher encourages students during pandemic
PEORIA, Ill. -- Students had to adjust to remote learning on a whim due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and teachers also had to adjust and find new ways to teach. Peoria High School teacher, Jane Aldridge,...
May 12, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria public transportation gets $10M grant
PEORIA, Ill. -- As the Greater Peoria Mass Transit District efforts to keep operations running smoothly through the COVID-19 crisis, the service has received a major financial boost from the Federal T...
May 12, 2020 Courtesy of Kevin Bessler/WMBD
UnityPoint Health testing all admitted patients for COVID-19
PEORIA, Ill. -- UnityPoint Health has expanded COVID-19 testing to all patients admitted to the hospital. This includes asymptomatic individuals of all ages with planned admission and transfers who ha...
May 12, 2020 UnityPoint Health
Peoria Park District cancels summer camps through July 3
PEORIA, Ill. -- Due to challenges associated with COVID-19, the Peoria Park District has made the decision to cancel all summer camp programming scheduled through July 3. "We know that kids and famili...
May 12, 2020 Peoria Park District/Facebook
Fauci to warn nation against premature reopening
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government's leading infectious disease expert says he intends to warn the nation Tuesday that "needless suffering and death" will result from a rushed reopening of the economy. ...
May 12, 2020 Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, arrives to speak about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 22, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
PDC resumes bulky waste collection at the curb
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria residents can now resume setting bulky items out at the curb on trash day. Peoria Disposal Company, PDC, has announced that mattresses, old furniture and other bulk items too bi...
May 12, 2020 Peoria Disposal Company
