Category Archives: Local News
April jobs data to show epic losses and soaring unemployment
WASHINGTON (AP) - The economic catastrophe caused by the viral outbreak likely sent the U.S. unemployment rate in April to its highest level since the Great Depression and caused a record-shattering l...
May 06, 2020 Midwest Communications
Health department updates info
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department on Wednesday made some corrections to data given on Tuesday. Health Administrator Monica Hendrickson said a woman in her 90s whose death was re...
May 06, 2020 Midwest Communications
Over 4,000 Illinoisans are hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms
CHICAGO -- Dr. Ngozi Ezike with the Illinois Department of Public Health on Wednesday announced 2,270 new cases of COVID-19. Over 4,000 individuals in the state are in hospitals with COVID-19 symptoms...
May 06, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria Heights announces plan to help business owners
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Peoria Heights Mayor Michael Phelan announced Wednesday a stimulus plan to help local small business owners. "The Village Board of Peoria Heights approved a mortgage and rent s...
May 06, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/ Kristina Leahy
Trump: COVID-19 task force not dismantling, just refocusing
WASHINGTON (AP) - One day after saying that the COVID-19 task force would be winding down, President Donald Trump says it would continue on indefinitely but focus on rebooting the economy. Trump's rev...
May 06, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria tweaking plans in hopes of early reopening for businesses
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's small businesses can't wait. Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis has submitted a plan to Gov. J-B Pritzker to fully reopen restaurants and bars ahead phase four plans announced Tuesday in ...
May 06, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
Pet dies in early morning fire in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called around 4:45 a.m. Wednesday to the 2400 block of W. Wiswall for a house fire. Upon arrival, crews found the single-story home fully engulfed in flames. A...
May 06, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
East Peoria mayor asks citizens to remain respectful
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- During Tuesday night's East Peoria City Council meeting, commissioners remain supportive of the city's phased reopening. Commissioner Mark Hill reminded residents that right now i...
May 05, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Area COVID-19 death toll increases
PEORIA, Ill. -- The tri-county region has seen its eighth death from COVID-19. The Tazewell County woman in her 90s with comorbid conditions was transported to a local hospital where she later died. T...
May 05, 2020 Midwest Communications
Pence: Task Force could end soon
WASHINGTON - Vice President Mike Pence says the White House coronavirus task force could wind down its work by early June. Pence tells reporters at a White House briefing that the U.S. could be "in a ...
May 05, 2020 Midwest Communications
