Category Archives: Local News
Peoria man murdered in early Sunday double shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- A South Peoria double shooting early Sunday morning has left one dead and another critically injured. Peoria Police responded at 2:59 to the 1500 block of Westmoreland Ave. on multiple...
May 03, 2020 Midwest Communications
In wake of COVID-19, state ramping up domestic violence victim help
CHICAGO -- The Illinois Department of Human Services is offering three-month advances and more than $1 million in additional funding to provide enhanced support to people who have experienced domestic...
May 02, 2020 Midwest Communications
Harassment, assault absent in Biden complaint
WASHINGTON - Tara Reade, the former Senate staffer who alleges Joe Biden sexually assaulted her 27 years ago, said she filed a limited report with a congressional personnel office that did not explici...
May 02, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria County reaches triple digit cases; Peoria mayor sounds off on reopening
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county region has reached 158 cases of COVID-19. Peoria County reached the triple-digit mark after Saturday's reported 103 total cases. Tazewell checke...
May 02, 2020 Midwest Communications
Walmart hires 200,000; pays $180 million in bonuses
Walmart officials announced that the company has fulfilled its commitment to hire 200,000 associates during this time. In a statement, officials announced $180 million in bonuses to hourly associates....
May 02, 2020 (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Courts are adapting with the current pandemic
PEORIA, Ill. -- Groups larger than 10 are discouraged to gather at this time, and Peoria County State's Attorney Jodi Hoos said courts are adapting. "On any give day, there could be up to 100 people i...
May 02, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
U.S. allows use of 1st drug shown to help virus recovery
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. regulators will allow emergency use of the first drug that appears to help some coronavirus patients recover faster. President Donald Trump announced the move Friday after preli...
May 01, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria County with six new COVID cases
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county area has reached 149 cases of COVID-19. Peoria County went up six, from Thursday's 89 to 95, while Tazewell remained at 41 and Woodford remained...
May 01, 2020 Midwest Communications
Illinois stepping up contact tracing
CHICAGO - Gov. J.B. Pritzker said in order to move back to normalcy, the world has to contact trace on a higher scale than ever before. He noted with over 50,000 known cases in the state, that has mea...
May 01, 2020 Midwest Communications
Positivity for Pekin: Teachers discuss remote learning and the senior class
PEKIN, Ill. -- We closing in on the end of the school year and students are missing out on all the annual events. Shayla Ewing, an English teacher at Pekin Community High School, said transitioning to...
May 01, 2020 Midwest Communications
