Category Archives: Local News
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
UnityPoint: call 911 for heart attacks and strokes
DES MOINES, Iowa -- UnityPoint Health stands ready to provide emergency care. UnityPoint Health asks patients that are experiencing symptoms of cardiac arrest or stroke, to call 911 or come to the eme...
May 01, 2020 UnityPoint Health
East Peoria mayor announces phase one of reopening the city
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- The Mayor of East Peoria, John Kahl, announced Friday that the city is moving forward with a plan to reopen. "We are committed to reopening our community in a measured, reasonable...
May 01, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Red, White, and Boom postponed
PEORIA, Ill. -- Organizers of Red, White, and Boom have decided not to hold the event on the Fourth of July, as scheduled. With uncertainty looming over how long restrictions on large gatherings becau...
May 01, 2020 Midwest Communications/Scott Sternberg
Biden denies former staffer's sexual assault allegation
WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe Biden is denying a former staffer's allegation of sexual assault, saying the accusation is not true. "This never happened," Biden said Friday. It's Biden's first public comment o...
May 01, 2020 This video framegrab image from MSNBC's Morning Joe, shows Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaking to co-host Mika Brzezinski, Friday, May 1, 2020. (MSNBC's Morning Joe via AP)
Arson appears to be cause of Peoria fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called just before 10 p.m. Thursday to a building in the 3200 block of NE Adams on reports of a fire. Crews found smoke coming from the windows and doors of th...
May 01, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Illinois casinos stay closed until further notice
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Gaming Board has decreed the state's casinos will remain closed "until further notice" in the state's continued efforts to prevent the further spread of the coron...
May 01, 2020 Midwest Communications
