Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Suspect charged in shots fired at Peoria Police Officer
UPDATE 6:30 P.M. 11/16/20 PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have identified and arrested the suspect responsible for firing a weapon at a Peoria Police Officer Monday afternoon. The suspect, 26-year-old L...
Nov 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
IPDH adds mobile COVID test sites in Central Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health is adding several mobile COVID-19 testing sites this month in central Illinois. Free drive-through and walk-up testing will be available a...
Nov 16, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
State COVID roundup 11/16: Record number of hospitalizations
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday reported that 5,581 people in the state are in the hospital with COVID-19, which is a new high. Of those, 1,144 patients wer...
Nov 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
Attorney Steve Kouri to run for Peoria City Council
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria attorney Steve Kouri has announced he wants to represent the Fourth District on the City Council. Kouri filed petitions on Monday for the February primary. Current 4th District ...
Nov 16, 2020 (File-1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy)
Peoria offering additional business recovery grants
PEORIA, Ill. -- The City of Peoria is giving businesses a chance to recover losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Peoria applied for a grant from the State of Illinois, and received nearly $1.2 million...
Nov 16, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
Trump campaign drops key request in Pennsylvania lawsuit
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - President Donald Trump's campaign is withdrawing a central request in its lawsuit seeking to stop the certification of the election results in Pennsylvania. Democrat Joe Biden c...
Nov 16, 2020 FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump listens during an event on Operation Warp Speed in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Ruckriegel says he'll run for Peoria mayor
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria At-Large City Council member Sid Ruckriegel announced over the weekend that he plans to run for the Mayor's Office in the spring election. Ruckriegel was elected to City Council...
Nov 16, 2020 (Photo courtesy of City of Peoria)
2nd coronavirus vaccine shows early success in U.S. tests
(AP) -- There's more promising news on the COVID-19 vaccine front as Moderna says its shot provides strong protection against the coronavirus. Monday's announcement comes a week after a competitor, Pf...
Nov 16, 2020 FILE - In this July 27, 2020, file photo, nurse Kathe Olmstead prepares a shot that is part of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., in Binghamton, N.Y. Moderna said Monday, Nov. 16, 2020, its COVID-19 shot provides strong protection against the coronavirus that's surging in the U.S. and around the world. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
Trump tweets words 'he won'; says vote rigged, not conceding
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has tweeted the words "he won" but later made clear he hadn't changed his tune about Joe Biden getting more votes in the 2020 presidential election. Trump said...
Nov 16, 2020 President Donald Trump arrives to speak in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
State COVID roundup 11/15: over 10,600 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Public Health yesterday (Sunday) reported 10,631 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 statewide, including 72 additional deaths. 84,831 test...
Nov 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
