Category Archives: Local News
Jesse White urges IL drivers to renew registration online
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois motorists are urged to renew their registration online. Illinois Secretary of State Spokesperson Dave Druker said since the state's Driver Services facilities are all cur...
Apr 25, 2020 Midwest Communications
Tri-County surpasses 100 COVID cases
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county area has reached the triple-digit threshold of positive COVID-19 cases. Peoria County reported 57 positive cases, while Woodford reported 11, an...
Apr 24, 2020 Midwest Communications
Pritzker says testing is key
CHICAGO -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Friday an increase in testing of COVID-19 is a step in the right direction. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 2,724 new positive cases, the largest 2...
Apr 24, 2020 Midwest Communications
Trump signs $484 billion measure to aid employers, hospitals
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump signed a $484 billion bill Friday to aid employers and hospitals under stress from the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 50,000 Americans and deva...
Apr 24, 2020 (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Peoria's COVID-19 testing capabilities expand this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's first COVID-19 testing site opened this week at Heartland Health Services Center at 2321 N. Wisconsin. The City's second testing site opens Saturday at the Peoria City/County ...
Apr 24, 2020 1470 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Don't inject disinfectants, Lysol warns as Trump raises idea
WASHINGTON (AP) - The maker of Lysol and another disinfectant says its products should not be used as an internal treatment for the coronavirus. The company issued a statement Friday to combat what it...
Apr 24, 2020 A can of disinfectant spray has a prominent place on the same table as stethoscopes and blood pressure monitors on a rolling rolling table near a number of bays that are spaced out and separated from the others in the basement of a parking structure on the campus of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, April 8, 2020. The mobile field clinic was built in anticipation of more coronavirus cases. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
County board votes to close Heddington Oaks
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria County Board Thursday night voted 17-0 to close the Heddington Oaks Assisted Living facility. Last week, the county board announced its intentions to shutter Heddington Oaks...
Apr 24, 2020 (Heddington Oaks Facebook)
Illinois Payroll jobs down with the impact of COVID-19
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) released new statewide data on Thursday, showing the department processed 102,937 new initial unemployment claims. The IDES pr...
Apr 23, 2020
Peoria City/County Health Dept. update
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City/County Health Department gave an update on local positive COVID-19 cases on Thursday, and it was the largest increase in cases to date, with 12. 53 confrimed cases have ...
Apr 23, 2020 Kristina Leahy/1470-100.3 WMBD
Pritzker extends Illinois stay-at-home order through May
CHICAGO -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday a modified extension to the current stay-at-home order. The modified extension begins May 1 and will go though the month. State parks will begin a phas...
Apr 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
