Category Archives: Local News
Police arrest suspect wanted in a 2019 shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A man wanted for attempted murder was arrested in connection to a July 2019 shooting. Jatterius L. Yankaway, 24, was apprehended by Peoria Police without incident Tuesday in the 700 blo...
Apr 08, 2020 MWC-Police Suspect Photo
Local healthcare pros ask for masks
PEORIA, Ill. -- The local healthcare community has asked for the public's help in securing personal protective equipment. Homemade masks are being accepted for UnityPoint Health, OSF Healthcare, Heart...
Apr 08, 2020 Midwest Communications
Tri-county COVID update
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county area had, as of Wednesday, gone up to 39 cases. Peoria and Tazewell were at 16. Woodford remained at seven. The Tazewell totals included two dea...
Apr 08, 2020 Midwest Communications
Second Tazewell death reported, Gov. Pritzker gives update on COVID-19 testing
CHICAGO -- A second death in Tazewell County has been recorded, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. IDPH said a female in her 80s passed away. The state's total death toll is now at...
Apr 08, 2020 Midwest Communications
Sanders dropping out of the presidential race
WASHINGTON (AP) - Bernie Sanders, who saw his once strong lead in the Democratic primary evaporate as the party's establishment lined swiftly up behind rival Joe Biden, has ended his presidential bid....
Apr 08, 2020 This image from video provided by the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign shows Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., as he announces he is ending his presidential campaign Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in Burlington, Vt. (Bernie Sanders for President via AP)
Democrats want additions to Trump $250B emergency virus aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional Democratic leaders want to add hundreds of billions of dollars for health care, state and local governments, and food stamps to the $250 billion in emergency aid Presid...
Apr 08, 2020 Midwest Communications
CDC weighs loosening guidelines for some exposed to virus
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering changing its guidelines for self-isolation to make it easier for those who have been exposed to someone with the coronav...
Apr 08, 2020 Midwest Communications
Man injured in single-vehicle crash with entrapment
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria emergency personnel were called just before 6:00 p.m. Tuesday to the 800 block of N. Western Avenue for a one-vehicle accident with entrapment. Crews found an SUV on its side wi...
Apr 08, 2020
Overnight shooting sends one to the hospital
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just before 11:30 p.m. Tuesday to the 2600 block of Wardcliffe Drive on reports of a shooting. Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said officers found a man...
Apr 08, 2020 Midwest Communications
Singer-songwriter John Prine dies at 73
NASHVILLE (AP) -- John Prine, the ingenious singer-songwriter who explored the heartbreaks, indignities and absurdities of everyday life in "Angel from Montgomery," "Sam Stone," "Hello in There" and s...
Apr 07, 2020 Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP
