Category Archives: Local News
PPS changes food distribution schedule during Easter break
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Public Schools has announced temporary changes to its food distribution program for students over the next two weeks. "It's adjusted slightly for the (Easter) holiday," S...
Apr 07, 2020 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
Bradley University faces $40 million in cuts
PEORIA, Ill. - COVID-19 could bring a big economic blow to the campus of Bradley University. Bradley announced Monday that the school may have to make up to $40 million in budget cuts due to a 25% los...
Apr 06, 2020
Trump: therapeutic agents being tested
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said during his daily address on Monday that there are ten therapeutic agents in active trials to fight COVID-19. "Currently ten different therapeutic agents are i...
Apr 06, 2020 Midwest Communications
Second death in Tri-County area announced
PEORIA, Ill - The Peoria City/County Health Department announced two new COVID-19 cases and one additional death in the Tri-County area on Monday at their news briefing. The person who died was a Taze...
Apr 06, 2020 Midwest Communications
Illinois SNAP recipients will receive maximum benefits
CHICAGO -- More than 450,000 Illinois households will receive additional Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits beginning April 8, said the Illinois Department of Human Services. In...
Apr 06, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria area is prepared if there are more COVID-19 deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria saw the first death related to COVID-19 over the weekend, but what happens if more follow? Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said there is a plan in place if the city does hap...
Apr 06, 2020 Peoria County Coroner's Office
Logan's and Old Chicago parent company fires employees
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Are Logan's Roadhouse and Old Chicago closed for good? According to Restaurant Business Online, the parent company of both restaurant chains, has notified furloughed employees that th...
Apr 06, 2020 (Old Chicago Peoria Facebook)
Pritzker: Illinois needs feds to send more ventilators
CHICAGO (AP) - The Illinois governor says the state needs thousands more ventilators from the federal government as it desperately prepares for its a peak in coronavirus cases expected in late April. ...
Apr 06, 2020 Midwest Communications
Pritzker discusses child-care in Illinois during pandemic
CHICAGO -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker discussed child-care Sunday as part of his daily address as many parents still need child-care for their children as they continue to work. Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a...
Apr 05, 2020 Midwest Communications
Update: New details on first local COVID-19 death
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department and Coroner Jamie Harwood have released more details regarding Saturday's COVID-19-related death, the first such death in the Peoria-Tazewell-W...
Apr 05, 2020 Midwest Communications
