Category Archives: Local News
A smoky blaze on Peoria's east bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighter/paramedics were called out around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday to 1615 N. Great Oak of a reported structure fire. Crews arrived on the scene and discovered heavy black smoke f...
Apr 01, 2020
City/County Health Dept. update
PEORIA, Ill. -- The tri-county COVID-19 positive case count has risen by one. As of Wednesday's Peoria City/County Health Department briefing, there were eight in Peoria. The new case, officials said,...
Apr 01, 2020 Midwest Communications
Gov. Pritzker reminds Illinoisans of Census
CHICAGO -- Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is reminding Illinois residents how important filling out the 2020 Census is. The Census is used as a tool for the federal government to decide how to distribute...
Apr 01, 2020 Midwest Communications
With increased domestic violence, Center for Prevention of Abuse ready to help
PEORIA, Ill. -- The longer Gov. J-B Pritzker's stay-at-home order goes on, local law enforcement is seeing more domestic violence cases. Carol Merna, with the Center for Prevention of Abuse, told WMBD...
Apr 01, 2020
Overnight shooting leaves man injured
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just after 3 a.m. Wednesday to the 300 block of Virginia Avenue. Police dispatch said a man was shot in the leg during an attempted home invasion. The victim ...
Apr 01, 2020
One man dead after stand-off with police
PEORIA, Ill. - A suspect wanted in connection to a weekend altercation has ended in an apparent suicide. It began at 7 a.m. Sunday, after a report of a man shooting a gun at a house at 2100 N. Underhi...
Mar 31, 2020 MWC-Photo/Image
Superintendent: 'probably correct' to assume students won't return to school by summer
PEORIA, Ill. -- With Gov. J.B. Pritzker's extension of the stay-at-home order, schools across the state will be shifting to remote learning. The extension through Apr. 30 means the very earliest schoo...
Mar 31, 2020 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
Local Olympians sound off on postponement
PEORIA, Ill. -- Over 10,000 athletes from around the world will have to wait another year for their "one moment in time," as termed by the late Whitney Houston, because the 2020 Summer Olympics were p...
Mar 31, 2020 Midwest Communications
City/County Health Department reports no new cases
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis reiterated the terms of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's stay-at-home order at Tuesday's Peoria City/County Health Department briefing, which included a report the Peoria-Ta...
Mar 31, 2020 Midwest Communications
Gov. J.B. Pritzker extends stay-at-home through April
CHICAGO -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker has extended the stay-at-home order through the end of April. At the state's daily COVID-19 press briefing Tuesday, Pritzker said that the stay-at-home order would be ext...
Mar 31, 2020 Midwest Communications
