Category Archives: Local News
IDPH announces 488 new COVID-19 cases, eight more deaths
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 488 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including eight deaths. Approximately 86% of fatalities are among patients 6...
Mar 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
Civic Center had a great February; shows rescheduling
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Civic Center saw one of the facility's best months in February. General Manager Rik Edgar said there was an increase in revenue. "We were $300,000 ahead of our budget," Edga...
Mar 27, 2020 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
House passes $2.2T rescue package, rushes it to Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) - Acting with exceptional resolve in an extraordinary time, the House rushed President Donald Trump a $2.2 trillion rescue package Friday, tossing a life preserver to a U.S. economy an...
Mar 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
Stocks move lower on Wall Street following a big 3-day rally
(AP) -- Stocks are moving lower on Wall Street as the market gives back some of the gains it piled up over the past three days. Major indexes are down more than 3% in morning trading Friday. The S&...
Mar 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
'Baby Shark' earworm reworked for the coronavirus outbreak
(AP) -- Sorry parents, 'Baby Shark' is making a comeback for a good cause. Pinkfong's "Baby Shark," that jingle earworm that every toddler seems to know, is being reworked to teach good hygiene to com...
Mar 27, 2020 (Pinkfong via AP)
LaHood,Bustos sound off on virus aid package
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Senate Wednesday night passed an unprecedented $2.2 trillion aid package to help American businesses, workers and health care systems reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. So what...
Mar 27, 2020
Collins: Severe weather a possibility this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- Strong to severe storms could roll into the Peoria area over the weekend. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins said the area will likely see occasional isolated thund...
Mar 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
Retired Astronaut Scott Kelly on how to deal with isolation and quarantine
PEORIA, Ill. -- Are you going stir crazy with Illinois' stay at home order? Imagine being up in space. Retired astronaut Scott Kelly has been on several missions to the International Space Station, on...
Mar 27, 2020 Courtesy of Scott Kelly
US now leads world in number of confirmed coronavirus cases
NEW YORK (AP) - The United States now leads the world in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases. According to a running count by Johns Hopkins University, the number of people infected in the U.S. ...
Mar 26, 2020 Midwest Communications
Analysts marvel at market performance despite jobless rate
NEW YORK -- An expected record unemployment rate had stock market investors on pins and needles, wondering if a plummet would accompany Thursday's report. That report showed 3.3 million unemployed Ame...
Mar 26, 2020 Midwest Communications
