Category Archives: Local News
U.S. unemployment claims soar to 3.3 million
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stock futures are rebounding after the U.S. government said nearly 3.3 million people filed for unemployment benefits last week, a dramatic indication of the impact of the coronav...
Mar 26, 2020 (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Man injured in Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police are investigating a shooting that occurred around 9:50 p.m. Wednesday, leaving a man wounded. A Shot Spotter alert called officers to the 500 block of Hanssler Place. The...
Mar 26, 2020 Midwest Communications
Senate passes coronavirus rescue package on unanimous vote
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate has passed an unparalleled $2.2 trillion economic rescue package steering aid to businesses, workers and health care systems engulfed by the coronavirus pandemic. The 880-...
Mar 26, 2020 Midwest Communications, Inc.
Ds, Rs in House, Senate find common ground on remote voting
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- With uncertainty looming over how long the coronavirus pandemic will last, and thus uncertainty over how long social distancing will need to be practiced, members of both the U.S. ...
Mar 25, 2020 Midwest Communications
Tri-County area COVID-19 count at nine; Tazewell has first positive case
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department announced one new COVID-19 case Wednesday at the daily news conference. This brings the local total in the Tri-County area to nine. There are f...
Mar 25, 2020 Midwest Communications
IDPH announces 330 new COVID-19 cases, three more deaths
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Wednesday announced 330 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including three deaths; a Kane County man in his 90s, a Cook County man ...
Mar 25, 2020 Midwest Communications
No case of COVID-19 in PIA air control tower
PEORIA, Ill. -- There was not a COVID-19 case in the Peoria International Airport control tower. "The case was actually not in the tower," said Gene Olson, Peoria Director of Airports. "It was a [tech...
Mar 25, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
With limited supply, local hospitals must prioritize COVID-19 testing
PEORIA, Ill. -- The number of positive cases of COVID-19 in the Tri-County area are still low. But, expect that to change in the next week or two. Keith Knepp, President and CEO of UnityPoint Health C...
Mar 25, 2020 Midwest Communications
Illinois could need 38K more beds if virus isn't contained
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The governor of Illinois says the state would need tens of thousands of additional hospital beds for COVID-19 patients within the next two weeks in a worst-case scenario amid ...
Mar 25, 2020 1470/100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley (File Photo)
Peoria family rescued from apartment fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called around 1:45 a.m. Wednesday to the Lexington Hills Apartment Complex in the 3400 block of W. Oakcrest. Crews first arriving on the scene reported heavy s...
Mar 25, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
