Category Archives: Local News
Trump's $1T plan to stabilize economy hit by virus
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal officials are focusing on the Trump administration's $1 trillion plan to stabilize a national economy reeling from the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. The pandemic endang...
Mar 19, 2020 Midwest Communications
ICC closed for semester due to virus concerns
PEORIA, Ill. -- There will be no more in-person classes this semester at Illinois Central College. ICC officials said the uncertainty and concern of the spread of COVID-19 around the world and locally...
Mar 19, 2020 (Illinois Central College Facebook)
Collins: Severe weather possible Thursday
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria region could see it's first few rounds of thunderstorms roll in this week. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins said that the first thunderstorm is expecte...
Mar 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
COVID count remains at 4
PEORIA, Ill. -- No COVID-19 tests came back positive between Tuesday and Wednesday, said Monica Hendrickson with the Peoria City/County Health Department. "Total number of confirmed is still four, for...
Mar 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
Pritzker announces increase in positive cases
MURPHYSBORO, Ill. -- During Pritzker's daily update on the state of COVID-19 in Illinois, 128 new cases of the virus were confirmed, now including Madison and Kendall Counties. Illinois total positive...
Mar 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
Bradley goes online-only
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University has announced it will move all classes the rest of the spring semester to online-only. The scheduled May 16th commencement ceremony has been canceled, too. "I know t...
Mar 18, 2020
Understanding Investigations of COVID-19
PEORIA, Ill. -- With the current spread of COVID-19 across the state, here is some insight to the investigation process of confirmed or suspected cases of the virus. The investigations are called cont...
Mar 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
Bustos tours OSF's Digital Pandemic Response Center
PEORIA, Ill. -- OSF HealthCare demonstrates digital response to COVID-19. Illinois Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (D-17) was at OSF's Jump Trading Simulation Center and Education Center Wednesday to learn...
Mar 18, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley
US, Canada working on mutual ban on nonessential travel
TORONTO (AP) - A Canadian official says Canada and the United States are working out the details of a mutual ban on nonessential travel between the two countries amid the new coronavirus pandemic. The...
Mar 18, 2020 Vehicles move across the Ambassador Bridge from Windsor, Ontario into Detroit shown from Detroit, Monday, March 16, 2020. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is closing his country's borders to anyone not a citizen or a permanent resident or American amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
PPD suspends lobby services
PEORIA, Ill. -- In an attempt to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, and in observation of social distancing, the Peoria Police Department has suspended its lobby services effective immediately. Su...
Mar 18, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
