Category Archives: Local News
MLB delays opening day by at least 2 weeks because of virus
NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball is delaying the start of its season by at least two weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak and suspended the rest of its spring training game schedule. Opening...
Mar 12, 2020 AP Photo/LM Otero
Bradley moving to online classes
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University has announced classes will switch from a classroom presence to a strictly online-based presence while the coronavirus pandemic subsides. President Gary Roberts's sta...
Mar 12, 2020
COVID-19 concerns cause one Tazewell County poll location to move
PEORIA, Ill. -- A polling location in Tazewell County has been moved over concerns of COVID-19. Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman said the location is in Washington. "It is Washington Precinct 12. W...
Mar 12, 2020 Midwest Communications
New Bradley administration named
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University has a new President. Dr. Stephen Standifird has been tapped to serve as the school's 12th headmaster. He most recently has served as the dean of the Lacy School of B...
Mar 12, 2020
Coronavirus concerns affect local events
PEORIA, Ill. -- A day after Chicago and other major metropolitan areas announced they were cancelling their St. Patrick's Day festivities, Peoria has announced it's postponing its own. The annual St. ...
Mar 12, 2020 Midwest Communications
Trump announces travel ban amid growing fears of coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says he is suspending all travel between the U.S. and Europe for 30 days beginning Friday as he seeks to combat a viral pandemic. Trump made the announcement W...
Mar 11, 2020 MWC-Fox News Photo Credit
Peoria Park District taking precautions surrounding COVID-19
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Park District, among many other organizations across the state and the Peoria area, are taking precautions surrounding the coronavirus. As of right now, the park district is...
Mar 11, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Coronavirus cases reach 25, Pritzker says
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The St. Patrick's Day parade in Chicago is canceled, the Illinois General Assembly legislative session has been postponed, and 25 coronavirus cases have been reported in Illinois....
Mar 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local cosmetologists not supportive of House Bill 5558
PEORIA, Ill. -- House Bill 5558 was introduced by Representative Allen Skillicorn (R-Crystal Lake), that would not require barbers, cosmetologists, estheticians, braiding, or nail techs to have a lice...
Mar 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria parade still happening
PEORIA, Ill. -- The St. Patrick Society of Peoria said Tuesday's parade is still on. Officials released a statement Wednesday afternoon saying it will happen, rain or shine, with one caveat. They have...
Mar 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
