Category Archives: Local News
Trump names Rep. Mark Meadows his new chief of staff
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is shaking up White House leadership, replacing his acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney with Republican Rep. Mark Meadows. Trump announced the staff reshuffle ...
Mar 07, 2020 (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Bradley marches on to Arch Madness semi-final with win over SIU
ST. LOUIS -- The Bradley Braves are marching on to the semi-finals of Arch Madness after defeating SIU in a hard fought game by a score of 64-59. The Braves trailed a majority of the game but stayed w...
Mar 06, 2020 MVC/Arch Madness
PROMise of Hope: Helping girls find their prom dress
PEORIA, Ill. -- Prom is almost here and so is the crazy time of finding the right dress. The Dream Center in Peoria offers PROMise of Hope, an event where high school girls from around the area can lo...
Mar 06, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Tazewell County tests voting machines
PEKIN, Ill. -- In preparation for the upcoming primary election in Illinois, Tazewell County put it's election equipment to the test. The state-mandated public test was conducted by Liberty Systems LL...
Mar 06, 2020 Liberty Systems testing Tazewell County voting machines
(Courtesy of Kevin Bessler/WMBD)
Mayor Kahl confident for East Peoria during State of the City Address
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Mayor of East Peoria, John Kahl, said that the state of the city is confidence and promise for the city. "I think East Peoria has done a phenomenal job of staying ahead of the cur...
Mar 06, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Trump set to sign $8.3B bill to fight coronavirus outbreak
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is expected to sign an $8.3 billion measure to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak. The legislation would provide federal public health agencies money for vac...
Mar 06, 2020 (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
Tazewell testing election equipment
PEKIN, Ill. -- The Tazewell County Clerk's Office was set Friday to publicly test its election equipment, approximately a week and a half ahead of the state primary elections. The state-mandated publi...
Mar 06, 2020 Midwest Communications
Donut Days going away... for now
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. -- The Chillicothe non-profit known as Ambulance Rescue 33 has announced it will not be conducting its annual Donut Days fundraiser this year as the group transitions into the Rescue...
Mar 05, 2020 Midwest Communications
PPD asking for help in locating a missing woman
UPDATE: Deborah Whited has been located and is OK. PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police are asking for assistance in locating a missing person. Police were called around 9:45 Thursday morning to the 1200 blo...
Mar 05, 2020
5th Illinois resident tests positive for COVID-19
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health and Cook County Department of Public Health announced Thursday that a fifth person in Illinois has tested positive at the IDPH laboratory ...
Mar 05, 2020 Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, discusses the discovery of a second case in Illinois of the novel coronavirus and the public health efforts to contain and study it, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020 in Springfield, Ill., (AP Photo/John O'Connor)
