Category Archives: Local News
Former Peoria Rep: "I am gay"
PEORIA, Ill. -- Former Illinois 18th District Rep. Aaron Schock on Thursday announced he's gay. Known among other things for his conservative voting record on social issues, in a statement on his webs...
Mar 05, 2020 (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
Pekin man sentenced for sexually abusing girl
PEKIN, Ill. -- A Pekin man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing a young girl. Brandon Lynn, 34, of Pekin, pleaded guilty to aggravated criminal sexual abuse Wednesday in Ta...
Mar 05, 2020
As you 'Spring Forward', check smoke alarms
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- It's that time again. The Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office reminds the public to "Change Your Clock, Change Your Batteries." State Fire Marshal Spokesperson J-C Fultz said, "a...
Mar 05, 2020
U.S. virus death toll hits 11; feds investigate nursing home
SEATTLE (AP) - The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus has risen to 11 with a victim succumbing in California - the first reported fatality outside Washington state. Officials in Placer County, north...
Mar 05, 2020 In the aftermath of the first California resident to die from the coronavirus,California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a statewide emergency to deal with the virus, at a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The elderly patient died in Placer County, northeast of Sacramento, after apparently contracting the illness on a cruise. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Crews battle garage fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called just after 11:15 p.m. Wednesday to the 2700 block of W. Marquette. Crews arrived to find a detached two stall garage fully engulfed in flames. "The firs...
Mar 05, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria opens coronavirus command post
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria health officials are taking a proactive approach in dealing with the spread of the coronavirus. The Peoria Health City/County Department has opened an emergency operations cente...
Mar 04, 2020 Public Health Adminstrator Monica Henderson
(Courtesy of Kevin Bessler/WMBD)
Former Bradley pitcher Janssen remembered as remarkable player, person
by Kristina Leahy and Jeremy Scott PEORIA, Ill. -- Mitch Janssen was announced as one of the three who passed away in a plane crash Tuesday on I-55 near Lincoln. Janssen was a Princeville native, Brad...
Mar 04, 2020 Kristina Leahy/1470-100.3 WMBD
Bradley grad among plane crash victims
LINCOLN, Ill. -- A former Bradley University student-athlete is among three people killed in Tuesday's plane crash on I-55 near Lincoln. 22-year-old Mitch Janssen, a 2019 graduate and four-year baseba...
Mar 04, 2020
COVID-19 death toll rises
BANGKOK (AP) - Washington state has reported a 10th death from the new coronavirus and California announced its first. Health officials in Northern California say the elderly man who had other health ...
Mar 04, 2020 (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
DIOSH Day kicks off at the Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. -- An event dedicated safety and health with employers and employees is in its 29th year at the Peoria Civic Center. The Downstate Illinois Occupational Safety and Health (DIOSH) Day kick...
Mar 04, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
