Category Archives: Local News
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
Bloomberg drops out of presidential race
NEW YORK (AP) - Billionaire Mike Bloomberg has ended his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination and has endorsed Joe Biden. It was a stunning collapse for the former New York City mayor, who h...
Mar 04, 2020 (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Peoria transplant talks about Nashville tornado
EAST NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Deadly tornadoes hit central Tennessee early Tuesday morning. A Peoria native, Wayne Johnson of the Brazillianaires band, now lives in East Nashville. He said he was awakened ...
Mar 04, 2020 People are reflected in a mirror of a building destroyed by storms Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. Tornadoes ripped across Tennessee early Tuesday, shredding buildings and killing multiple people. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Biden wins Texas primary in resounding Super Tuesday finish
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Joe Biden ended a triumphant Super Tuesday with a narrow victory in Texas. He handed rival Bernie Sanders a disappointing loss, even though he snatched a larger prize in Californi...
Mar 04, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, right, and his wife Jill attend a primary election night rally Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Peoria scrap yard fire shuts down traffic near Bartonville
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics responded to a large scrap yard fire Tuesday at Allied Industries located at 2600 W. Clark around 4:30 p.m. Large plume of black and grey smoke rose into ...
Mar 03, 2020 MWC- Photo Credit / Use by permission from the Peoria Fire Department
East Peoria City Council encourages public input for budget
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- East Peoria is working on approving the fiscal city budget for 2020-2021. Mayor John Kahl said it is important for the council to hear what the public has to say. "It's tax payer ...
Mar 03, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
