Category Archives: Local News
Embers start Peoria garage fire
PEORIA,Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called around 2 p.m. Sunday to the 4000 block of Patricia on reports of a fire. Upon arrival, heavy smoke and fire was seen coming from an attached garage. Fire...
Sep 14, 2020 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Fires raise fight over climate change before Trump's visit
BEAVERCREEK, Ore. (AP) - With crews battling wildfires that have killed at least 35 people, destroyed neighborhoods and enveloped the West Coast in smoke, another fight has emerged: leaders in the Dem...
Sep 14, 2020 Evacuees from the Riverside Fire stay in tents at the Milwaukie-Portland Elks Lodge, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, in Oak Grove, Ore. (AP Photo/John Locher)
State COVID roundup 9/13: 7-day positivity rate 3.7%
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois public health officials on Sunday reported 1,462 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 14 additional deaths. Overall, the state has had 261,371 confirmed cases and 8,309 deaths s...
Sep 14, 2020 Midwest Communications
Holding feet to the fire: citizens blast city council over vote
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City Council's decision two weeks ago to decommission fire engines 20 and four is being met with stiff resistance. The 6-5 verdict came after months of deliberation over restruc...
Sep 13, 2020 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Peoria authorities search for clues in early Sunday shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert Sunday morning. Five shots were fired. Firefighters were called to the scene just after 6 a.m. to the 1700 block of N. Linn after receivin...
Sep 13, 2020 Midwest Communications
More than 800 nurses begin strike at Chicago hospital
CHICAGO (AP) - More than 800 nurses walked off the job Saturday at Chicago's University of Illinois Hospital after the latest contract negotiations aimed at averting the strike ended with an impasse. ...
Sep 13, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 9/12: man in Peoria dies
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health said Saturday a man in his 90s in Peoria County has passed away from COVID-19, making it the second COVID-related death since Thursday to ...
Sep 12, 2020 Midwest Communications
Death of actor brings colon cancer concern to forefront
PEORIA, Ill. -- The late August death from colon cancer of actor Chadwick Boseman has raised awareness on the topic of knowing how and when to get checked. "In most cases, it's a cancer that's fairly ...
Sep 12, 2020 Midwest Communications
Pekin Marigold Parade called off
PEKIN, Ill. -- The 2020 parade portion of the Pekin Marigold Festival, which had been modified to a drive-thru event because of COVID, has been completely canceled. From the event's official Facebook ...
Sep 12, 2020 (Pekin Marigold Festival Facebook)
Travelling Vietnam Memorial Wall stopping in East Peoria
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- The Vietnam Travelling Memorial Wall will be in East Peoria later this month. The wall honoring those who lost their lives while serving in Vietnam will be in East Peoria's Levee ...
Sep 11, 2020 Maureen Welsh/Provided by East Peoria
