Category Archives: Local News
Local COVID roundup 9/11: death reported for third straight day
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Tazewell County man in his 70s was reported Friday by the Peoria City/County Health Department as the area's most recent fatal COVID-19 case. The man resided in the long-term care fa...
Sep 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 9/11: Tazewell County at warning level
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Tazewell County is among the counties in the state of Illinois considered to be at warning level by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). A county enters warning level ...
Sep 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
PPD makes second arrest in Peoria's latest homicide
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have arrested a second individual in connection with the City's 8th homicide of the year last weekend on W. Woodhill Lane. Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said the ...
Sep 11, 2020
ISP trooper struck on I-39 in Woodford County
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. -- A 71-year-old Wisconsin man was cited Thursday for a Scott's Law violation after his vehicle struck an Illinois State Police cruiser, injuring a sergeant. The incident happene...
Sep 11, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD
10 dead as California fire becomes deadliest of 2020
GRIDLEY, Calif. (AP) - A Northern California wildfire that destroyed a foothill hamlet has become the state's deadliest blaze of the year with 10 people confirmed dead - and the toll could climb as se...
Sep 11, 2020 Flames lick above vehicles on Highway 162 as the Bear Fire burns in Oroville, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. The blaze, part of the lightning-sparked North Complex, expanded at a critical rate of spread as winds buffeted the region. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
U.S. remembers 9/11 as pandemic changes tribute traditions
NEW YORK (AP) - Americans are commemorating 9/11 with tributes that have been altered by coronavirus precautions and woven into the presidential campaign, drawing President Donald Trump and Democratic...
Sep 11, 2020 FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2013, file photo, Charlotte Newman, 8, visits the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York. On Sept. 11, 2020, Americans will commemorate 9/11 with tributes that have been altered by coronavirus precautions and woven into the presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Injury from Thurs. gunshot deemed life-threatening
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics were called around 1:45 Thursday afternoon to the 1200 block of E. Frye on reports of a gunshot victim. During their travels to the call, they received re...
Sep 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
Four cases of Legionnaires' disease confirmed in Tazewell County since July
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. -- Since July of this year, Tazewell County has seen four confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease. Legionnaires' disease is a very serious type of pneumonia caused by a bacteria...
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Local COVID roundup 9/10: female long-term care resident dies
PEORIA, Ill. -- The local death toll due to COVID-19 is now at 56 after a female in her 90's has died. The woman was a resident of a long-term care facility, Apostolic Christian Skyline. The woman is ...
Sep 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
GOP's slimmed-down virus bill scuttled by Senate Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats have scuttled a scaled-back GOP coronavirus rescue package, saying the measure shortchanges too many pressing needs as the pandemic continues its assault on the coun...
Sep 10, 2020 Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., left, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
