Category Archives: Local News
Local COVID roundup 9/3: Tazewell Co. sees 11th death
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Tazewell County woman in her 80s has passed away from COVID-19. The octogenarian did not reside in a long-term care facility, said the Peoria City/County Health Department. The woman...
Sep 3, 2020 Midwest Communications
CDC visits Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria-area leaders have been meeting this week with representatives of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC spent Wednesday conducting COVID-19 seminars with Peoria...
Sep 3, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
ISP steps up enforcement on Labor Day weekend
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- With more cars on the roads this holiday weekend, Illinois State Police will be out in force. State Trooper Jayme Bufford said stepped up enforcement on Labor Day weekend will be ...
Sep 3, 2020 Midwest Communications/Ed Hammond
Many more likely sought jobless aid as layoffs remain high
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government will provide its latest picture Thursday of the layoffs that have remained elevated at a weekly pace of around 1 million since the pandemic erupted nearly six mon...
Sep 3, 2020 Midwest Communications
Illinois House panel to investigate long-serving speaker
CHICAGO (AP) - The Illinois House has formed a special panel to investigate Speaker Michael Madigan, who has been implicated in a federal bribery probe. Republicans petitioned to form the committee ea...
Sep 3, 2020 AP Photo/Seth Perlman
Second annual BrownFest Saturday to honor Kevin Brown
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- When Kevin Brown passed away in June 2019, it shook the local area. Brown, former Washington basketball coach, lost his battle with Glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, after ...
Sep 2, 2020 Photo Courtesy: KBStrong - Fighting the Fight
CDC tells states: Be ready to distribute vaccines on Nov. 1
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The federal government has told states to prepare for a coronavirus vaccine to be ready to distribute by Nov. 1. The timeline raised concern among public health experts about a...
Sep 2, 2020 Midwest Communications
Arson listed as preliminary reason for Wednesday blaze
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria man was taken into custody Wednesday morning after being suspected of arson. The county sheriff's office and Peoria Police Department arrived around 8:45 to 9619 N. Rt. 91. Th...
Sep 2, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 9/2: senior citizen passes away
PEORIA, Ill. -- The death of a Peoria County man in his 90s reported Wednesday by the Peoria City/County Health Department brought the area's total COVID-19 fatality count to 51. The agency said the m...
Sep 2, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 9/2: back over 2k
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- 2,128 Illinoisans between Tuesday and Wednesday received positive COVID-19 results. This was according to a report from the Illinois Department of Public Health, which said 32,751...
Sep 2, 2020 Midwest Communications
