Category Archives: Local News
Local COVID roundup 7/16: region officially below key metric
PEORIA, Ill. -- While local leaders said Thursday the Peoria region will not immediately be moved back to phase three of Restore Illinois, they did hint more stringent efforts to prevent further sprea...
Jul 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
Spoon River Scenic Drive event canceled by COVID-19
CANTON, Ill. -- There won't be a Spoon River Scenic Drive Fall Festival this year. The Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive Association voted Wednesday night to cancel the annual event due to ongoing conce...
Jul 16, 2020 (Spoon River Scenic Drive Facebook)
1.3 million Americans apply for unemployment benefits
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits remained stuck at 1.3 million last week, an historically high level that indicates many companies are still cutting jobs ...
Jul 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
Electrical fire damages Peoria home overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters responded around 12:20 a.m. Thursday to a home in the 2100 block of W. North Circle Court on reports of a residential fire. Residents of the home were awakened by a...
Jul 16, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Flash flooding brings vehicle rescues and home damage
PEORIA, Ill. -- Severe thunderstorms caused flash flooding in the Peoria area. Due to an extreme torrential downpour of rain late Wednesday afternoon, several people had to be rescued from their vehic...
Jul 15, 2020 MWC
Local COVID roundup 7/15: hospitalization trend continues
PEORIA, Ill. -- Intensive care unit bed usage for coronavirus went up Wednesday throughout the Peoria area, as did non-ICU bed occupancy. The rolling 28-day hospital admission rate went up two points,...
Jul 15, 2020 Midwest Communications
Amid nationwide case increases, Pritzker, IDPH roll out modified COVID-19 plan
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- As cases of COVID-19 resurge across the nation, including Illinois, albeit to a lesser extent than some "hotspots," Gov. J.B. Pritzker has announced a statewide mitigation plan. P...
Jul 15, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
St. Jude Runs go virtual due to COVID-19
PEORIA, Ill. -- The St. Jude Runs look a little different this year. Since 1982, St. Jude Runs have raised nearly $62 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, according...
Jul 15, 2020 (stjuderuns.org)
Walmart starts requiring customers to wear masks
(UNDATED) -- Walmart is the latest national chain of stores to require its customers to wear masks or facial coverings in-store. The change will begin next week. Starbucks and Best Buy announced that ...
Jul 15, 2020 (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Man injured in fall at Rocky Glen Park
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- A 20-year-old man is recovering after a fall at Rocky Glen Park in Peoria County. Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell said the man suffered a head injury around 4:45 p.m. Tuesday...
Jul 15, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
