Category Archives: Local News
East Peoria Fire Department has a contract
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- A long awaited contract agreement for the fire department was reached Tuesday night at the East Peoria City Council meeting. The vote was 4-0, with Commissioner Dan Decker choosin...
Nov 19, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Million dollar gift to OSF autism research
PEORIA, Ill. -- OSF Healthcare's autism research was bolstered Tuesday by $1 million. The gift from Charles and Sue Thomas of Rockford creates the eponymous Charles and Sue Thomas Autism Endowment for...
Nov 19, 2019 Newsroom/OSF Healthcare
Festival of Trees begins on Thursday
PEORIA, Ill. -- Crittenton Centers announced the 11th annual Festival of Trees. The weekend long event features many designer decorated Christmas trees ranging from 7 and a half feet tall and smaller,...
Nov 19, 2019 Festival of Trees
Peoria Made to open early December
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Made will open its doors at the beginning of December. As a part of the new Innovation district, Peoria Made, 315 Main Street, will be a creative space for people to collaborate...
Nov 19, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
White House officials to kick off big Trump impeachment week
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two top national security aides who listened to President Donald Trump's call with Ukraine are scheduled to testify in the impeachment hearings, launching back-to-back sessions as Am...
Nov 19, 2019 The Capitol in Washington is seen early Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, as the House Intelligence Committee begins a second week of public hearings as part of its impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Pope calls for Archbishop Fulton Sheen's beatification
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Vatican announced on Monday that Pope Francis has called for Archbishop Fulton Sheen's beatification. Bishop Daniel Jenky of the Diocese of Peoria said that the beatification will ...
Nov 19, 2019
Knowing when antibiotics help and when they won't
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Roughly 30% of antibiotics prescribed in medical providers' offices and emergency rooms are not needed. The over-prescribing and misuse of antibiotics could make the bacteria they...
Nov 18, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Peoria County Board proposes 2020 budget
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria County Board has drafted its proposed 2020 budget. Highlights include no property tax increase and fully-funded Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund pension obligations. Count...
Nov 18, 2019 MWC
$9.5 million grant for maternal outcomes improvement
CHICAGO -- The University of Illinois Chicago and Illinois Department of Public Health have received a $9.5 million grant to help improve maternal outcomes in the state. Around 73 women die each year ...
Nov 18, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Bradley students create Give it a Whirl, Girl! business workshop for women
PEORIA, Ill. -- The first Give it a Whirl, Girl! event will be a way for female business owners and entrepreneurs to connect and network. Stephanie Dean, a senior at Bradley University, and her Capsto...
Nov 18, 2019 The SCENE PR
