Category Archives: Local News
EP 9th annual Farmer's Market season kicks off Friday
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- East Peoria's 9th annual Farmer's Market season begins on Friday at 4:00 p.m. The "Fresh Friday" event at the Levee District will be every Friday through September 25th, according...
Jun 4, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Local COVID roundup 6/04: Peoria County sees 13 new cases
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Tri-County region saw an increase of 14 new COVID-19 cases, 13 in Peoria and 1 in Tazewell. Woodford County remains at 22 confirmed cases. Peoria County's total number of confirmed...
Jun 4, 2020 Midwest Communications
Wednesday night shooting victim identified
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's recent homicide victim has been identified as 30-year-old Ryan William Greenwood. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said an autopsy was performed Thursday morning. "Which to...
Jun 4, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 6/04: State 7 day positivity rate remains at 6%
CHICAGO, Ill. -- The seven day positivity rate for Illinois remains at 6%. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 929 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the state's total number of confirmed c...
Jun 4, 2020 Midwest Communications
Judge: $750K bail for 3 ex-officers accused in Floyd's death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A judge has set bail at $750,000 apiece for three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting in the death of George Floyd. Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alex...
Jun 4, 2020 (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office via AP)
1.9 million seek jobless aid even as reopenings slow layoffs
WASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly 1.9 million people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, the ninth straight decline since applications spiked in mid-March, a sign that the gradual reopening of bu...
Jun 4, 2020 Midwest Communications
West Bluff shooting late Wednesday night leads to death
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man is dead after an apparent Wednesday night homicide in Peoria's West Bluff. Peoria Police responded to the 1700 block of N. Bigelow St. just before 11:30 on a ShotSpotter alert of...
Jun 4, 2020 Midwest Communications
One person rescued during a structure fire
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A fire caused tense moments at East Peoria's Harbor Pointe. East Peoria Fire Fighters responded around 7 p.m. Wednesday to a working fire with heavy smoke in one of the dwellings o...
Jun 3, 2020 MWC-EP FD
Another Civic Center show moved to 2021
PEORIA, Ill. -- Things may be slowly progressing back to where they were pre-COVID, but "slowly" is the operative, as was evidenced Wednesday night. For the second time, comedian Bert Kreischer's show...
Jun 3, 2020 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Bradley back-to-school plans pending
PEORIA, Ill. -- Summer vacation has kicked off, but talks for what classes will look like in the fall continue for Bradley University. One change made to the fall semester: there will not be a fall br...
Jun 3, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
