Category Archives: Local News
Joblessness up all across Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. -- In a stark showing of the impact of COVID-19, the Peoria Metro area was more than four times as jobless in April 2020 as it was in April 2019. Unemployment statistics releaed Friday sh...
May 29, 2020
CityLink extending fixed route bus service
PEORIA, Ill. -- As local businesses reopen in phase three of the Restore Illinois Plan, CityLink is extending its fixed route bus service effective June 1. CityLink Spokesperson Emily Watson said Mond...
May 29, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
CNN crew arrested while reporting in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota State Patrol on Friday arrested a CNN television crew as they reported on violent protests in Minneapolis following the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man w...
May 29, 2020 A protester carries a U.S. flag upside, a sign of distress, next to a burning building Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody Monday, broke out in Minneapolis for a third straight night. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Road rage leads to gunfire on I-74
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- Shots were fired at a vehicle Thursday night on eastbound I-74. Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell said the incident was a result of road rage. "Sheriff's Deputies responded Thu...
May 29, 2020
George Floyd protesters set Minneapolis police station afire
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Protesters angered by the death of a black man who died while pleading for air as a white police officer kneeled on his neck have torched a Minneapolis police station that the depar...
May 29, 2020 Protestors demonstrate outside of a burning fast food restaurant, Friday, May 29, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody Monday, broke out in Minneapolis for a third straight night. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Man admits guilt in relation to Peoria child shooting death
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man has admitted responsibility for the shooting death last Wednesday of 8-year-old Jordin Wilson. 35-year-old Robert L. Harris turned himself into police Wednesday around 11:30 A.M....
May 28, 2020 Peoria Police Department
Local COVID roundup 5/29: No local deaths reported in past 24 hours
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Tri-County region did not report any new deaths in the past 24 hours. Peoria County reported two additional confirmed cases bringing the total to 192. Tazewell reported one new con...
May 28, 2020 Midwest Communitcations
State COVID roundup 5/28: Pritzker addresses phase three of Restore Illinois
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Illinois has surpassed 5,000 deaths related to COVID-19. Dr. Ngozi Ezike with the Illinois Department of Public Health announced an additional 1,527 new cases of COVID-19, bringing th...
May 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
Par-A-Dice employees facing possible layoffs
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Layoffs are looming for employees of East Peoria's Par-A-Dice Casino. According to a letter sent to current employees, Boyd Gaming said between 25-60% of Par-A-Dice workers could ...
May 28, 2020 25 News
Violence again rocks Minneapolis after man's death; 1 killed
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Protests rocked Minneapolis for the second straight night Wednesday after a man's death in police custody. One person was killed in what police were investigating as a homicide amid...
May 28, 2020 Demonstrators gather during a protest Wednesday, May 27, 2020, in Los Angeles over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody earlier in the week. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
