Category Archives: Local News
LaHood: Housing funds approved for 18th District
PEORIA, Ill. - Congressman Darin LaHood (R-IL) announced on Monday that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development was awarded over $1.8 million in Public Housing Operating Funds. The fundin...
Apr 28, 2020 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Collins: Severe storms possible Tuesday afternoon/evening
PEORIA, Ill. -- Severe weather could roll into the Peoria area late Tuesday afternoon and continue into the evening hours. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins said sunshine, strong ...
Apr 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
Pritzker's stay-at-home order may be ruled unconstitutional
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A Clay County Circuit Court judge has issued a temporary restraining order against the stay-at-home restrictions that are set through May due to COVID-19. According to a state new...
Apr 27, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
PPS budget not challenged by pandemic
PEORIA, Ill. -- It is the homestretch until the end of the school year, and the Peoria Public Schools Board of Education discussed the budget. Mike McKenzie, Comptroller, said that this year's budget ...
Apr 27, 2020 Peoria Public Schools
Arrests made in Dunlap Motors vehicle thefts
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two males were taken into custody in relation to vehicle thefts from Dunlap Motors on April 18. Curtis King, 18, was taken into custody on April 22 by Peoria County Detectives accordin...
Apr 27, 2020 Peoria County Sheriff's Office
Pritzker says 34% of hospital beds in the state used for virus patients
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Governor J.B. Pritzker said the number of individuals in the hospitals due to COVID-19 has risen over the past week. The numbers are made of confirmed cases of coronavirus and those w...
Apr 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
UnityPoint Health CEO stepping down; interim CEO found
PEORIA, Ill. -- After over 20 years with UnityPoint Health, CEO and President Kevin Vermeer has chosen to step down effective April 20, 2020. Sue Thompson, Senior Vice President of Integration and Opt...
Apr 27, 2020 UnityPoint Health
Peoria's Moss Avenue Sale and Festival cancelled
PEORIA, Ill. -- A long-running Peoria event has been cancelled due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a post on their Facebook page, organizers have decided to cancel the 40th Annual...
Apr 27, 2020 Moss Ave. Sale and Festival Facebook)
Be wary of work-from-home scammers
PEORIA, Ill. -- Work-from-home job scams are popping up everywhere. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, many people in the Peoria area have been laid off. Dave Johnson, with Pearl Technology, warns not t...
Apr 27, 2020
Census delay could put off new voting districts, primaries
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - The U.S. Census Bureau wants more time to wrap up the once-a-decade count because of the coronavirus, and that could delay the divisive process of drawing new legislative di...
Apr 27, 2020 FILE - In this Sunday, April 5, 2020 file photo, An envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident is shown in Detroit. A top lawmaker says the Trump administration is seeking to delay deadlines for the 2020 census because of the coronavirus outbreak. U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney said Monday, April 13, 2020 that administration officials also were asking that the timetable for releasing apportionment and redistricting data used to draw congressional and legislative districts be pushed back. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
