Category Archives: Local News
Peoria's COVID-19 testing capabilities expand this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's first COVID-19 testing site opened this week at Heartland Health Services Center at 2321 N. Wisconsin. The City's second testing site opens Saturday at the Peoria City/County ...
Apr 24, 2020 1470 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Don't inject disinfectants, Lysol warns as Trump raises idea
WASHINGTON (AP) - The maker of Lysol and another disinfectant says its products should not be used as an internal treatment for the coronavirus. The company issued a statement Friday to combat what it...
Apr 24, 2020 A can of disinfectant spray has a prominent place on the same table as stethoscopes and blood pressure monitors on a rolling rolling table near a number of bays that are spaced out and separated from the others in the basement of a parking structure on the campus of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, April 8, 2020. The mobile field clinic was built in anticipation of more coronavirus cases. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
County board votes to close Heddington Oaks
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria County Board Thursday night voted 17-0 to close the Heddington Oaks Assisted Living facility. Last week, the county board announced its intentions to shutter Heddington Oaks...
Apr 24, 2020 (Heddington Oaks Facebook)
Illinois Payroll jobs down with the impact of COVID-19
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) released new statewide data on Thursday, showing the department processed 102,937 new initial unemployment claims. The IDES pr...
Apr 23, 2020
Peoria City/County Health Dept. update
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City/County Health Department gave an update on local positive COVID-19 cases on Thursday, and it was the largest increase in cases to date, with 12. 53 confrimed cases have ...
Apr 23, 2020 Kristina Leahy/1470-100.3 WMBD
Pritzker extends Illinois stay-at-home order through May
CHICAGO -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday a modified extension to the current stay-at-home order. The modified extension begins May 1 and will go though the month. State parks will begin a phas...
Apr 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
Bradley University eligible for emergency relief funding
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University is eligible for $4.2 million in grant money from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund. Bradley Spokesperson and Executive Director of Public Relations, Renee C...
Apr 23, 2020 MWC-Bradley Campus 2020
Washington cancels 'Good Neighbor Days'
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- The Washington Chamber of Commerce and other community entities and officials have canceled the 2020 Washington Good Neighbor Days. The festival was set to be held May 27-31. The t...
Apr 23, 2020 (Washington Good Neighbor Days-Facebook)
4.4 million U.S. workers apply for jobless aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 4.4 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week as job cuts escalated across an economy that remains all but shut down, the government said Th...
Apr 23, 2020 (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Peoria home damaged by fire overnight, firefighter injured
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighters were called just before 10:30 p.m. Wednesday to a home in the 500 block of S. Warren on reports of a fire. Heavy smoke and fire were seen coming from the first and ...
Apr 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
