Category Archives: Local News
Illinois attorney general warns about stimulus scams
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois' Attorney General Kwame Raoul is warning the public about scams related to stimulus payments coming from the federal government. The first wave of payments is going out. ...
Apr 15, 2020 MWC-Scam Graphic credit: University of Illinois Extension.
City Council learns impacts on budget due to COVID-19
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City Council learned Tuesday night how much the coronavirus pandemic will impact the city's budget. City Manager Patrick Urich said the budget is no longer balanced due to C...
Apr 14, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
PIA gets big federal help
PEORIA, Ill. -- General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport has received north of $6 million through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security, or CARES, Act. The federal grant purp...
Apr 14, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Trump halting funding to the World Health Organization
WASHINGTON D.C. -- President Donald Trump said Tuesday the Trump Administration has been instructed to halt funding with the World Health Organization. Trump said WHO was opposed to suspend travel fro...
Apr 14, 2020 Midwest Communications
Three new cases of COVID-19 in Tri-County area
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City/County Health Department Tuesday announced three new cases of COVID-19 in the Tri-County area. There are now 31 cases in Peoria County, 21 cases in Tazewell County, and ...
Apr 14, 2020 Midwest Communications
Pritzker says Illinois is bending the curve
CHICAGO -- The doubling rate in Illinois has substantially increased since social distancing measures have been put in place, according to Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Pritzker also said that the mortality rat...
Apr 14, 2020 Midwest Communications
Trump claims 'total' authority over reopening economy
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is suggesting that governors' objections to his claim of absolute authority over when to lift guidelines aimed at fighting the coronavirus are tantamount to in...
Apr 14, 2020 MWC-Fox News Photo Credit
Hy-Vee offers full-service at the pump
HY-VEE OFFERS FULL-SERVICE AT THE PUMP PIC: HY-VEE WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hy-Vee announced Tuesday that the grocery chain will begin offering free full-service fueling ...
Apr 14, 2020 (Hy-Vee)
Kasper: What you need to know about the transfer of COVID-19
PEORIA, Ill. -- Central Illinois is doing a good job of flattening the curve. Dr. Doug Kasper, Infectious Disease Specialist with the University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria, told WMBD's Gre...
Apr 14, 2020 Midwest Communications
Republicans, Pritzker spar over unemployment system overload
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - House Republicans are complaining that Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker hasn't done enough to fix a state unemployment system overwhelmed by 500,000 first-time claims in the past...
Apr 14, 2020 Midwest Communications
