Category Archives: Local News
State launches pot education site
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Human Services has launched a website to help citizens better understand cannabis. LetsTalkCannabisIL.com, which went live on Friday, contains health an...
Mar 9, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
East Bluff gunshot victim OK following Saturday incident
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were continuing to investigate a Saturday shooting that took place in the city's East Bluff. Officers responded just after 4 P.M. to a local hospital regarding a call abo...
Mar 9, 2020 Midwest Communications
Bradley wins back-to-back MVC Tournament titles
ST. LOUIS -- For the first time in program history, Bradley has won their second consecutive Missouri Valley Conference Tournament championship. Bradley defeated Valparaiso 80-66 on Sunday, securing t...
Mar 8, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470WMBD
Subdivision fire started by child
PEORIA, Ill. -- A child's playing with a lighter was determined to be the cause of a blaze Saturday afternoon in North Peoria. Crews were dispatched to the home on N. Country Ridge Ln. just before 4, ...
Mar 8, 2020 Midwest Communications
US state of Missouri reports first virus case
BEIJING (AP) - A St. Louis-area woman who recently traveled to Italy is the U.S. state of Missouri's first confirmed coronavirus case. St. Louis County Executive Sam Page said Saturday that the woman ...
Mar 8, 2020
Bradley on to MVC Championship for second straight year
ST. LOUIS -- For the first time in school history, the Bradley Braves are headed to their second straight MVC Tournament Championship game. Bradley defeated Drake 76-66 in the semi-final to advance to...
Mar 7, 2020
Firefighters battle Southside arson
PEORIA, Ill. -- A suspected arson in South Peoria had fire crews out working early Saturday morning. Firefighters were called around 8:45 to a 1 1/2-story house in the 1000 block of W. Adrian G. Hinto...
Mar 7, 2020 Midwest Communications
Chicago school worker tests positive for COVID-19
CHICAGO (AP) - A woman who tested positive for COVID-19 after taking a cruise last month worked at a Chicago public school for days before seeking medical attention. Illinois Department of Public Heal...
Mar 7, 2020
Bradley looks ahead to semi-final matchup against Drake
ST. LOUIS -- The Bradley Braves are now looking forward to their semi-final matchup with Drake Saturday afternoon after being the only higher seeded team to win on Friday. It truly was a day of madnes...
Mar 7, 2020 AP Photo/Jeff Roberson
Ramirez sentenced to life in prison
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A man who confessed to fatally stabbing his parents and dumping their bodies in a central Illinois river has been sentenced to life in prison. Jose Ramirez confessed last year to k...
Mar 7, 2020
