Category Archives: Local News
Local health experts remind residents of J&J vaccine safety
PEORIA, Ill. -- The use of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine was paused due to a rare clotting disorder found in women who received the shot, but was recently given clearance to res...
Dalton Kemper Apr 29, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
State COVID roundup 4/29: vax avg drops below 100k
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A total of 3,394 Illinoisans between Wednesday and Thursday tested positive for the coronavirus. The state had a total of 38 COVID-related deaths. 107,689 doses of the vaccine bet...
Rick Hirschmann Apr 29, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 4/29: 5 deaths, 4 in 1 county
PEORIA, Ill. -- Thursday's COVID-19 report from the Peoria City/County Health Department was particularly devastating for Tazewell County, which reported four deaths over the last 24 hours from the vi...
Rick Hirschmann Apr 29, 2021 Midwest Communications
PPS will return next fall with a 6-hour schedule
PEORIA, Ill. -- A shortened schedule will continue next fall for Peoria Public Schools. Students will attend class an additional 30 minutes per day at the start of the 2021-22 school year, with plans ...
Julia Bradley Apr 29, 2021 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
U.S. economy accelerates in first quarter; jobless claims edge lower
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. economic growth accelerated in the first quarter, fueled by massive government aid to households and businesses, charting the course for what is expected will be the strong...
Julia Bradley Apr 29, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud
Caterpillar sees increases in Q1 2021
DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Caterpillar announced first-quarter sales and revenue of $11.9 billion on Thursday, up from $10.6 billion in the first quarter of 2020, a 12% increase. CAT officials said higher pro...
Julia Bradley Apr 29, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Biden pleads for unity, warns of Chinese threat, in speech to Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden proposed a sweeping new $1.8 trillion plan in a speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, pleading with Republican lawmakers to work with him on div...
Julia Bradley Apr 29, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress as President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) react in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S. April 28, 2021. Chip Somodevillaat/Pool via REUTERS
PPS takes comments on Jefferson School name change
PEORIA, Ill. -- Emotions predictably ran high Wednesday night during the Peoria School District 150 Board of Education town hall meeting regarding the renaming of Thomas Jefferson Primary School. The ...
Rick Hirschmann Apr 28, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
U.S. charges three Georgia men with hate crimes in death of Ahmaud Arbery
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. charged three white men in Georgia on Wednesday with federal hate crimes and the attempted kidnapping of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who died last year after they gunned...
Rick Hirschmann Apr 28, 2021 Glynn County Sheriff?s Office/Handout via REUTERS
Candle sparks East Bluff blaze
PEORIA, Ill. -- All occupants of a home in the 600 block of E. Corrington escaped a Wednesday morning fire unscathed. Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics were called around 10:15 to the blaze at the two-sto...
Rick Hirschmann Apr 28, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy