Category Archives: Local News
Local COVID roundup 12/16: hospital bed use increases by almost 60
PEORIA, Ill. -- A combined nine residents of Peoria, Woodford, and Tazewell Counties passed away between Tuesday and Wednesday from COVID-19 complications. In Peoria County, a man in his 50s, two men ...
Rick Hirschmann Dec 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
State agencies urge preparedness driving in winter weather
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois State Police (ISP) and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) are urging drivers to stay prepared during the winter months as driving conditions worsen with snow and...
Dalton Kemper Dec 16, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
State COVID roundup 12/16: testing milestone surpassed
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The number of COVID-19 tests given throughout Illinois has surpassed 12 million. With the 93,278 specimens collected between Tuesday and Wednesday by labs across the state, the st...
Rick Hirschmann Dec 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
Sens., Rep. demand universal testing at FCI Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. -- Illinois Senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin, along with 17th District Rep. Cheri Bustos, have penned a letter to urge all inmates and staff at Federal Correctional Institute in Pe...
Rick Hirschmann Dec 16, 2020 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
U.S. COVID-19 deaths soar as vaccinations grow
(Reuters) - Daily U.S. deaths from COVID-19 surpassed 3,000 for the third time in a week as the country expanded its vaccination program and the U.S. Congress progressed toward approving financial rel...
Julia Bradley Dec 16, 2020 FILE PHOTO: Sammie Michael Dent, Jr., the grandson of Florence Bolton, a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive patient that died on November 2nd at Roseland Community Hospital, looks at her casket at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 9, 2020. Picture taken December 9, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
East Peoria's Festival of Lights competes in "Light Fight"
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- East Peoria's Festival of Lights will be featured on national television Wednesday night. FOLEPI lights will compete in the Great Christmas Light Fight on ABC at 7 p.m. The footag...
Julia Bradley Dec 16, 2020 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Peoria sees first significant snow of the season
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria crews were out treating roads early Wednesday morning after the first measurable snowfall of the season, although accumulation was expected to be minor. Peoria Public Works Depu...
Julia Bradley Dec 16, 2020 1470- 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Peoria signs off on consent degree with the EPA
PEORIA, Ill. - The City of Peoria has signed off on a long-range plan that aims gradually to eliminate its use of combined sewer overflow. The $109 million plan aims to fully reduce CSO by Dec. 31, 20...
Julia Bradley Dec 16, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Law enforcement awaits vaccine availability
PEORIA, Ill. -- Phase one of COVID-19 vaccine distribution was ushered in Tuesday afternoon on a local level, as five OSF HealthCare workers were the first on the frontlines in Illinois to receive the...
Rick Hirschmann Dec 15, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 12/15: key metric met
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County added two deaths between Monday and Tuesday to its COVID totals. A woman in her 90s who lived at Sharon Elms and a man in his 60s with comorbidities both succumbed to vir...
Rick Hirschmann Dec 15, 2020 Midwest Communications