Category Archives: Local News
Local COVID roundup 12/3: one facility experiences two deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department reported 429 new coronavirus cases and five additional deaths between Wednesday and Thursday related to COVID-19. In Woodford County, two Apost...
Rick Hirschmann Dec 03, 2020 Midwest Communications
Shedding some light: Public Works engineer explains specs of Murray Baker beams
PEORIA, Ill. -- It reopened on Halloween night, and the convenience of being able to use the Murray Baker Bridge is a treat motorists will be enjoying for years to come. Drivers and non-drivers, alike...
Rick Hirschmann Dec 03, 2020 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
State COVID roundup 12/3: hospital bed capacity rises by over 100
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- State COVID-19 hospitalizations fell between Wednesday and Thursday by triple digits. The daily Illinois Department of Public Health report showed 5,653 in beds throughout the sta...
Rick Hirschmann Dec 03, 2020 Midwest Communications
US virus deaths top 3,100 in a single day for the first time
(AP) -- The U.S. has recorded over 3,100 COVID-19 deaths in a single day, obliterating the record set last spring. The number of Americans hospitalized with the virus has eclipsed 100,000 for the firs...
Julia Bradley Dec 03, 2020 Midwest Communications
US jobless claims remain high at 712,000 as virus escalates
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to a still-high 712,000, the latest sign that the U.S. economy and job market remain under stress from the i...
Julia Bradley Dec 03, 2020 Midwest Communications
One dead overnight in Peoria County crash
***UPDATE*** Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has released the name of the deceased passenger. He said 36-year-old Shannon Sommer-Affeldt was ejected from the vehicle and died instantly. __________...
Julia Bradley Dec 03, 2020 Midwest Communications
Next for Biden: Naming a health care team as pandemic rages
WASHINGTON (AP) - Up soon for President-elect Joe Biden: naming his top health care officials as the coronavirus pandemic rages. It's hard to imagine more consequential picks. Biden is expected to ann...
Julia Bradley Dec 03, 2020 In this Dec. 1, 2020, photo, President-elect Joe Biden speaks as Vice President-elect Kamala Harris listens at left, during an event to introduce their nominees and appointees to economic policy posts at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. Up soon for Biden: naming his top health care officials as the coronavirus pandemic rages. It’s hard to imagine more consequential picks. Biden is expected to announce his choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services next week. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Peoria Police continue search for missing person
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police are asking for the public's help in finding a missing woman. It's been two weeks since 48-year-old Cosette Brown was last seen in the area of Western and Lincoln on Peori...
Julia Bradley Dec 03, 2020
IL speaker's friend, 3 others enter bribery case pleas
CHICAGO (AP) - Four people, including a close friend of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, have entered not guilty pleas in a federal bribery case alleging a scheme with the state's largest utili...
Julia Bradley Dec 03, 2020 In this photo taken on Monday, May 19, 2014, llinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, speaks to lawmakers while on the House floor during session at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield Ill. As it becomes increasingly difficult to muster 60 votes for the extension of the states income tax increase, some lawmakers are pitching other options to consider, including a gradual roll back of tax rates as more a politically viable alternative. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
Arson determined to be cause of Wednesday morning fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Arson was determined to be the cause of a blaze Wednesday morning that caused $50,000 in damage to a residence. Battalion Chief Nathaniel Rice said there was no power or gas going to t...
Dalton Kemper Dec 02, 2020 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy