Category Archives: Local News
Tier 3 mitigation restrictions to take effect Friday
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Stricter COVID-19 mitigation will take effect this Friday across all of Illinois. Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Tuesday all 11 regions of the state will have to adhere to tier thre...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
Theo Epstein steps down as Chicago Cubs' President of Baseball Operations
CHICAGO -- Theo Epstein, Chicago Cubs' President of Baseball Operations that led the organization to the end of its 108-year World Series drought, announced Tuesday that he is stepping down. Epstein h...
Dalton Kemper Nov 17, 2020 Scott Slingsby / CC
Local COVID roundup 11/17: Slightly fewer people in area hospital beds
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Deparment Tuesday announced 293 new cases of COVID-19 throughout the tri-county area. After reporting 12 deaths on Monday, no deaths were reported in the ...
Dalton Kemper Nov 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 11/17: Concerning hospital numbers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The number of people in hospital beds with COVID-19 throughout Illinois continues to rise above record numbers. As of Monday night, 5,887 were in the hospital with the virus. Of t...
Dalton Kemper Nov 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
Pekin facilities closing to limit spread of COVID-19
PEKIN, Ill. -- Pekin officials say they will be closing city buildings and facilities, including City Hall, at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19. "This action is ...
Julia Bradley Nov 17, 2020 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Many struggling with mental health following election and ahead of the holidays
PEORIA, Ill. -- We couldn't have asked for a more toxic combination of things happening at the same time. That's how UnityPoint Health's Dr. Ted Bender describes ongoing effects of an unsettled presid...
Julia Bradley Nov 17, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Washington mayor reflects seven years after an EF-4 tornado
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- November 17, 2013. It's been seven years since tornadoes ripped through Pekin, East Peoria and Washington, Illinois. The damage was especially devastating in Washington, where thre...
Julia Bradley Nov 17, 2020 (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
Pritzker: Stay home to help reduce the virus' spread
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- As COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to rise in Illinois, Gov. J-B Pritzker is urging everyone to stay home as much as possible. The number of COVID patients in the hospital has ...
Julia Bradley Nov 17, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Trump campaign lawsuit over Pennsylvania vote heads to court
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A hearing on the Trump campaign's federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Pennsylvania officials from certifying the vote results remains on track. It's scheduled for Tuesday in Williams...
Julia Bradley Nov 17, 2020 A Luzerne County worker canvases ballots that arrived after closing of voting until Friday at 5 p.m. and postmarked by Nov. 3rd as vote counting in the general election continues, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Peoria Public Schools returning to distance learning starting Nov. 30
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Schools will be returning to all distance learning beginning Nov. 30. "Even though cases within Peoria Public Schools have not reflected the rise in positivity regionally ...
Dalton Kemper Nov 16, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy