Category Archives: Local News
IHSA to defy state orders, go forward with basketball season
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- The Illinois High School Association has voted to move forward with basketball season as planned, which would defy orders handed down Tuesday by Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinoi...
Rick Hirschmann Oct 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 10/28: 4 deaths, FCI outbreak update
PEORIA, Ill. -- There was significant COVID-19 activity to report between Tuesday and Wednesday throughout the entirety of the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county. In Woodford County, a man in his 80s...
Rick Hirschmann Oct 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 10/28: 6K
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois's 24-hour COVID-19 case count from Tuesday to Wednesday surpassed 6,000, setting yet another one-day record. Along with the 6,110 positives were 51 reported deaths. Labs ...
Rick Hirschmann Oct 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
No. 9 Wisconsin cancels Nebraska game; Chryst tests positive
No. 9 Wisconsin has canceled its game at Nebraska on Saturday and paused all team activities for at least seven days after a dozen people within the program including coach Paul Chryst tested positive...
Rick Hirschmann Oct 28, 2020 AP Photo/Morry Gash
Students help bring Bradley's positivity rate down
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University, like schools nationwide, has had to deal with outbreaks of the coronavirus on campus. Bradley Spokesperson Renee Charles told WMBD's "The Greg and Dan Show", the po...
Julia Bradley Oct 28, 2020 MWC-Bradley Campus 2020
Fitting finale: Dodgers win title, Turner tests positive
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Justin Turner was removed from Los Angeles' 3-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 6 of the World Series after registering Major League Baseball's first positive coronavir...
Julia Bradley Oct 28, 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and third baseman Justin Turner pose for a group picture after the Dodgers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 in Game 6 to win the baseball World Series, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Man stabbed overnight outside Peoria bar
PEORIA, Ill. -- One person was transported to a local hospital early Wednesday morning after being stabbed in the neck outside a bar in the 600 block of Main Street in Peoria. Public Information Offic...
Julia Bradley Oct 28, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Peoria City Council to pursue asking voters if they'd pay extra property tax
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City Council voted 7-4 on Tuesday night to direct the city's legal team and City Manager Patrick Urich to return to the council in future meetings with possible referendum quest...
Rick Hirschmann Oct 27, 2020 Jeremy Scott/WMBD
Winter sports guidelines announced; high school basketball a no-go
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- With four regions of the state already in mitigation mode and a fifth, Region 11, set to join that group as of Oct. 30, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public He...
Rick Hirschmann Oct 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup: an even 4K
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Exactly 4,000 new cases of COVID-19 were detected throughout Illinois between Monday and Tuesday. 46 deaths were announced by the Illinois Department of Health during that time, i...
Rick Hirschmann Oct 27, 2020 Midwest Communications