Category Archives: Local News
Where's the beef? Prices rise for consumers, but cattle producers still face problems
PEORIA, Ill. - It comes as no surprise, but the continued increase in beef prices at the grocery store can partially be blamed on COVID-19. Labor and supply chain issues are continued stressors for be...
Jan 07, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
Health Department: Change in contact tracing means change for COVID-19 return-to-work letters
PEORIA, Ill. - The state is moving to a centralized contact tracing system for COVID-19, due to a continued spike in cases here and throughout Illinois. That will mean a change for both employers and ...
Jan 07, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
COVID-19 causes big Peoria show to be cancelled; will return next year
PEORIA, Ill. - COVID-19 is being blamed for the cancellation of a big annual show that was to be at the Peoria Civic Center next month. The Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau says the Mid-West...
Jan 07, 2022 (File-Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Police mourn passing of retired K9 officer
PEORIA, Ill. - A longtime K9 member of the Peoria Police force has passed away. Peoria Police say on Facebook K9 officer Baron passed away Thursday at the age of ten. Baron was born September 11, 2011...
Jan 07, 2022 Peoria Police via Facebook
University of Illinois issues booster shot mandate
URBANA, Ill. -- The University of Illinois System is requiring all students, faculty, and staff to get a COVID-19 booster shot when they're eligible to receive it. The university encouraged everyone t...
Jan 07, 2022 Anthony Quintano / CC
Special police detail nets 20 arrests, maybe more to come
PEORIA, Ill. - If you saw a lot of police activity in certain areas of Peoria Wednesday, Police Chief Eric Echevarria says it was by design. The chief, in a news release, says as part of his 2022 anti...
Jan 06, 2022 Midwest Communications
Local officials: We're undergoing a COVID-19 'tsunami'
PEORIA, Ill. - Local health officials are saying that the wave of new COVID-19 cases are more than a wave -- they are, in their words, a "tsunami." The average daily number of new COVID-19 cases in th...
Jan 06, 2022 Midwest Communications
Ameren Illinois: Supply chain issues didn't hit 2021 natural gas deliveries
Peoria, Ill -- Supply chain interruptions did not impact the flow of much needed natural gas to heat tens of thousands of homes across the central Illinois region. It's the assurance we get from Amere...
Jan 06, 2022 Photo: Ameren
Durbin speaks on Senate floor about Jan. 6 attack
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Illinois' senior U.S. Senator, Dick Durbin, says it's concerning that some people believe the attack last January 6th on the U.S. Capitol wasn't that big of a deal. "I listen in di...
Jan 06, 2022 Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Kinzinger: My GOP is not leading after Jan. 6 Capitol attack
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger is hinting about what his future is, while commenting on the violence one year ago Thursday at the U.S. Capitol. "This time last year, I hoped v...
Jan 06, 2022
