Category Archives: Local News
Chicago to require vaccination proof at indoor venues amid COVID-19 surge
(Reuters) -Chicago will require patrons to present proof of COVID-19 vaccinations for entry to restaurants, bars, gyms and some other indoor spaces, effective Jan. 3, amid a surge of new cases, Mayor ...
Dec 21, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People enjoy live music as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions are eased at blues bar Kingston Mines in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., June 24, 2021. Picture taken June 24, 2021. REUTERS/Eileen T. Meslar
IEMA: 'Sonic boom' caused by fighter jet in central IL
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - You probably didn't hear it in the Peoria area, but if you were in the Springfield or Decatur areas late Tuesday morning, you definitely did. The Illinois Emergency Management Agen...
Dec 21, 2021 Abel Pardo López / CC
Chillicothe barge fleeting project dashed for now
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. -- Plans for a new barge mooring project near Chillicothe's downtown waterfront -- are dashed -- at least for now. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says developers of the controversi...
Dec 21, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Restored fire engine company temporarily suspended due to COVID, financial reasons
UPDATED 1:44 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Fire Department engine company suspended because of a COVID-19 cut in city expenses, then restored in November, has been cut again temporarily. Chief Jim Ba...
Dec 21, 2021 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Walgreens limits sales of at-home COVID-19 tests to four per customer
(Reuters) -Walgreens Boots Alliance is limiting sales of at-home COVID-19 tests to four per customer due to a surge in demand, the pharmacy chain said on Tuesday, as the Omicron variant of the coronav...
Dec 21, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People walk by a Walgreens, owned by the Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 26, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Update: Victim of Peoria County crash identified
UPDATE: 12/22 10:13 a.m. PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says 24-year-old Cheyenne Edwards, of Canton, rolled her vehicle and struck a power pole in the 18-thousand, 2-hundr...
Dec 21, 2021 Midwest Communications
Kasper: Not surprised by Omicron's spread; but rather acceleration
PEORIA, Ill. -- With the Omicron variant of COVID-19 spreading rapidly in the U.S., there is one thing you can definitely do to help protect yourself...that's getting the vaccine if you haven't yet, o...
Dec 21, 2021 Midwest Communications
University of Illinois returns to remote learning after the holidays
URBANA, Ill. -- The University of Illinois will temporarily switch back to remote learning in January before students return to classrooms. Students and staff in Champaign-Urbana and Chicago will also...
Dec 21, 2021 Midwest Communications
Dozens test positive for COVID at Peoria Co. Jail
PEORIA, Ill. -- Over 50 inmates and jail staff have tested positive in a COVID outbreak at the Peoria County Jail. The Peoria County Sheriff's Office told news partner 25 News that 41 inmates and 11 j...
Dec 21, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
State: COVID-19 is causing hospital beds statewide to run out
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The State of Illinois is sounding an alarm similar to the one local health officials sounded last week, about hospital capacity right now, thanks in part to COVID-19. As of Sunday ...
Dec 20, 2021 Midwest Communications
