Category Archives: Local News
Man sentenced to federal prison on gun charge
PEORIA, Ill. - An East Peoria man who allegedly lied about a stolen gun to police, and who was later arrested on federal charges, has been sentenced after pleading guilty earlier this year. The U.S. A...
Sep 10, 2021 Adobe Stock
Federal prison sentence given to Pekin man after guilty plea on drug charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Pekin man will be spending the better part of 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty Thursday to federal drug charges. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Harold Shane Koch, 42,...
Sep 10, 2021 Midwest Communications
Leaders look to the future with Greater Peoria 2030 Campaign
PEORIA, Ill. -- Representatives from Peoria area organizations gathered at the Peoria Riverfront Museum on Thursday as they look ahead to the year 2030. JD Dalfonso, President and CEO of the Greater P...
Sep 10, 2021 (25 News)
U.S. FDA says robust safety data needed before COVID-19 vaccine approval for kids
(Reuters) - U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday clinical trials testing COVID-19 vaccines for children are expected to include a monitoring period of at least two months after half the pa...
Sep 10, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
The emotional task of teaching students about 9/11
NEW YORK (Reuters) - As the United States ends its 'forever war' in Afghanistan, a museum in New York is teaching students about the event that set it in motion before they were born: 9/11. The 9/11 T...
Sep 10, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Joan Mastropaolo, a docent at the 9/11 Tribute Museum, stands at the 9/11 Memorial in New York City, U.S., August 6, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs
Doctor: Families still have COVID-19 doubts as family members are hospitalized, cases hit 50K
PEORIA, Ill. - The Tri-County area has hit another high water mark in terms of the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials say the number of confirmed cases since the pandemic began in Peoria, Tazewell, and Wood...
Sep 09, 2021 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Donation to U of I College of Medicine funds scholarship for rural healthcare
PEORIA, Ill. - An important donation has been made to the University of Illinois College of Medicine's Peoria campus. Canton-based Graham Health System has donated $500,000 to a scholarship that provi...
Sep 09, 2021 Submitted Photo
Tazewell County Clerk's Office unveils property fraud alert program
PEKIN, Ill. -- The Tazewell County Clerk's Office held a news conference on Thursday with representatives of Fidlar Technologies to announce a free Property Fraud Alert Program available to any Tazewe...
Sep 09, 2021 (Tazewell Co. Clerk's Office Facebook)
Pekin Marigold Festival "shines on"
PEKIN, Ill. -- The Pekin Marigold Festival is back in full force this weekend. Festival Chairman Josh Hafliger told WMBD's "The Greg and Dan Show", a new event Thursday afternoon is the "Crosstown Cla...
Sep 09, 2021 (Pekin Marigold Festival Facebook)
New Biden plan could mandate COVID shots or tests for two-thirds of U.S. workers
UPDATED 4:26 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Thursday said he will require all federal employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and the U.S. Department of Labor will issue a rule...
Sep 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A nurse prepares a Pfizer BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination as part of a vaccine drive by the Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians in Arleta, Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 23, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
