Category Archives: Local News
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
U.S. weekly jobless claims near 18-month low
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell last week to the lowest level in nearly 18 months, offering more evidence that job growth was being hindered ...
Sep 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A staffing agency displays a "Now Hiring" sign in Tampa, Florida, U.S., June 1, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo
Biden to deliver six-step plan on COVID-19 pandemic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday will outline new approaches to control the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, which rages on despite the wide availability of vaccines. In a...
Sep 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks in honor of labor unions in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Louisiana death toll from Hurricane Ida rises to 26
(Reuters) -Louisiana's death toll from Hurricane Ida rose to 26 on Wednesday after health officials reported 11 additional deaths in New Orleans. Of those deaths, eight were males and three were femal...
Sep 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Workers clean up the site of the Historic Karnofsky Shop, a historic building, that collapsed during Hurricane Ida in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., September 6, 2021. REUTERS/Kathleen Flynn
Taliban interim government agrees to let foreigners leave Afghanistan
(Reuters) -Two hundred foreigners in Afghanistan, Americans among them, are set to depart on charter flights from Kabul on Thursday after the new Taliban government agreed to their evacuation, a U.S. ...
Sep 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Taliban forces stand guard at the entrance gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport a day after U.S troops withdrawal in Kabul, Afghanistan August 31, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
Home in rural Hanna City damaged by Fire
HANNA CITY, Ill. - As much as $30,000 in damage was done to a home in rural Hanna City thanks to a late-morning fire Wednesday. That's according to Logan-Trivoli Fire Chief David Tuttle, who says fire...
Sep 08, 2021 Midwest Communications
CityLink unveils new battery-electric buses soon to take to the streets
PEORIA, Ill. - You will soon be able to see -- and possibly ride on -- three new, more environmentally-friendly CityLink buses. CityLink Wednesday unveiled three new battery-powered electric buses, bo...
Sep 08, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Democrats will not raise debt limit in $3.5 trillion bill -Pelosi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats will not include a provision to raise the federal government's borrowing limit in a $3.5 trillion "reconciliation" spending measure they hope to pass this autumn, U.S....
Sep 08, 2021 U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Civic Center adds additional safety protocols
PEORIA,Ill. -- With two big comedy shows (Jo Koy and Leanne Morgan), and the AJR concert at the Peoria Civic Center this weekend (September 10-12), there are some changes you need to be aware of. Gene...
Sep 08, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
