Category Archives: Top Stories
Mayor Kahl confident for East Peoria during State of the City Address
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Mayor of East Peoria, John Kahl, said that the state of the city is confidence and promise for the city. "I think East Peoria has done a phenomenal job of staying ahead of the cur...
Mar 06, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Trump set to sign $8.3B bill to fight coronavirus outbreak
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is expected to sign an $8.3 billion measure to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak. The legislation would provide federal public health agencies money for vac...
Mar 06, 2020 (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
Tazewell testing election equipment
PEKIN, Ill. -- The Tazewell County Clerk's Office was set Friday to publicly test its election equipment, approximately a week and a half ahead of the state primary elections. The state-mandated publi...
Mar 06, 2020 Midwest Communications
Donut Days going away... for now
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. -- The Chillicothe non-profit known as Ambulance Rescue 33 has announced it will not be conducting its annual Donut Days fundraiser this year as the group transitions into the Rescue...
Mar 05, 2020 Midwest Communications
PPD asking for help in locating a missing woman
UPDATE: Deborah Whited has been located and is OK. PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police are asking for assistance in locating a missing person. Police were called around 9:45 Thursday morning to the 1200 blo...
Mar 05, 2020
5th Illinois resident tests positive for COVID-19
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health and Cook County Department of Public Health announced Thursday that a fifth person in Illinois has tested positive at the IDPH laboratory ...
Mar 05, 2020 Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, discusses the discovery of a second case in Illinois of the novel coronavirus and the public health efforts to contain and study it, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020 in Springfield, Ill., (AP Photo/John O'Connor)
Former Peoria Rep: "I am gay"
PEORIA, Ill. -- Former Illinois 18th District Rep. Aaron Schock on Thursday announced he's gay. Known among other things for his conservative voting record on social issues, in a statement on his webs...
Mar 05, 2020 (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
Pekin man sentenced for sexually abusing girl
PEKIN, Ill. -- A Pekin man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing a young girl. Brandon Lynn, 34, of Pekin, pleaded guilty to aggravated criminal sexual abuse Wednesday in Ta...
Mar 05, 2020
As you 'Spring Forward', check smoke alarms
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- It's that time again. The Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office reminds the public to "Change Your Clock, Change Your Batteries." State Fire Marshal Spokesperson J-C Fultz said, "a...
Mar 05, 2020
U.S. virus death toll hits 11; feds investigate nursing home
SEATTLE (AP) - The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus has risen to 11 with a victim succumbing in California - the first reported fatality outside Washington state. Officials in Placer County, north...
Mar 05, 2020 In the aftermath of the first California resident to die from the coronavirus,California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a statewide emergency to deal with the virus, at a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The elderly patient died in Placer County, northeast of Sacramento, after apparently contracting the illness on a cruise. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
