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Peoria home damaged by fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called around 12:20 p.m. Monday to a home in the 900 block of S. Sumner. Dark smoke was seen coming from the side of the home upon the crew's arrival. "It came...
Mar 03, 2020 Midwest Communications
Fatal crash under investigation
Peoria County, IL. -- A single vehicle accident claims the life of a Peoria man. The Peoria County Sheriff's office, Illinois State Police, Brimfield Fire and an OSF Life Flight Helicopter responded t...
Mar 02, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria Police arrest armed robbery suspect
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police took a suspect into custody Saturday for armed robbery. Police were called Saturday night around 7:00 to South Metro Market, 2421 W. Starr St., for a hold-up alarm, accor...
Mar 02, 2020 Peoria Police Department
State trying voluntary virus testing, putting insurance on notice
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- With two coronavirus cases having just been diagnosed in Illinois over the weekend, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and state Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike held a news c...
Mar 02, 2020 Midwest Communications
Thirty-six Bradley students are studying overseas
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University is keeping in contact with students studying over seas about coronavirus. Currently, 36 Bradley students are studying overseas in 15 different countries. Nathan Thom...
Mar 02, 2020 mwc-Nathan Thomas
Keeping the runways clear of snow
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Airport Authority discussed new options for updated snow brooms to use at Peoria airports during the winter months. Gene Olson, Director of Airports, said the snow brooms are large...
Mar 02, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Klobuchar ends presidential bid, will endorse Biden
UNDATED (AP) -- Amy Klobuchar is ending her Democratic presidential campaign and is set to endorse Joe Biden. The Minnesota senator announced the decision Monday, calling it quits after a bid that bro...
Mar 02, 2020 (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Illinois announces fourth COVID-19 case
CHICAGO -- The Illinois Department of Public Health and the Cook County Department of Public Health on Monday announced a fourth patient has tested positive for COVID-19. The test results will have to...
Mar 02, 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)
2nd coronavirus death reported in the U.S.
(AP) - Health officials in Washington state said Sunday night that a second person had died from the coronavirus and researchers said it may have been circulating for weeks undetected in the greater S...
Mar 02, 2020 Dr. Frank Riedo, Medical Director of Infection Control, EvergreenHealth Hospital addresses a news conference at Public Health – Seattle & King County Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, in Seattle. A man in his 50s with underlying health conditions became the first coronavirus death on U.S. soil. The man had underlying health conditions and no history of travel or contact with a known COVID-19 case, health officials in Washington state said. A spokesperson for EvergreenHealth Medical Center said the person died in the facility in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland.(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Yard waste pickup season's about to start
PEORIA, Ill. -- Get those clippings, sticks and leaves ready. Peoria's yard waste pickup season returns on Monday, March 16th. City of Peoria Communications Manager Stacy Peterson points out that resi...
Mar 02, 2020
