Category Archives: Top Stories
Armed drugstore robbers remain on the loose
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have been scouring the area for two men who robbed the University St. Walgreens. The incident happened Saturday just before 10 P.M. and involved the brandishing of handgu...
May 23, 2021 MWC-Peoria Police Media Release
Two shot dead, eight injured after shooting in downtown Minneapolis
(Reuters) - Two men were shot dead and eight others were wounded in downtown Minneapolis, police said early on Saturday. "Of the 10 victims, all are adults, five male and five female. Two deceased are...
May 22, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
White House says it has pared infrastructure proposal to $1.7 trillion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House said on Friday it had pared down its infrastructure bill to $1.7 trillion from $2.25 trillion, with cuts to investments in broadband as well as roads and bridges,...
May 21, 2021 REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Why you're paying more: local trucking experts address cause-and-effect of driver shortage
PEORIA, Ill. -- The recent pipeline outage that caused gas prices to spike in certain parts of the country brought to the top of many economists' minds another looming problem related to gas prices. T...
May 21, 2021 Credit: G&D Integrated
Local COVID roundup 5/21: Hospitalizations continue downward trend
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department (PCCHD) Friday reported three fewer patients are in area hospital beds due to COVID-19 compared to Thursday. One fewer person occupies an ICU b...
May 21, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 5/21: vax numbers once again hit six digits
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Bucking a recent trend of fewer people getting the COVID-19 vaccine than when the shot was first made available, the Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday reported 126,02...
May 21, 2021 Midwest Communications
State-of-the-art projection system comes to Peoria's Dome Planetarium
PEORIA, Ill. -- A brand-new, world-class planetarium system will be unveiled at the Peoria Riverfront Museum on Saturday, May 22. The system, Evans & Sutherland 6.5K Digistar 7, is considered the ...
May 21, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Dozer Park upping capacity
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Chiefs will begin to sell tickets for 60% of seats at Dozer Park. The team announced Friday night's game against Quad Cities would be the first game at that capacity, after ...
May 21, 2021 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley)
Israel-Hamas truce takes hold after 11 days of fighting
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A truce between Israel and Hamas took hold on Friday after the worst violence in years, with U.S. President Joe Biden pledging to salvage the devastated Gaza Strip and the U...
May 21, 2021 REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
2 14-year-old girls among suspects in Peoria carjacking
PEORIA, Ill. -- Four suspects, including a pair of juveniles, have been arrested for a Wednesday morning armed carjacking in Peoria's West Bluff. A woman said the suspects drove away around 10:30 in h...
May 20, 2021 Midwest Communications
