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Peoria Fire crews knock down Monday afternoon house fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics responded Monday at 4:15 p.m. to the 1300 block of S. Greenlawn Ave. for reports of smoke in a building. A working fire was reported by firefighters upon ...
May 03, 2021 Midwest Communications
Central Illinois county clerks launch nonpartisan effort against house bill
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- If the proposed Illinois House Bill 3878 passes through the Senate, all documents filed through any recorder of deeds office would increase from $9 to $18. The money collected by ...
May 03, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Peoria Police find dead body Sunday morning; body ID'ed
***UPDATE*** 5/3/21 4:15 P.M. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the corpse as that of 43-year-old Jason Rutherford of Peoria. A toxicology test was pending, but Harwood reiterated no ...
May 03, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
2 kids killed in Peoria wreck; names now known
***UPDATE*** 5/3/21 3:45 P.M. The names of the deceased have been identified. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said the 14-year-old's name was Bolodjawn Diego Bonkengo, and the 1-year-old's was Owe...
May 03, 2021 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Women's clinic fire caused by arson
UPDATE 4:10 P.M. -- Peoria Fire Department fire investigators have determined the fire early Monday morning at the Women's Care Clinic was arson. The fire is now estimated to have caused $250,000 in d...
May 03, 2021 (25 News)
OSF opens fourth Peoria urgent care location
PEORIA, Ill. -- OSF HealthCare held a ribbon cutting Monday to celebrate the opening of a fourth OSF OnCall Urgent Care location in Peoria. According to Vice President of On Demand Services Brandi Cla...
May 03, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Local COVID roundup 5/3: double digit death count
PEORIA, Ill. -- A total of 10 Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford County residents between Friday and Monday passed away from COVID-19. Woodford County reported two men died, one of whom was in his 40s, an...
May 03, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 5/3: RX vax data backed up
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A total of 2,049 Illinoisans between Sunday and Monday found out they have COVID-19. 28 people during that time died. A number of pharmacies during the reporting period did not re...
May 03, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. screens 1.63 million people at airports, highest since March 2020
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it screened 1.63 million passengers on Sunday at U.S. airports, the highest number since March 2020, when the coronavir...
May 03, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Travelers wearing protective face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reclaim their luggage at the airport in Denver, Colorado, U.S., November 24, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
State COVID roundup 5/2: Positivity rate 3.4%
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) on Sunday reported 1,860 new cases of COVID-19, including 27 additional deaths. Between Saturday and Sunday, state labs reported 73...
May 03, 2021 Midwest Communications
