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Apartment complex damaged in overnight fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters and paramedics were called around 2:15 a.m. Saturday to the 2100 block of N. Wisconsin on reports of smoke in a building. Upon arrival, crews found a two-unit apart...
May 15, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
One year later, 2020 Bradley grads get their moment
PEORIA, Ill. -- 2020 graduates of Bradley University were finally able to have their moment Friday evening at Shea Stadium. After graduating a year earlier, many students may have wondered if they wou...
May 14, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Bustos announces $8 million for Peoria International Airport
PEORIA, Ill. -- Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) Friday announced a grant totaling more than $8 million will be headed to Peoria International Airport (PIA). The $8,057,860 grant is from the U.S. De...
May 14, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Local COVID roundup 5/14: 6 deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- A combined six residents of Peoria and Tazewell Counties between Thursday and Friday died of COVID-19 complications. Tazewell experienced the deaths of a woman in her 60s and a man in ...
May 14, 2021 Midwest Communications
Trump-backed Stefanik wins vote to join House Republican leadership
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives elected Donald Trump's candidate Elise Stefanik to their leadership, succeeding Liz Cheney, who they ousted earlier this week for...
May 14, 2021 REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
State COVID roundup 5/14: Positivity rate continues to fall
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday reported a seven-day statewide COVID-19 test positivity of 3.1%. That rate has continued its downward descent after being 3....
May 14, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria home damaged by fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters and paramedics responded to reports of a house fire just before 12:30 a.m. Friday in the 300 block of S. Webster Street. Fire Battalion Chief Clint Kuhlman said it ...
May 14, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 5/13: More than 62% of adults have one dose
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Thursday reported more than 62% of adult Illinoisans have at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Overall, more than 10.1 millio...
May 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
Woodruff students experience healthcare careers first-hand
PEORIA, Ill. -- Students at Woodruff Career and Technical Center were able to have first-hand experience in the healthcare field Wednesday at OSF's Jump Trading Simulation and Education Center. Studen...
May 13, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Local COVID roundup 5/13: 4 deaths reported among otherwise positive numbers
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City/County Health Department said a total of four residents of Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties between Wednesday and Thursday passed away from COVID-19 complications. A...
May 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
