Category Archives: Top Stories
Peoria Police searching for highjacking suspects
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded just before 11 p.m. Monday to the 2700 block of N. Bootz regarding a report of a vehicle hijacking. Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said the victim told p...
Feb 23, 2021 MWC-PPD
U.S. Senate begins review of security failings ahead of deadly Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. Senate panels reviewing security failings in the run-up to the deadly assault on the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump are due on Tuesday to interv...
Feb 23, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Police release tear gas into a crowd of pro-Trump protesters during clashes at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo/File Photo
New criminal justice reforms signed into Illinois law
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. J-B Pritzker signed a sweeping criminal justice reform package into law on Monday. The new law ends cash bail in many cases, sets statewide standards on police use o...
Feb 23, 2021 (File-1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol)
Peoria schools further discuss year-round schooling
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Public Schools' Balanced Calendar Committee presented an update on its studies and findings during Monday night's District 150 Board of Education meeting. Essentially, a "ba...
Feb 22, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Peoria public safety numbers concern City Council
PEORIA, Ill. -- Public services in Peoria, such as the fire department, police department and snow removal crews, have struggled in various ways since the beginning of the pandemic. For Peoria Fire an...
Feb 22, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Biden calls for national moment of silence for 500,000 U.S. COVID-19 deaths
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden called on Americans to observe a moment of silence on Monday to commemorate the grim milestone of 500,000 U.S. deaths from COVID-19. Biden, Vice President Ka...
Feb 22, 2021 REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
U.S. House budget panel approves $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Budget Committee on Monday approved legislation with $1.9 trillion in new coronavirus relief, advancing a top priority of President Joe Biden t...
Feb 22, 2021 REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
Local COVID roundup 2/22: Slight increase in area hospitalizations
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department Monday reported a slight increase in area hospitalizations over the weekend. On Friday, there were 31 patients in area hospitalizations with th...
Feb 22, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 2/22: Just over 1,000 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday reported 1,246 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, including 34 additional deaths. Within the past 24 hours, labor...
Feb 22, 2021 Midwest Communications
State Rep. Spain optimistic about Illinois' future
PEORIA,Ill. -- Illinois State Rep. Ryan Spain, of Peoria, was recently appointed to two leadership positions in the General Assembly. Spain now serves as the Assistant Republican Leader in the Illinoi...
Feb 22, 2021 Rep. Ryan Spain (R-Peoria) calling the Republican Conference into a caucus meeting on the Illinois House Floor during the waning days of the Lame-Duck Session at the Bank of Springfield Center in Springfield on January 9, 2021.
