Category Archives: Top Stories

Pop-A-Shot partners with NBA for officially-licensed games
PEORIA, Ill. -- Pop-A-Shot announced Friday they have partnered with the National Basketball Association (NBA) to launch a line of officially-licensed games. Pop-A-Shot's best-selling game, the Home D...
Dalton Kemper Jan 22, 2021

IDPH Director says all HS sports allowed in Phase 4
CHICAGO -- Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike Friday announced all high school sports are allowed to compete in intraconference play in Phase 4 of Restore Illinois. As of Fr...
Dalton Kemper Jan 22, 2021 Photo Courtesy -- IHSA.org

State COVID roundup 1/22: positivity rate continues to drop
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday reported the preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity is 6.2%. On Thursday, that number was at 6.5%. IDPH Friday also...
Dalton Kemper Jan 22, 2021 Midwest Communications

Henry "Hank" Aaron dies at 86
(Reuters) - Baseball Hall of Famer Henry "Hank" Aaron, who once held Major League Baseball's record for most career homes runs, has died, according to multiple media reports. He was 86. Aaron, who ear...
Dalton Kemper Jan 22, 2021 Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo

Arrest made in Peoria woman's death
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have made an arrest in the death of 50-year-old Mona Ellison. The PPD's Criminal Investigations Division has identified the suspect as 42-year-old Christopher Sanders. Du...
Julia Bradley Jan 22, 2021 (Peoria County Jail)

U.S. House to deliver Trump impeachment to Senate on Monday: Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives will deliver an impeachment charge against former President Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, rejecting Republican Se...
Julia Bradley Jan 22, 2021 U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) exits his office on his way to a photo-op with freshman senators at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

Biden pivots away from old court battles, helps ignite new ones
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden in his short time in office already has turned the page on some major legal battles that consumed former President Donald Trump's administration while also t...
Julia Bradley Jan 22, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden swears in presidential appointees in a virtual ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, after his inauguration as the 46th President of the United States, U.S., January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo

'Don't call us, we'll call you': local hospitals outline vax protocol
PEORIA, Ill. -- Area health officials continually emphasized patience regarding COVID-19 vaccinations during the Peoria City/County Health Department's weekly COVID-19 news conference on Thursday. "Th...
Ben Pollard Jan 21, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy

Police respond to shooting on W. Wiswall
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded Thursday afternoon to a victim that had been shot in the 2000 block of W. Wiswall St. Public Information Officer Amy Dotson confirmed to WMBD News that the indi...
Ben Pollard Jan 21, 2021 Midwest Communications

Local COVID roundup 1/21: nearing Phase 4 requirements
PEORIA, Ill. -- Region 2, the region that encompasses Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford counties, continues to make progress on a return to Phase 4 of Restore Illinois. The only requirement the region has...
Dalton Kemper Jan 21, 2021 Midwest Communications


