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BU officials: return to normal classes possible by fall
PEORIA, Ill. - Bradley University officials have announced they plan to return the institution to full-time traditional learning, complete with regular campus life and extracurricular activities, for ...
Feb 17, 2021
One injured in Pekin stabbing overnight
PEKIN, Ill. -- Pekin Police were called at approximately 11:54 p.m. Tuesday to the 100 block of Sapp Street on reports of a man being stabbed. Public Information Officer Billie Ingles said that a male...
Feb 17, 2021 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Peoria officer crashes into McDonald's on Western
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria Police officer was injured Wednesday morning after losing control of their squad car, crashing into a business on Western Avenue. "The squad car left the roadway and crashed i...
Feb 17, 2021 MWC-PPD
IL State of the State address will be virtual Wednesday
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. J-B Pritzker will deliver his State of the State and budget address virtually at noon Wednesday. According to Pritzker's press secretary, the State of the State and ...
Feb 17, 2021 Illinois.gov
With Trump's impeachment trial over, Biden pushes his agenda in televised town hall
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - President Joe Biden expressed optimism on Tuesday that most U.S. schools would be open by late spring and vowed to continue accelerating the country's COVID-19 vaccination progra...
Feb 17, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden participates in a CNN town hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., February 16, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Texans shiver through night, as Arctic cold keeps energy offline
LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) - Millions of people in Texas awoke on Wednesday without heat again, as power failures continued to plague the state following a historic winter storm that has killed 21 peopl...
Feb 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A man walks to his friend's home in a neighbourhood without electricity as snow covers the BlackHawk neighborhood in Pflugerville, Texas, U.S. February 15, 2021. Picture taken February 15, 2021. Bronte Wittpenn/Austin American-Statesman/USA Today Network via REUTERS.
East Peoria council approves city rehab plan
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- A plan to upgrade livability in three East Peoria neighborhoods is on the brink of coming to fruition. City council voted unanimously Tuesday night to place a resolution on the ci...
Feb 16, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Caring for pets in winter weather
PEORIA, Ill. -- Dogs and cats, like people, are susceptible to frostbite and hypothermia in cold temperatures. For that reason, it's important to remember to care for pets in bitterly cold temperature...
Feb 16, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 2/16: 1 death over 4-day period
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Tazewell County woman has become the area's latest coronavirus casualty. She was in her 70s and her living situation was not reported. The area accumulated 242 new cases according to...
Feb 16, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 2/16: severe wx reduces vax count
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The state of Illinois accounted for 1,348 of the new coronavirus cases between Monday and Tuesday across America. 32 Illinoisans died during that time from the virus. The 40,354 v...
Feb 16, 2021 Midwest Communications
