Category Archives: Top Stories
IHSA moves boys' tourney to Champaign from Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Illinois High School Association has decided to move the IHSA Boys Basketball State Finals from Peoria to Champaign. The decision came down at Monday's IHSA Board of Directors meet...
Jun 15, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 6/15: Decrease in ICU bed usage
PEORIA, Ill. -- The number of ICU beds in use locally decreased from 11 to five in the last 24 hours. The use of beds decreased, but Peoria and Woodford Counties saw an increase in COVID-19 cases, acc...
Jun 15, 2020 Midwest Communitcations
US revokes emergency use of malaria drugs vs. coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. regulators on Monday revoked emergency authorization for malaria drugs promoted by President Donald Trump for treating COVID-19 amid growing evidence they don't work and could c...
Jun 15, 2020 Midwest Communications
Pizza Ranch ends indoor dining after receiving "Cease-and-Desist"
PEORIA, Ill. -- No more indoor pizza buffet. Peoria's Pizza Ranch restaurant received a cease-and-desist letter Saturday from the Peoria County Health Department, barring them from continuing to serve...
Jun 15, 2020 (Photo courtesy of Pizza Ranch Peoria)
Early morning shooting leaves two injured in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police are investigating a shooting that occurred just after 3 a.m. Monday in the 200 block of Hamilton Street, near the Caterpillar Building and Kelly Seed. Peoria Public Infor...
Jun 15, 2020
Residents escape Sunday morning fire in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria emergency crews were called to the 400 block of W. Glen around 6:30 a.m. Sunday on reports of a residential fire. Firefighters found two people trapped inside the home. They wer...
Jun 15, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Get your popcorn ready: Park District eyes drive-in theater program
PEORIA, Ill. -- The closest drive-in theater to Peoria is over 40 miles away. The Peoria Park District hopes to change that -- at least, on a makeshift basis -- this summer. "We're looking at a Movies...
Jun 14, 2020 Peoria Park District
State COVID roundup 6/14: lowest death numbers since early April
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday reported the lowest statewide COVID-19 death toll in a 24-hour period in over two months. The IDPH said 19 people across four co...
Jun 14, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 6/14: Peoria County reaches 20 deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- Another Peoria County long-term care facility resident has died from COVID-19. The Peoria City/County Health Department's Sunday report indicated coronavirus claimed the life of a fema...
Jun 14, 2020 Midwest Communications
Heights draws peaceful protest
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. -- A Black Lives Matter march drew around 150 people on Saturday to the streets of Peoria Heights. Heights resident Tanisha Cayson organized the rally, which began at the library ...
Jun 13, 2020 Mike Bailey/Village of Peoria Heights
