Category Archives: Top Stories
2 U.S. astronauts arrive at launch pad for SpaceX launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - With thunderstorms threatening a delay, two NASA astronauts climbed aboard a SpaceX rocket ship Wednesday for liftoff on a history-making flight that was seen as a giant le...
May 27, 2020 (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)
Floodwall remains on standby on Peoria's riverfront
PEORIA, Ill. -- A 2,000-foot sandbag wall on Peoria's Riverfront was put up last week to keep the Illinois River's floodwaters at bay. The river crested last Friday at 27.91 feet, but a flood warning ...
May 27, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Jeremy Scott
Man falls 125 feet from Brimfield water tower
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man is in the hospital after falling 125 feet from a water tower in Brimfield. The man is a 19-year-old male who worked for the painting company, Maguire Iron Inc. -- Water Tower Exp...
May 27, 2020
PPD: Man shot in the face in East Bluff shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- A gunshot victim is recovering following an incident in Peoria's East Bluff Tuesday night. Peoria Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert around 10:40 p.m. in the 200 block of E. Arcad...
May 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria City Council sets restaurant/bar guidelines for phase three
PEORIA, Ill. -- Phase three for the Restore Illinois plan begins Friday, and Peoria City Council set guidelines for bars and restaurants to operate outdoors. There will be some changes to the outdoor ...
May 26, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
Peoria School District drafting fall back-to-school policy
PEORIA, Ill. -- As Illinois waits to see how the COVID-19 situation progresses over the summer, Peoria Public School District 150 is busy putting together a plan for what a return to in-person instruc...
May 26, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Illinois driver service facilities will reopen
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Driver Service facilities will be a part of the phase three Restore Illinois reopening process. Secretary of State Jesse White announced Tuesday that facilities in Chicago...
May 26, 2020 AP Photo/Seth Perlman
East Peoria changes city code to allow more outdoor alcohol service
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Ahead of Friday's presumptive advancement to phase three of Restore Illinois, which will allow bars and restaurants to serve patrons outdoors, East Peoria City Council has passed ...
May 26, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Local COVID roundup 5/26: Peoria advises against outdoor entertainment
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City Manager Patrick Urich on Tuesday encouraged everyone who can get tested at the community-based testing site at Peoria Civic Center to do so. "There's a lot of federal resou...
May 26, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 5/26: Remdesivir being used in Illinois hospitals
CHICAGO -- Dr. Ngozi Ezike with the Illinois Department of Public Health announced the COVID-19 numbers reported on Tuesday are lower because medical facilities did receive a day off over the weekend....
May 26, 2020 Midwest Communications
