Category Archives: Top Stories
Mental health expert: PTSD, hoarding, depression among possible long-term effects of COVID-19
As Illinois and the world at-large begin to take steps towards recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the question has come to the forefront regarding long-term effects of the crisis. WMBD News's Jeremy...
May 22, 2020 Midwest Communications
Road closures on Peoria's riverfront due to flooding
PEORIA, Ill. - The Flood Warning along the Illinois River near Peoria will continue until further notice. As of Friday morning, the National Weather Service reported river at 27.89 feet; just over 10 ...
May 21, 2020 MWC-Ken Zurskie - Photo Credit
Local COVID roundup 5/21: new testing site ready to go
PEORIA, Ill. -- 83.7% of tri-county coronavirus cases have recovered since testing began. This is according to Peoria City/County Health Administrator Monica Hendrickson, who said Thursday's total COV...
May 21, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 5/21: new funding to benefit domestic violence survivors
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday the state will receive an additional $1.3 million via the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act that will be used for survivors ...
May 21, 2020 Midwest Communications
Chillicothe residents sandbagging along the river
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. -- Floodwaters are high on River Beach Drive in Chillicothe. People who live along the Illinois River pretty much know the drill. On Thursday, flooding on River Beach Drive had reach...
May 21, 2020
Over 2 million Americans apply for unemployment benefits
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 2.4 million people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week in the latest wave of layoffs from the viral outbreak that triggered widespread business shutdowns two m...
May 21, 2020 Midwest Communications
IL lawmakers, 6-feet apart, catch up on delayed work
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois General Assembly has convened in Springfield for the first time in 10 weeks, desks spaced apart and most members wearing masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19. ...
May 21, 2020
Boy dies in Peoria East Bluff Shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A child has died of a gunshot wound after a Wednesday afternoon incident in the East Bluff. Peoria Police responded to a residence in the 2300 block of N. Maryland after 4 p.m., on an i...
May 20, 2020
Local COVID roundup 5/20: four out of every five cases recovered
PEORIA, Ill. -- While the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county region's positive coronavirus case count rose Wednesday to 250, the recovery rate since testing began hit the 80% mark. 12% of cases were ...
May 20, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 5/20: 'Restore' revisions
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Some edits to the Restore Illinois plan will allow for a quicker reopening of certain industries beginning in phase three of the plan, expected to take effect May 29 across the st...
May 20, 2020 Midwest Communications
