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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...
Mike Sabol 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 ...
Rick Hirschmann 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...
Kristina Leahy May 20, 2020 Midwest Communications

Peoria Public Works busy building flood wall on the riverfront
PEORIA,Ill. -- The Illinois River is still rising. Peoria Public Works Department and Flood Fighters spent most of the day Tuesday constructing a six foot, 1,250 foot long ring of sandbags along the b...
Julia Bradley May 20, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Jeremy Scott

Police arrest 2 suspects related to a shooting Monday night
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two men were taken into custody Tuesday in relation a shooting on Monday that left one man in serious condition with a gunshot wound to the chest. Members of the Target Offender Unit c...
Kristina Leahy May 20, 2020 Peoria Police Department

Peoria business runs out of luck against the State of Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. - The lawsuit RC Outfitters Owner and Operator Adam White filed in early May against Gov. J.B. Pritzker in Peoria County has been struck down. White requested a temporary restraining orde...
Mike Sabol May 19, 2020 Midwest Communications

East Peoria moving forward with allowing fish processing and freezing
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- The East Peoria City Council decided Tuesday night to move forward with allowing Roy Sorce of Sorce Enterprises to benefit from the Asian carp occupying the Illinois River. A chan...
Kristina Leahy May 19, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy

Local COVID roundup 5/19: new death in Woodford
PEORIA, Ill. -- The tri-county death toll from COVID-19 rose Tuesday to 11, with one new death being reported in Woodford County, a 90-year-old female with multiple comorbidities, according to Dr. Gre...
Rick Hirschmann May 19, 2020 Midwest Communications

State COVID roundup 5/19: all regions looking able to move to phase three
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. J.B Pritzker said Illinois on Tuesday reached another milestone. Illinois became the number one state in the country for COVID-19 testing per capita, overtaking New York. "Th...
Kristina Leahy May 19, 2020 Midwest Communications

Tazewell County Dental Center closed
NORTH PEKIN, Ill. -- The Tazewell County Health Department Dental Center has been permanently closed. In a statement released Tuesday, the health department said the closure is effective immediately. ...
Julia Bradley May 19, 2020


