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Peoria firefighters battle kitchen fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters responded at approximately 11:47 p.m. Saturday to a structure fire at 714 E. Maywood Avenue. Fire Battalion Chief Clinton Kuhlman said crews found smoke coming from...
Sep 06, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Update: Peoria homicide victim identified
PEORIA, Ill. -- Emergency crews were called at approximately 6:20 p.m. Saturday to an apartment complex in the 3300 block of W. Woodhill Lane on reports of an unconscious male. Firefighters first on t...
Sep 06, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Morton COVID update: Fewer students positive, more in quarantine
MORTON, Ill. -- Fewer students are positive with COVID-19 this week compared to last week, but the number of students in quarantine is up. Last week, there were eight students that had tested positive...
Sep 05, 2020
Inaugural Heart of Illinois Walk raising awareness for CHD
PEORIA, Ill. -- The inaugural Heart of Illinois Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) Walk will take place at noon at the Keller Station this Sunday, Sept. 6. However, the walk has turned into a drive-thru pa...
Sep 05, 2020 HOI CHD Walk
Peoria Firefighters respond to Friday night blaze
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters and paramedics responded to a residential fire Friday at 9:13 p.m. The first arriving truck company found a fire in the enclosed porch area of the home, located at ...
Sep 05, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria Fire Union President says 44 positions have been cut in 21 months
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City Council voted on Tuesday to decommission two fire engines in the city to help plug the hole in the budget created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision has not been we...
Sep 05, 2020 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Peoria firefighters battle electrical fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters responded to a structure fire Friday morning at 825 W. Brons Ave. Upon arrival at 10:19 a.m., heavy smoke was showing. Forced entry to the building by fire crews fo...
Sep 04, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 9/4: deaths in Peoria/Tazewell Counties
PEORIA, Ill. -- For a third day in a row, the Peoria City/County Health Department has reported deaths in the Tri-County area. A Peoria County man in his 90s, a resident of Apostolic Christian Skyline...
Sep 04, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 9/4: data backlog inflates numbers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A backlog of test reporting caused Friday's statewide COVID-19 numbers to skew highly. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 5,368 new cases of coronavirus. Labs acros...
Sep 04, 2020 Midwest Communications
August U.S. job numbers released
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. unemployment dropped sharply in August from 10.2% to a still-high 8.4%, with about half the 22 million jobs lost to the coronavirus outbreak recovered so far, the government sai...
Sep 04, 2020 Midwest Communications
