Category Archives: Top Stories
Pritzker staying with the state's plan
CHICAGO - Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker says his regional plan still stands. During the past few weeks, 11 local counties, including Peoria, provided the governor with proposed plans that provided n...
May 18, 2020
Gunshot victim in serious condition Monday night
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man is in serious condition Monday night after a shooting in Peoria. Peoria Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said just after 4:00 p.m. police received a ShotSpotter alert of thr...
May 18, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Local COVID roundup 5/18: experimental drug comes to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A COVID-19 drug being used in clinical trials has become available in the tri-county. UnityPoint Health and OSF HealthCare have both recently received a limited supply of remdesivir. Dr...
May 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 5/18: new contact tracing program introduced
CHICAGO -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday the state is building a tech-based approach to contact tracing. "That way larger health departments can assist where smaller departments need help," Pritzker ...
May 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local chamber urges businesses to focus on safety as they reopen
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce is currently focused on helping local businesses get ready to reopen. Chris Setti, who's currently heading up the Chamber of Commerce as it searches...
May 18, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Unemployment portal 'Glitch' makes private info public
CHICAGO (AP) - State officials are blaming a "glitch" in Illinois' new system for processing unemployment benefits for making private information public. An Illinois Department of Employment Security ...
May 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
Businesses that defy stay-at-home order to face misdemeanor
CHICAGO (AP) - Businesses that defy Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker's stay-at-home order could face a misdemeanor under emergency rules his administration has filed. The change took effect Friday when the...
May 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 5/17: another decrease in positive cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - For a third day in a row, state COVID-19 numbers on Sunday went down. 1,734 was the reported number, down from Friday's 2,432 and Saturday's 2,088. There were 51 newly-reported dea...
May 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 5/17: ICU bed capacity increases slightly
PEORIA, Ill. -- Having passed May's midway mark, the Peoria City/County Health Department continues to monitor the region's COVID-19 statistics to see whether the area will be able to move to phase th...
May 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
Governor says move to phase three looking possible
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 2,088 new cases of coronavirus from Friday to Saturday. There were 74 new deaths, one of which occurred at the Illinois Manteno V...
May 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
