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Foot chase, shootout lead to one death
PEORIA, Ill. -- One shooting suspect is dead and another is at-large after a Friday night shootout with Peoria Police. Officers responded just before 10:00 to multiple calls of multiple shots fired in...
May 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
J.C Penney pushed into bankruptcy
NEW YORK (AP) - The coronavirus pandemic has pushed troubled department store chain J.C. Penney into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth major retailer to meet that fate. As part of its reorganiza...
May 15, 2020 (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Local COVID cases rise
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county went up Friday to 228 total cases of COVID-19. Peoria reported 153 confirmed cases, Tazewell reported 60, and Woodford remained at 15. The death...
May 15, 2020 Midwest Communications
Illinois passes 90,000 cases of COVID-19 as Peoria gets set for new testing site
CHICAGO -- Illinois has reached a total of 90,369 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 2,432 new cases reported. There were 130 new deaths reported in the last 24 hours, bringing the state's total to 4,0...
May 15, 2020 Midwest Communications
Trump announces Operation Warp Speed for COVID-19 vaccine
WASHINGTON -- From the Rose Garden Friday, President Donald Trump announced Operation Warp Speed, a plan to find a vaccine for coronavirus. Trump said he hopes a vaccine could be developed by the end ...
May 15, 2020 (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Arson blamed for Southside fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called just after 4 a.m. Friday to the 500 block of S. Warren on reports of a structure fire. Fire Division Chief of Operations Shawn Sollberger said the home ...
May 15, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Retail sales fall 16.4% March-April
BALTIMORE (AP) - U.S. retail sales tumbled 16.4% from March to April as business shutdowns caused by the coronavirus kept shoppers away, threatened stores across the country and weighed down a sinking...
May 15, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria County approves amended 2020 budget
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- The Peoria County Board Thursday night adopted an amended budget with cuts that aren't as severe as expected. The cuts are due to a significant loss in revenue due to the corona...
May 15, 2020 MWC
Overnight shooting in Peoria leaves one injured
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded around 10:15 p.m. Thursday to a ShotSpotter alert indicating four rounds were fired in the 2700 block of Wyoming Street. Peoria Public Information Officer Amy D...
May 15, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
The recovery rate increased to 73% in Tri-County
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Tri-County region has reached 222 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Only one new case was reported in the last 24 hours, the case is in Peoria County. Peoria County has 149 confirmed ca...
May 14, 2020 Midwest Communications
