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Arson appears to be cause of Peoria fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called just before 10 p.m. Thursday to a building in the 3200 block of NE Adams on reports of a fire. Crews found smoke coming from the windows and doors of th...
May 01, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Illinois casinos stay closed until further notice
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Gaming Board has decreed the state's casinos will remain closed "until further notice" in the state's continued efforts to prevent the further spread of the coron...
May 01, 2020 Midwest Communications
Flood Warning for the Illinois River in effect through 7 p.m. (Tuesday 6/09)
The Flood Warning continues for The Illinois River at Peoria. * Until Tuesday evening. * At 645 PM Monday the stage was 18.5 feet. * Flood stage is 18.0 feet. * Minor flooding is occurring and Minor f...
Apr 30, 2020 MWC
Area records 7th COVID death
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County has seen its third death from COVID-19. The deceased, a man in his '70s, raised the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county death toll to seven. Three deaths a piece have tak...
Apr 30, 2020 Midwest Communications
Dr. Ezike discusses the importance of testing
CHICAGO, Ill. - Dr. Ngozi Ezike, Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, said testing is important to help stop the spread of coronavirus. She said Thursday it is important when being te...
Apr 30, 2020 Midwest Communications
CAT announces further workforce reduction
DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Two days after the company released grim financial numbers, Caterpillar, Inc. has announced a staffing reduction. In a statement given to WMBD News, a Caterpillar spokesperson said ...
Apr 30, 2020 AP Photo/LM Otero, File
PPS graduations set to go virtual
PEORIA, Ill. -- Virtual graduation ceremonies are taking shape for all three Peoria Public Schools high schools. Michelle Hassan, Director of High Schools with PPS, said the district was worked hard t...
Apr 30, 2020 MWC-Graduation - FLICKER
3.8 million U.S. workers seek unemployment aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 3.8 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week as the U.S. economy slid further into a crisis that is becoming the most devastating since the 1930...
Apr 30, 2020 (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Area leaders send plan to reopen businesses to Gov. Pritzker
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- A plan to reopen central Illinois. Area leaders sent a letter to Gov. J-B Pritzker Wednesday outlining a three-phase plan to get the people of the Tri-County region back to work. ...
Apr 30, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Man shot, another pistol whipped in East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just after 7:15 p.m. Wednesday to a home in the 700 block of E. Virginia on reports of a possible shooting. "A victim who had been pistol whipped was located ...
Apr 30, 2020
