Category Archives: Top Stories
Tree falls on Peoria home
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria emergency crews were called just before 3:15 p.m. Sunday to the 3000 block of W. Marquette Avenue after a large section of a tree fell on a home, causing major damage, crushing ...
Mar 16, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Pritzker announces the closure of Illinois bars and restaurants during daily update
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Illinois bars and restaurants will be closed for the next two weeks. During Gov. J.B. Pritzker's daily update, he announced that beginning Monday, March 16 that all bars and restauran...
Mar 15, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria Park District will close until the end of the month
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Park District announced that all public facilities will be closed from March 16 through March 30 to help reduce the spread of coronavirus. Emily Cahill, the District's Execu...
Mar 15, 2020 Peoria Park District
OSF Saint Francis and OSF Children's Hospital implement visitor restrictions
PEORIA, Ill. -- OSF implementing visitor restrictions at OSF HealthCare, Saint Francis Medical Center, and OSF HealthCare Children's Hospital of Illinois during the seasonal flu season and COVID-19 ou...
Mar 15, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria Riverfront Museum closed until further notice
PEORIA, Ill -- The Peoria Riverfront Museum has announced that the museum will be closed until further notice amid concerns of the spread of COVID-19. The closure includes the galleries, planetarium, ...
Mar 15, 2020 1470 - 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Pastor at COVID-19 patient's church releases special announcement
GERMANTOWN HILLS, Ill. -- The pastor at Willow Hill Church in Germantown Hills that the COVID-19 patient regularly attends posted a special announcement video Sunday morning on YouTube. Pastor Bradley...
Mar 15, 2020 Midwest Communications
Walmart changing hours to restock and clean
PEORIA, Ill. -- Walmart is changing its operating hours to ensure people get what they need during the COVID-19 epidemic. The company announced this change Saturday in a press release. Beginning Sunda...
Mar 15, 2020 Midwest Communications
Breaking News: positive COVID-19 case in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria has its first confirmed case of a positive COVID-19 test. The patient was tested Friday, March 13 at a UnityPoint Health clinic. The patient, a Woodford County man in his 70s, wa...
Mar 14, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria Diocese suspends mass
PEORIA, Ill. -- As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the Catholic Diocese of Peoria has suspended public masses. In a statement issued Friday, Bishop Daniel Jenky states that funeral masses schedu...
Mar 14, 2020 (Courtesy of Peoria Diocese)
Peoria Library closing to public Monday
PEORIA, Ill. -- Branches of the Peoria Public Library will be closed starting Monday, March 16 through Monday, March 30, according to a press release. Library locations will be open through the weeken...
Mar 14, 2020 MWC-Logo Credit - Peoria Public Library
