Author Archives: Mike Sabol
UPDATE: Robbery at Bass Pro Shops
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- A robbery occurred just before noon Friday at the Bass Pro Shops in East Peoria. There was a large crash and yelling heard coming from the firearm section. Customers and employees...
Mike Sabol Jul 03, 2020 Midwest Communications
Coroner: Peoria man dies after a fall from scaffolding
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria man dies after a fall from scaffolding at a local business. The Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood identified the man as 62-year-old Mark D. Russell of Peoria. Harwood said R...
Mike Sabol Jul 03, 2020 Peoria County Coroner's Office
Hugh Downs, genial presence on TV news and game shows, dies
NEW YORK (AP) - Hugh Downs, the genial, versatile broadcaster who became one of television's most familiar and welcome faces with more than 15,000 hours on news, game and talk shows, has died at age 9...
Mike Sabol Jul 02, 2020 AP Photo-Evan Agostini, File
Family escapes house fire thanks to smoke detector
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters responded around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday to a house fire at 304 E. Republic St. "When our crews arrived, they found light smoke coming from the home, due to a fire loca...
Mike Sabol Jul 01, 2020 Midwest Communications
US could reach 100,000 new cases a day
WASHINGTON - Dr. Anthony Fauci said coronavirus cases could grow to 100,000 a day in the U.S. if Americans don't start following public health recommendations. The nation's leading infectious disease ...
Mike Sabol Jun 30, 2020 MWC-AP News Photo Credit
A fatal hit and run in May leads to an arrest
PEORIA, Ill. - In the early morning hours of May 25th, Police responded to the 2300 block of W. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive of a male victim that appeared to be hit by a vehicle. The victim was ident...
Mike Sabol Jun 30, 2020 MWC-PPD
FIREWORKS! What is legal and Illegal in the City of Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Police Department would like to remind the public what type of fireworks are legal and illegal, and the dangers associated with using fireworks. In response to police calls ...
Mike Sabol Jun 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
Summer may decide fate of leading shots in vaccine race
(AP) -- People on six continents already are getting jabs in the arm as the race for a COVID-19 vaccine enters a defining summer, with even bigger studies poised to prove if any shot really works -- a...
Mike Sabol Jun 28, 2020 AP Photo-Siphiwe Sibeko
Princeton to remove Wilson name from public policy school
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) - Princeton University has announced plans to remove the name of former President Woodrow Wilson from its public policy school because of his segregationist views, reversing a dec...
Mike Sabol Jun 27, 2020 MWC-PHOTO CREDIT - AP- Photo Mel Evans file
7 injured from multiple shootings in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Seven people were injured due to four overnight shooting incidents in Peoria. Three of the victims are reported to be in critical condition. Peoria Police responded to the first shootin...
Mike Sabol Jun 27, 2020 Midwest Communications