Category Archives: Local News
Local COVID roundup 4/30: Peoria, Woodford report 3 deaths apiece
PEORIA, Ill. -- Six residents of the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county between Thursday and Friday passed away from COVID-19 complications. A Peoria woman in her 50s and one in her 60s succumbed to ...
Rick Hirschmann Apr 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
Bustos announces she will not seek another term
MOLINE, Ill. -- 17th District Rep. Cheri Bustos announced Friday her current term in Congress will be her last. She released this statement: My North Star has always been to serve my community, drive ...
Rick Hirschmann Apr 30, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Horse racing: Essential Quality early Kentucky Derby favorite
(Reuters) - Essential Quality was installed as the early 2-1 favorite for Saturday's Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville after drawing the 14th gate for the Run for the Roses on Wednesday....
Julia Bradley Apr 30, 2021 Odds-on favourite Essential Quality is groomed on the Monday before the running of 147th Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. April 26, 2021. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston
Overnight shooting leaves one injured in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert just after 11:30 p.m. Thursday in the 500 block of Homestead Avenue. Upon arrival, officers located a victim with a gunshot wound to the ...
Julia Bradley Apr 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
Crush at Israeli religious festival kills 44
MOUNT MERON, Israel (Reuters) -At least 44 people were crushed to death overnight on Friday at an overcrowded ultra-Orthodox religious festival in Israel with attendees describing scenes of chaos in w...
Julia Bradley Apr 30, 2021 Medics and rescue workers attend to the Lag B'Omer event in Mount Meron, northern Israel, where fatalities were reported among the thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered at the tomb of a 2nd-century sage for annual commemorations that include all-night prayer and dance, at Mount Meron, Israel April 30, 2021. REUTERS/ David Cohen-JINIPIX
Exclusive: Pfizer begins to export U.S.-made COVID-19 shots, first doses sent to Mexico
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc's shipment of COVID-19 vaccine to Mexico this week includes doses made in its U.S. plant, the first of what are expected to be ongoing exports of its shots from the United State...
Julia Bradley Apr 30, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A person walks past a Pfizer logo amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., April 1, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Local health experts remind residents of J&J vaccine safety
PEORIA, Ill. -- The use of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine was paused due to a rare clotting disorder found in women who received the shot, but was recently given clearance to res...
Dalton Kemper Apr 29, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
State COVID roundup 4/29: vax avg drops below 100k
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A total of 3,394 Illinoisans between Wednesday and Thursday tested positive for the coronavirus. The state had a total of 38 COVID-related deaths. 107,689 doses of the vaccine bet...
Rick Hirschmann Apr 29, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 4/29: 5 deaths, 4 in 1 county
PEORIA, Ill. -- Thursday's COVID-19 report from the Peoria City/County Health Department was particularly devastating for Tazewell County, which reported four deaths over the last 24 hours from the vi...
Rick Hirschmann Apr 29, 2021 Midwest Communications
PPS will return next fall with a 6-hour schedule
PEORIA, Ill. -- A shortened schedule will continue next fall for Peoria Public Schools. Students will attend class an additional 30 minutes per day at the start of the 2021-22 school year, with plans ...
Julia Bradley Apr 29, 2021 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy