Author Archives: Mike Sabol
Official starting date set for Peoria Public Schools
PEORIA, Ill. -- The discussion was brought up during Monday night's Peoria Public Schools Board of Education meeting on when to set the first day of school for students for the 2020-2021 school year. ...
Mike Sabol Aug 12, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Governor's Business Mask Wearing Legislative Upheld
SPRINGFIELD - A legislative oversight committee on Tuesday upheld Governor JB Pritzker's mask enforcement rules for Illinois businesses, schools and daycare centers. The rules create guidelines for en...
Mike Sabol Aug 11, 2020 (illinois.gov)
Trump abruptly escorted from briefing after shooting near White House
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump was abruptly escorted by a U.S. Secret Service agent out of the White House briefing room as he was beginning a coronavirus briefing Monday afternoon. He retur...
Mike Sabol Aug 10, 2020 MWC-AP Photo - Andrew Harnik
Kitchen fire injures resident
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters responded to smoke in a house around 1:00 p.m. Thursday at 2117 W. Ann St. Fire crews found plastic blinds in the kitchen that caught on fire after incense were lef...
Mike Sabol Aug 06, 2020
Four juveniles arrested for attempted vehicle theft
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police make multiple arrests in connection to a recent rash of business burglaries in Peoria. Four male juveniles were arrested late Tuesday night after attempting to at least s...
Mike Sabol Aug 05, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Board meeting attendee tests positive for COVID-19
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. -- A person who attended a special Peoria Heights Village Board meeting has tested positive for COVID-19. According to Peoria Heights Village Administrator Dustin Sutton, those wh...
Mike Sabol Aug 04, 2020 MWC
Peoria area restaurant closure due to COVID-19
PEORIA Heights, Ill. - A local restaurant shuts down temporarily due to a staff member testing positive for COVID-19. The Publik House announced on Monday they are voluntarily closing for a short time...
Mike Sabol Aug 03, 2020 MWC
Peoria McDonald's closure part of a nationwide reduction
PEORIA, Ill. -- One less Peoria location to pick up a cheese burger meal. The McDonald's located on Main Street near the Bradley University campus is out of business. A sign was posted at the business...
Mike Sabol Aug 02, 2020 Fox Business News photo credit
Cardinals-Brewers postponed again
(AP) - The coronavirus has postponed the entire weekend series between the Cardinals and Brewers in Milwaukee. A person familiar with the situation says the decision comes after one more player and th...
Mike Sabol Aug 02, 2020 Midwest Communications
IDPH COVID-19 Saturday Update
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Saturday 1,639 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The total number of cases statewide reported at 180,476, including 7,503 deaths in 1...
Mike Sabol Aug 02, 2020 Midwest Communications
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