Category Archives: Local News
State COVID roundup 12/10: almost 200 die
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Nearly 200 people in the state of Illinois between Wednesday and Thursday died from COVID-19 complications. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 11,101 new positive c...
Rick Hirschmann Dec 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
Harwood: Peoria County's morgue is running out of space
PEORIA, Ill. --Rising COVID-19 deaths in Central Illinois are forcing the Peoria County coroner to consider activating a mobile morgue. The numbers have the Peoria County morgue close to capacity, acc...
Julia Bradley Dec 10, 2020 Peoria County Coroner's Office
US jobless claims jump to 853,000 amid resurgence of virus
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people applying for unemployment aid jumped last week to 853,000, the most since September, evidence that some companies are cutting more jobs as new virus cases spiral...
Julia Bradley Dec 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
PPD urges residents to lock their vehicles
PEORIA, Ill. -- In the last month, a rash of stolen vehicles have been reported in Peoria. In response, police are reminding residents to lock their vehicles, homes and garages. Peoria Public Informat...
Julia Bradley Dec 10, 2020
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine faces last hurdle before US decision
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine faces one final hurdle before an expected decision to greenlight the shot for use in millions of Americans. Food and Drug Administration advisers meet Thurs...
Julia Bradley Dec 10, 2020 A phial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Royal Victoria Hospital, in Belfast, Tuesday Dec. 8, 2020. The United Kingdom, one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus, is beginning its vaccination campaign, a key step toward eventually ending the pandemic. (Liam McBurney/Pool via AP)
State COVID roundup 12/9: positivity rate remains below double digits
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The death toll between Tuesday and Wednesday form COVID-19 throughout Illinois was a relatively high 179. That number came form the Illinois Department of Public Health, which als...
Rick Hirschmann Dec 09, 2020 Midwest Communications
Chiefs get promoted
PEORIA, Ill. -- While Wednesday was judgment day for 42 Minor League Baseball teams who did not receive invitations to continue their affiliations with their Major League Baseball teams, the Peoria Ch...
Rick Hirschmann Dec 09, 2020 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley)
PCSO nabs West Peoria robbery suspect
WEST PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a man they suspect robbed the Farmington Rd. Freedom Oil shortly after 8:00 Wednesday morning after striking the clerk on duty in th...
Rick Hirschmann Dec 09, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 12/9: region ICU bed capacity far below needed mark
PEORIA, Ill. -- Three area residents died of COVID-19 complications between Tuesday and Wednesday as the Peoria City/County Health Department also reported 289 new cases. A Peoria County woman in her ...
Rick Hirschmann Dec 09, 2020 Midwest Communications
50% of Americans ready for vaccine shot
WASHINGTON -- A new poll find only about half of Americans are ready to roll up their sleeves for COVID-19 vaccines even as states prepare to begin months of vaccinations. The survey from The Associat...
Julia Bradley Dec 09, 2020 A nurse administers the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy's Hospital in London, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. U.K. health authorities rolled out the first doses of a widely tested and independently reviewed COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, starting a global immunization program that is expected to gain momentum as more serums win approval. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool)