Category Archives: Local News
State COVID roundup 11/11: another record day
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois between Tuesday and Wednesday set another 24-hour COVID-19 record. 12,657 people received positive test results. 145 deaths were reported during that time. Illinois Depar...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
NWS: Tuesday storm probably not a tornado
PEORIA, Ill. -- The National Weather Service on Wednesday was weeding through trained spotter reports from Tuesday's storm to determine whether or not there was any official tornadic activity. The ban...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
US hits record COVID-19 hospitalizations amid virus surge
NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. hit a record number of coronavirus hospitalizations Tuesday and surpassed 1 million new confirmed cases in just the first 10 days of November amid a nationwide surge of infect...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 11, 2020 AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File
Peoria City Council passes revised 2021 budget
PEORIA, Ill. -- As the COVID-19 pandemic spikes across the United States at record levels, the Peoria City Council passed a revised budget for the 2021 fiscal year at Tuesday night's meeting. The spik...
Dalton Kemper Nov 10, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
Local COVID roundup 11/10: day 12 above important number
PEORIA, Ill. -- 327 people throughout Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties between Monday and Tuesday became active COVID-19 cases. 158 of the new active cases were in Peoria. 129 of them were in T...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
Bradley announces home basketball games will be without fans to start season
***UPDATE*** Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications, said fans could be permitted at some point during the season, should restrictions be lifted. _____________________________________ PEORIA, I...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 10, 2020 Bradley University
COVID wreaking havoc on local hospital bed capacity, workers
PEORIA, Ill. -- Local hospitalizations for COVID-19 are up, overall, and, to a lesser degree, intensive care unit capacity is down. UnityPoint Health Regional President and CEO Keith Knepp told WMBD's...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 10, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
State COVID roundup 11/10: Illinois hits half million
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- With over 12,623 new COVID-19 cases reported between Monday and Tuesday throughout Illinois, the state has now seen over 500,000 cases since the start of the pandemic. Illinois De...
Rick Hirschmann Nov 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
PPS students will return to remote learning after Winter Break
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Public Schools student will not immediately return to the classroom after the holiday.s Schools Superintendent Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat said at Monday night's School Board me...
Julia Bradley Nov 10, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Biden defends health care law as high court mulls its fate
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Joe Biden is championing the Obama administration's signature health care law as it goes before the Supreme Court in a case that could overturn it. The president-elect is deliv...
Julia Bradley Nov 10, 2020 President-elect Joe Biden, joined by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, speaks at The Queen theater, Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)