Category Archives: Local News
Pritzker: Testing is one of the best tools in fighting COVID-19
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois' Region 2, which includes the tri-county area, is performing better than any of the state's 11 regions, in terms of positivity rates and hospitalizations due to COVID-19. "But...
Julia Bradley Oct 26, 2020
Local COVID roundup 10/26: 9 die, new positives surpass 350
PEORIA, Ill. -- Nine Peoria and Tazewell County residents passed away over the weekend from complications related to COVID-19. Eight of the nine were residents of long-term care facilities. In Tazewel...
Rick Hirschmann Oct 26, 2020 Midwest Communications
Gov. Pritzker lobbying for federal support for small businesses
PEORIA, Ill. -- Small businesses across the country have been impacted heavily due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In Illinois, the state has been dispersing Business Interruption Grants (BIG) to he...
Dalton Kemper Oct 26, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
State COVID roundup 10/26: positivity rate over 6%
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- 4,729 people throughout Illinois between Sunday and Monday found out they have COVID-19. Illinois Department of Public Health also reported 17 additional deaths related to the vir...
Rick Hirschmann Oct 26, 2020 Midwest Communications
Murray Baker on track for Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. -- Drivers through the Peoria Metro area are in for a welcomed Halloween treat. The Murray Baker Bridge will officially reopen on Oct. 31 after being closed since March 29. Gov. J.B. Prit...
Rick Hirschmann Oct 26, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Trump plans battleground blitz despite growing virus worries
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump plans to intensify an already breakneck travel schedule in the final full week of the presidential campaign despite growing concerns about the coronavirus nati...
Julia Bradley Oct 26, 2020 President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020, in Londonderry, N.H. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Tailgate N' Tallboys returning to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- A popular Country music festival is making its way back to Peoria in 2021. According to a press release on Sunday, Tailgate N' Tallboys organizers said the festival will be adding an a...
Julia Bradley Oct 26, 2020
Senate to confirm Barrett for court in partisan vote
WASHINGTON (AP) - A deeply divided Senate is set to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Republicans are powering through a vote Monday on President Donald Trump's nominee a week before Ele...
Julia Bradley Oct 26, 2020 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives as Republicans work during a rare weekend session to advance the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, at the Capitol in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Morton School District announces multiple COVID-related quarantines
MORTON, Ill. - Morton School District 709 announced on Sunday coronavirus has affected multiple grades within multiple schools within the district. All fifth and sixth grade students of Lettie Brown E...
Rick Hirschmann Oct 25, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria schools superintendent lays out COVID testing details
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Public School District 150 Board of Education is scheduled to vote Monday night on two agenda items that, upon passage, will allow for COVID-19 testing inside district schoo...
Rick Hirschmann Oct 25, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy