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State COVID roundup 10/30: testing pushes 100k
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinoisans are being tested for COVID-19 at record numbers, as evidenced by the 95,111 tests administered between Thursday and Friday. The Illinois Department of Public Heal...
Oct 30, 2020
PIA hosts smaller disaster drill due to COVID-19
PEORIA, Ill. — A small-scale disaster exercise was held at the Gen. Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport on Friday. Director of Airports, Gene Olson, said the exercise is normally done ...
Oct 30, 2020
‘Tireless Project’ hosts final collection of 2020
PEORIA, Ill. — Give us your old, unwanted tires. Peoria’s Tireless Project will hold its final collection of the year this Saturday, October 31. Tires can be dropped off at JIMAX, located ...
Oct 30, 2020
Civics 101: State Representative
The seat is up for grabs this year. But, what does the job entail? With Election Day quickly approaching, WMBD News is getting a series of civics lessons from Dr. Megan Remmel, Political Science Profe...
Oct 29, 2020
Guns stolen in Creve Coeur Thursday morning
CREVE COEUR, Ill. — One arrest has been made in a burglary that occurred around 2:00 a.m. Thursday morning which led to a total of nine firearms being stolen from Thompson’s Trading Post i...
Oct 29, 2020
Pritzker sounds off on IHSA
CHICAGO — After a tense Wednesday during which the Illinois High School Association announced it would defy orders from the Illinois Department of Public Health and Gov. J.B. Pritzker by going f...
Oct 29, 2020
Local COVID roundup 10/29: teetering on mitigation levels
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties belong to Region Two of Illinois, which was one of just two of the state’s 11 regions as of Thursday afternoon not under mitigation r...
Oct 29, 2020
State COVID roundup 10/29: over 3,000 hospitalized
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — One day after Illinois set a new 24-hour high for COVID-19 cases, it repeated that action. Illinois Department of Public Health reported 6,363 people between Wednesday and Th...
Oct 29, 2020
Jobless claims fall to 751,000, but new infections a threat
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 751,000, the lowest since March but a figure that remains historically high and indicates the viral pandemic i...
Oct 29, 2020
Bride: Nearly 45,000 Peoria Co. residents have already voted
PEORIA, Ill. — It’s been busy, but pretty much smooth sailing for the Peoria County Election Commission, according to Executive Director Thomas Bride, just days ahead of the 2020 election....
Oct 29, 2020
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