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PEORIA, Ill. — After the Peoria City Council decided two Saturdays ago it would name Dr. Kiran Velpula to fill the at-large seat vacated when Dr. Rita Ali became mayor, the seat Tuesday night of...

PEKIN, Ill. — Reditus Labs in Pekin has identified two additional cases of the B.1.167.2 variant of COVID-19, also known as the Delta variant. The variant was first identified in India, carries ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House is preparing to acknowledge it will not meet President Joe Biden’s goal of delivering at least one COVID-19 vaccination dose to 70% of U.S. adults by...

PEORIA, Ill. — The Labor Council of West Central Illinois has announced that the 2021 Labor Day parade has been cancelled. “After much thought regarding the safety of our residents, we mad...

ARVADA, Colo. — A gunman among the dead in a shooting that also claimed the life of a police officer and another person in a Denver suburb. Police said an officer, a 19-year veteran of the depar...

PEORIA, Ill. — The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Peoria will be holding a 4th of July Family Fun Fest on Independence Day this year, which will include fireworks. The festival will be held o...

PEORIA, Ill. — Thanks to a grant from the Gilmore Foundation, Illinois Central College will soon be providing free workforce readiness training to 20 local underserved students. “The progr...

UPDATE 3:45 P.M. — Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the driver as 55-year-old Kenneth J. Musgrave, of Elmwood. According to Harwood, Musgrave showed no signs of trauma, signify...

UPDATE 3:30 P.M. 6-21-21 — The male who died at the scene has been identified by Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood as 19-year-old Rashad Williams, of Peoria Heights. Harwood said Williams suff...

PEKIN, Ill. — Many structures throughout the area suffered storm damage and power loss after Friday night storms, and the Avanti’s Dome in Pekin was hit hard as well. Matt Rettke sent the ...