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State COVID roundup 10/6: high testing numbers continue
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Close to 50,000 people throughout Illinois between Monday and Tuesday were tested for coronavirus. Illinois Department of Public Health said 49,513 specimens were collected a...
Jeremy Scott Oct 06, 2020
Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Barrett set to begin Oct. 12
WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing for Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination, starting Monday, October 12th at 8am Central Time. The hearing is ex...
Julia Bradley Oct 06, 2020
Trump, still infectious, back at White House — without mask
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump staged a dramatic return to the White House after leaving the military hospital where he was receiving an unprecedented level of care for COVID-19. He immediat...
Julia Bradley Oct 06, 2020
Man shot in vehicle at Taft Homes
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police responded to reports of shots fired at Taft Homes just after 1 p.m. Monday. Officers located an adult male victim who’d been shot in the arm. Peoria Public Inf...
Julia Bradley Oct 06, 2020
Family escapes fire overnight on N. Sheridan
PEORIA, Ill. — After just clearing a vehicle fire, Peoria fire crews were called just after 10:30 p.m. Monday to the 1200 block of N. Sheridan for a working fire. A passerby flagged down firefig...
Julia Bradley Oct 06, 2020
President Trump leaves hospital after three days
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - President Donald Trump on Monday walked out of the military hospital where for three days he had been receiving an unprecedented level of care for COVID-19. Wearing a mask, Trump ...
Dalton Kemper Oct 05, 2020
Local COVID roundup 10/5: 2 weekend deaths
PEORIA, Ill. — A pair of Tazewell County residents passed away over the weekend from complications related to coronavirus. The Peoria City/County Health Department on Monday reported a female in...
Jeremy Scott Oct 05, 2020
State COVID roundup 10/5: over 1,800 positive
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,853 people in the state between Sunday and Monday received positive COVID-19 test results. 14 deaths were reported during ...
Jeremy Scott Oct 05, 2020
President tweets he’s leaving hospital
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - President Donald Trump said Monday he's leaving the military hospital where he has been treated for COVID-19 and will continue his recovery at the White House. He said he's feelin...
Jeremy Scott Oct 05, 2020
Trump, moving to show strength, aims for Monday release
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - President Donald Trump hoped for a Monday discharge from the military hospital where he is being treated for COVID-19, a day after he briefly ventured out while contagious to salu...
Jeremy Scott Oct 05, 2020

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