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PPS budget not challenged by pandemic
PEORIA, Ill. — It is the homestretch until the end of the school year, and the Peoria Public Schools Board of Education discussed the budget. Mike McKenzie, Comptroller, said that this year̵...
Kristina Leahy Apr 27, 2020
Arrests made in Dunlap Motors vehicle thefts
PEORIA, Ill. — Two males were taken into custody in relation to vehicle thefts from Dunlap Motors on April 18. Curtis King, 18, was taken into custody on April 22 by Peoria County Detectives acc...
Kristina Leahy Apr 27, 2020
Local testing clinics update hours
PEORIA, Ill. — With three COVID-19 drive-thru testing sites now up and running in Peoria, hours have been updated. The East Bluff Wisconsin Ave. site and John Gwynn Park site will each be open 9...
Jeremy Scott Apr 27, 2020
Pritzker says 34% of hospital beds in the state used for virus patients
CHICAGO, Ill. — Governor J.B. Pritzker said the number of individuals in the hospitals due to COVID-19 has risen over the past week. The numbers are made of confirmed cases of coronavirus and th...
Kristina Leahy Apr 27, 2020
UnityPoint Health CEO stepping down; interim CEO found
PEORIA, Ill. — After over 20 years with UnityPoint Health, CEO and President Kevin Vermeer has chosen to step down effective April 20, 2020. Sue Thompson, Senior Vice President of Integration an...
Kristina Leahy Apr 27, 2020
Peoria’s Moss Avenue Sale and Festival cancelled
PEORIA, Ill. — A long-running Peoria event has been cancelled due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a post on their Facebook page, organizers have decided to cancel the 40th A...
Julia Bradley Apr 27, 2020
Be wary of work-from-home scammers
PEORIA, Ill. — Work-from-home job scams are popping up everywhere. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, many people in the Peoria area have been laid off. Dave Johnson, with Pearl Technology, warns ...
Julia Bradley Apr 27, 2020
Census delay could put off new voting districts, primaries
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The U.S. Census Bureau wants more time to wrap up the once-a-decade count because of the coronavirus, and that could delay the divisive process of drawing new legislat...
Julia Bradley Apr 27, 2020
Minor suffers burns in Peoria fire
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria emergency crews were called about 2:45 p.m. Sunday to the 5900 block of N. Wacker Drive on reports of a house fire. Smoke could be seen coming from the structure when firef...
Julia Bradley Apr 27, 2020
Peoria Park District golf courses re-open on May 1 with restrictions
PEORIA, Ill. — With Gov. Pritzker’s new stay-at-home order restrictions, that begin on May 1, Peoria Park District golf courses will be able to re-open with some restrictions. The Illinois...
Dalton Kemper Apr 26, 2020

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