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Trump gives an update on coronavirus
WASHINGTON D.C. — President Donald Trump said that many cities are becoming hot spots. Trump said that the CDC has announced more on the transmission of the virus, including those who do not sho...
Kristina Leahy Apr 03, 2020
Health Department gives update
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county area moved up Friday to 23 positive COVID-19 cases. Peoria remained at nine and Woodford stayed at six. Tazewell had eight — two addi...
Kristina Leahy Apr 03, 2020
Pritzker announces more hospital capacity sites
CHICAGO — Governor J.B. Pritzker announced additional alternative care sites in Chicago and Springfield on Friday in preparation for the COVID-19 outbreak. More beds were being added to the 28,0...
Kristina Leahy Apr 03, 2020
UnityPoint Health asking for help from community
PEORIA, Ill. — The UnityPoint Health systems in Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin have joined to help secure enough Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to provide to staff. There are ways that the c...
Kristina Leahy Apr 03, 2020
Conditioner and Cornstarch Play-Doh
Place the cornstarch in a large bowl. Mix in the hair conditioner with your hands-it will just start coming together and it will be pliable and very, very smooth. If desired, add a drop or two or food...
Courtney Pierce Apr 03, 2020
701,000 U.S. jobs lost in March
(AP) – A record-long streak of U.S. job growth ended suddenly in March after nearly a decade as employers cut 701,000 jobs because of the viral outbreak that’s all but shut down the U.S. e...
Julia Bradley Apr 03, 2020
Man shot overnight in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police confirm a man was hospitalized early Friday morning after being shot. Peoria Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said a Shot Spotter alert came in around 1:45 a.m....
Julia Bradley Apr 03, 2020
PREVENT THE SPREAD POSTER CONTEST (Taz Co. Residence Only)
Virtual Poster Contest Checklist: Poster must be handmade (not computer generated) on 8 by 11 paper. Poster must illustrate the information found on Stop the spread flyer All information and spelling ...
Courtney Pierce Apr 03, 2020
From the front lines of a pandemic
PEORIA, Ill. — Nurses are on the front lines of pandemics, how do they handle it? Nykole Jackson, an emergency services nurse at OSF HealthCare Saint James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center in Pon...
Kristina Leahy Apr 03, 2020
Some Americans may not receive stimulus payment until mid-August
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government expects to begin making payments to millions of Americans under the new stimulus law in mid-April, but some people without direct deposit information may...
Dalton Kemper Apr 02, 2020

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