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Virus pandemic tightens grip; 10,000 dead worldwide
PARIS (AP) – The U.S. has warned Americans to avoid all international travel and told citizens abroad to return now or face an “indefinite” absence. California’s governor is as...
Julia Bradley Mar 20, 2020
Local food pantries close due to COVID-19 concerns
PEORIA, Ill. — The Tazewell County Health Department has reported five Tri-County food pantries have shut down to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Three of the pantries are in Pekin. The others a...
Julia Bradley Mar 20, 2020
PIA prepares for COVID-19 changes
PEORIA – The Gen. Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport began 2020 with two record setting months. January and February provided a promising start to the year for PIA, but the COVID-19 p...
Julia Bradley Mar 20, 2020
Tri-county COVID cases at 5
PEORIA, Ill. — Positive COVID-19 cases in the Peoria, Woodford, and Tazewell region went up Thursday to five. A second person has tested positive in Woodford County, the site of the first area p...
Kristina Leahy Mar 19, 2020
Jett facing three counts of first degree murder; pleads not guilty
PEKIN, Ill. — Lesli Jett, 33, pleads not guilty for the death of a 4-year-old East Peoria boy. Jett appeared in Tazewell County Court Thursday through video chat, and is facing three counts of f...
Kristina Leahy Mar 19, 2020
Pritzker: 3 new deaths
CHICAGO — Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Thursday three more people in Illinois have died from COVID-19. One of the three was a Florida woman visiting Sangamon County. The other two deaths were in Cook...
Jeremy Scott Mar 19, 2020
CityLink closes Transit Center, reduces route service
PEORIA, Ill. — CityLink is reducing its fixed route bus service effective Thursday, March 19. The Transit Center lobby, located at 401 SW Adams, has also been closed until further notice. CityLi...
Julia Bradley Mar 19, 2020
ICC closed for semester due to virus concerns
PEORIA, Ill. — There will be no more in-person classes this semester at Illinois Central College. ICC officials said the uncertainty and concern of the spread of COVID-19 around the world and lo...
Julia Bradley Mar 19, 2020
Trump’s $1T plan to stabilize economy hit by virus
WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal officials are focusing on the Trump administration’s $1 trillion plan to stabilize a national economy reeling from the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. The pan...
Julia Bradley Mar 19, 2020
Collins: Severe weather possible Thursday
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria region could see it’s first few rounds of thunderstorms roll in this week. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins said that the first thunderstorm...
Kristina Leahy Mar 18, 2020

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