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State COVID roundup 5/16: Positivity rate falls to 2.4%
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) on Sunday reported 1,248 new cases of COVID-19, including 24 additional deaths. As of Saturday night, 1,581 Illinois residents...
Julia Bradley May 17, 2021
State COVID roundup 5/15: Positivity rate still dropping
CHICAGO - Illinois public health officials reported 1,513 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, including 47 additional deaths. As of Friday night, 1,581 people in Illinois were hospitalized with COVID-1...
Julia Bradley May 16, 2021
Update: Arrest made in Peoria stabbing
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police were called to the 1700 block of N. Great Oak at approximately 7:18 a.m. Sunday on reports of a stabbing. Officers found an adult female victim who had been stabbed ...
Julia Bradley May 16, 2021
Apartment complex damaged in overnight fire
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria firefighters and paramedics were called around 2:15 a.m. Saturday to the 2100 block of N. Wisconsin on reports of smoke in a building. Upon arrival, crews found a two-unit ...
Julia Bradley May 15, 2021
One year later, 2020 Bradley grads get their moment
PEORIA, Ill. — 2020 graduates of Bradley University were finally able to have their moment Friday evening at Shea Stadium. After graduating a year earlier, many students may have wondered if the...
Dalton Kemper May 14, 2021
Bustos announces $8 million for Peoria International Airport
PEORIA, Ill. — Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) Friday announced a grant totaling more than $8 million will be headed to Peoria International Airport (PIA). The $8,057,860 grant is from the U....
Dalton Kemper May 14, 2021
Local COVID roundup 5/14: 6 deaths
PEORIA, Ill. — A combined six residents of Peoria and Tazewell Counties between Thursday and Friday died of COVID-19 complications. Tazewell experienced the deaths of a woman in her 60s and a ma...
Jeremy Scott May 14, 2021
State COVID roundup 5/14: Positivity rate continues to fall
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday reported a seven-day statewide COVID-19 test positivity of 3.1%. That rate has continued its downward descent after bei...
Dalton Kemper May 14, 2021
Peoria home damaged by fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria firefighters and paramedics responded to reports of a house fire just before 12:30 a.m. Friday in the 300 block of S. Webster Street. Fire Battalion Chief Clint Kuhlman sai...
Julia Bradley May 14, 2021
State COVID roundup 5/13: More than 62% of adults have one dose
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Thursday reported more than 62% of adult Illinoisans have at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Overall, more than 10.1 m...
Dalton Kemper May 13, 2021

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