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Local COVID roundup 5/21: Hospitalizations continue downward trend
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department (PCCHD) Friday reported three fewer patients are in area hospital beds due to COVID-19 compared to Thursday. One fewer person occupies an ...
Dalton Kemper May 21, 2021
State COVID roundup 5/21: vax numbers once again hit six digits
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Bucking a recent trend of fewer people getting the COVID-19 vaccine than when the shot was first made available, the Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday reported 1...
Jeremy Scott May 21, 2021
State-of-the-art projection system comes to Peoria’s Dome Planetarium
PEORIA, Ill. — A brand-new, world-class planetarium system will be unveiled at the Peoria Riverfront Museum on Saturday, May 22. The system, Evans & Sutherland 6.5K Digistar 7, is considered...
Dalton Kemper May 21, 2021
Dozer Park upping capacity
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria Chiefs will begin to sell tickets for 60% of seats at Dozer Park. The team announced Friday night’s game against Quad Cities would be the first game at that capac...
Jeremy Scott May 21, 2021
2 14-year-old girls among suspects in Peoria carjacking
PEORIA, Ill. — Four suspects, including a pair of juveniles, have been arrested for a Wednesday morning armed carjacking in Peoria’s West Bluff. A woman said the suspects drove away around...
Jeremy Scott May 20, 2021
Peoria Public Health Administrator urges vaccination status honesty
PEORIA, Ill. — With the news last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that mask guidelines would be relaxed for fully-vaccinated individuals, many have wondered how to t...
Dalton Kemper May 20, 2021
Local COVID roundup 5/20: area man in 30s succumbs
PEORIA, Ill. — Two residents of the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county during the most recent COVID-19 reporting period passed away from conditions related to the virus. A Peoria man in his 30s...
Jeremy Scott May 20, 2021
Israel and Hamas to observe Gaza truce from 2 a.m. on Friday
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel and Hamas will cease fire across the Gaza Strip border as of 2 a.m. on Friday (2300 GMT Thursday), a Hamas official and Israeli media said, bringing a potentially tenu...
Jeremy Scott May 20, 2021
State COVID roundup 5/20: nearly 50% fully vaxed
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Almost half of all Illinois adults have reached full vaccination status. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 47% of the state’s adult population as of Thu...
Jeremy Scott May 20, 2021
PIA launches new website
PEORIA, Ill. — The Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport is launching a newly redesigned website. The updated flypia.com will offer passengers and area residents increased functionality ...
Julia Bradley May 20, 2021

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