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State COVID roundup 2/25: 24-hour vax count hits 6 digits
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A total of 130,021 people throughout Illinois between Wednesday and Thursday received the COVID-19 vaccine, a record-breaking amount for a 24-hour period. 1,884 people tested...
Jeremy Scott Feb 25, 2021

Local COVID roundup 2/25: Peoria County woman dies
PEORIA, Ill. — A female resident of Peoria County in her 90s is the tri-county’s latest casualty of the coronavirus. She lived at Lutheran Hillside. Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford in total...
Jeremy Scott Feb 25, 2021

Peoria Township vote goes to a recount
***UPDATE*** Challenger LaTrina Leary has expanded her lead, following Thursday's recount. Leary's lead that had been one vote going into the day increased to four votes. The next recount is scheduled...
Julia Bradley Feb 25, 2021

Peoria Police investigate a pair of shootings overnight
PEORIA, Ill. — Two people were hospitalized Wednesday night after being shot in separate incidents in Peoria. Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said the first shooting happened around midnig...
Julia Bradley Feb 25, 2021

Rollover crash in Rome leaves two injured
ROME, Ill. — Two people were hospitalized after being thrown from a pickup truck in a rollover accident Wednesday night in Rome. A Peoria County Sheriff Lieutenant told news partner 25 News the ...
Julia Bradley Feb 25, 2021

Local COVID roundup 2/24: no new deaths again
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department on Wednesday reported for the second day in a row no new deaths in the area related to COVID-19. Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford combined f...
Jeremy Scott Feb 24, 2021

Ardis gives last ‘State of the City’ update
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis on Wednesday delivered his final “State of the City” address, but it was more of an optimistic projection of the city’s future than a sent...
Jeremy Scott Feb 24, 2021

Gov. Pritzker, Peoria area leaders discuss police and criminal justice reform bill
PEORIA, Ill. — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker was in Peoria Wednesday with area leaders to discuss the controversial police and criminal justice reform bill, HB 3653, signed earlier this week. When...
Dalton Kemper Feb 24, 2021

State COVID roundup 2/24: new case count just over 2k
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — 2,022 people between Tuesday and Wednesday throughout Illinois tested positive for COVID-19. 44 Illinoisans during that time died. 1,511 virus patients as of Tuesday night we...
Jeremy Scott Feb 24, 2021

Madigan’s successor Kodatt resigns
CHICAGO, Ill. – Rep. Edward Guerra Kodatt – handpicked to succeed former Rep. Mike Madigan – resigned Wednesday, just three days after his appointment. Madigan, the longest-serving l...
Julia Bradley Feb 24, 2021
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