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Local COVID roundup 3/31: hospital admissions rise by double digits
PEORIA, Ill. — A Tazewell County man in his 90s between Tuesday and Wednesday became the latest area resident to die from COVID-19. Meanwhile, an additional 10 people of Peoria, Tazewell, and Wo...
Mar 31, 2021
Semi driver ID’ed in fatal dirt unloading accident
***UPDATE*** 4/1/21 3 P.M. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the driver. He said 68-year-old Donald Foreaker of Chillicothe died of blunt force trauma in what he described as a “...
Mar 31, 2021
State COVID roundup 3/31: Key metric met for Bridge Phase
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Wednesday reported 2,592 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 28 additional deaths. 70% of Illinois residents 65 and o...
Mar 31, 2021
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine safe, effective on adolescents in trial, companies say
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE said on Wednesday their COVID-19 vaccine was safe and effective and produced robust antibody responses in 12- to 15-year olds, paving the way for t...
Mar 31, 2021
Rep. Bustos holds town hall, discusses equality and voting rights
PEORIA, Ill. — Representative Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., Tuesday night joined members of Equality Illinois and Peoria Proud via Zoom for the Peoria LGBTQ Town Hall to discuss the Equality Act, as wel...
Mar 30, 2021
Rep. Darin LaHood tours Meals on Wheels, talks current vaccination rate
PEORIA, Ill. — United States Representative Darin LaHood (IL-18) was in Peoria Tuesday to tour the Meals on Wheels facility that provides meals to people that are unable to prepare their own mea...
Mar 30, 2021
State COVID roundup 3/30: IDPH says Bridge Phase must keep waiting
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health on Tuesday continued to warn residents as long as COVID-19 numbers are unsatisfactory, the state will not enter the “Bridge Pha...
Mar 30, 2021
Local COVID roundup 3/30: ICU metric teeters just above line
PEORIA, Ill. — Local and regional COVID-19 numbers released Tuesday continued to show undesirable trends. 195 residents of the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county found out between Monday and Tu...
Mar 30, 2021
PPD looking into 2 Monday shootings
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police as of Tuesday morning were gathering information regarding two Monday night shootings in South Peoria. The first happened around 7, in the area of Starr and Griswold...
Mar 30, 2021
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