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Looking ahead: next tier of COVID vaccines TBD
PEORIA, Ill. — While Tier 1B COVID-19 vaccinations include frontline essential workers and individuals 65 years and older, 1C vaccinations are a much broader category that includes a wide range ...
Ben Pollard Jan 28, 2021

Local COVID roundup 1/28: Area hospitalizations down double digits
PEORIA, Ill. — Patients in area hospitals took a dive in the right direction Thursday, as 11 fewer people with COVID-19 are occupying hospital beds compared to Wednesday. Ten fewer people occupi...
Dalton Kemper Jan 28, 2021

State COVID roundup 1/28: over 100k tested
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — 103 people died from COVID-19 and 4,191 tests between Wednesday and Thursday came back positive, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. Labs throughout the st...
Jeremy Scott Jan 28, 2021

U.S. economy contracts in 2020; worst performance since 1946
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. economy contracted at its sharpest pace since World War Two in 2020 as COVID-19 ravaged services businesses like restaurants and airlines, throwing millions of Am...
Julia Bradley Jan 28, 2021

High school sports are back: Local AD, coach and player ecstatic
PEORIA, Ill. — It’s been nearly 11 months since high school basketball games have taken place in the state of Illinois. As early as two weeks ago, there was even doubt to whether or not th...
Dalton Kemper Jan 27, 2021

Peoria Firefighters battle electrical blaze at Landmark Apartments
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Firefighters were called to Landmark Apartments Wednesday just before 2:00 p.m. on reports of smoke inside the building. Upon arrival, nothing was showing on the outside of...
Dalton Kemper Jan 27, 2021

May 2020 shooting suspect nabbed
PEORIA, Ill. — A man wanted in a May 2020 South Peoria shooting has been taken into Peoria Police custody. The incident occurred May 30 in the 2400 block of W. Starr St., near South Metro Market...
Jeremy Scott Jan 27, 2021

PCSO find missing man dead on Chillicothe property
***UPDATE*** 1/28 4:19 P.M. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has announced Hamm died of exposure to the cold. He said Hamm appeared to have fallen while outside and, for reasons not yet clear, was ...
Jeremy Scott Jan 27, 2021

Back to school, back to sports: IHSA outlines basketball, football season guidelines
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — With most of Illinois back at Phase Four of Restore Illinois, the Illinois High School Association was given the green light by the Illinois Department of Public Health to star...
Jeremy Scott Jan 27, 2021

Local COVID roundup 1/27: 2 Tazewell County deaths
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department Wednesday reported two new area deaths related to COVID-19 in the tri-county area, both residents of Tazewell County. A female in her 80s ...
Dalton Kemper Jan 27, 2021
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