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Friday afternoon fire displaces family
PEORIA, Ill. — A family was displaced from their home after a Friday afternoon fire just before 4:00 p.m. Peoria firefighters responded at 3:45 p.m. to 1006 S. Shelley St. where they found smoke...
Nov 13, 2020
Gov. Pritzker extends eviction moratorium with protections for landlords
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Friday he was extending the eviction moratorium in the state of Illinois for another 30 days. This time, however, he said there would be more pro...
Nov 13, 2020
Peoria Catholic schools going remote through end of 2020
PEORIA, Ill. — All schools within the Catholic Diocese of Peoria will switch to all-remote learning starting Mon., Nov. 16, through Jan. 18, 2021. Superintendent Dr. Sharon Weiss explained in a ...
Nov 13, 2020
Trump hails progress on vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Friday hailed developments in the race for a vaccine for the resurgent coronavirus. Trump spoke from the the Rose Garden as the nation sets records for conf...
Nov 13, 2020
Local COVID roundup 11/13: nearly 400 new cases
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county experienced 394 new COVID-19 cases between Thursday and Friday, according to the Peoria City/County Health Department. Tazewell accounted f...
Nov 13, 2020
Peoria City Hall to close for public business
PEORIA, Ill. — Starting Wed., Nov. 18, Peoria City Hall will be closed until further notice to the public. Citing Illinois Department of Public Health guidelines, the city said the move will be ...
Nov 13, 2020
State COVID roundup 11/13: case record surpassed by nearly 3k
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — For the third time in a week, Illinois’s 24-hour COVID-19 case count set a record. Illinois Department of Public Health said 15,415 people between Thursday and Friday r...
Nov 13, 2020
Tazewell Co. Jail experiences COVID-19 outbreak
PEKIN, Ill. — Tazewell County Sheriff Jeff Lower confirms that the Tazewell County Jail is currently experiencing an outbreak of COVID-19. Lower said 39 inmates and six staff members have tested...
Nov 13, 2020
Woman shot in face Thursday evening
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police responded just before 5:30 p.m. Thursday to the 2100 block of Oregon Street on a ShotSpotter alert indicating five shots were fired. Upon arrival, police found a wom...
Nov 12, 2020
Pritzker hints another mandatory stay-at-home could be coming
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker didn’t mince words Thursday during his daily COVID-19 news conference. Speaking about the state’s numbers which, this week, have seen ...
Nov 12, 2020
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