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PEORIA, Ill. – The City of Peoria has signed off on a long-range plan that aims gradually to eliminate its use of combined sewer overflow. The $109 million plan aims to fully reduce CSO by Dec. ...

PEORIA, Ill. — Phase one of COVID-19 vaccine distribution was ushered in Tuesday afternoon on a local level, as five OSF HealthCare workers were the first on the frontlines in Illinois to receiv...

PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria County added two deaths between Monday and Tuesday to its COVID totals. A woman in her 90s who lived at Sharon Elms and a man in his 60s with comorbidities both succumbed t...

PEORIA, Ill. — Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike were on hand in Peoria Tuesday as the first front line care givers in the state receive...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations between Monday and Tuesday dropped beneath 5,000. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 4,965 people with the virus as of Mond...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell congratulated Democrat Joe Biden on Tuesday as the president-elect. The Republican leader said the Electoral College "has spoken." The Republic...

PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Public Schools are examining what a change to a “balanced calendar” would look like within the district. In a balanced calendar concept, there is less time work...

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Bill Barr has told President Donald Trump he will be vacating his post. Trump made the announcement via Twitter: Just had a very nice meeting with Attorney General ...

PEORIA, Ill. — Just after his two-year anniversary of being named Peoria Chief of Police, Loren Marion announced on Monday he will be stepping down effective Jan. 22, 2021. “This is someth...

PEORIA, Ill. — For the second time in the past week, a person in their 20s from Peoria County has died due to COVID-19. The Peoria City/County Health Department Monday reported the female in her...