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Back to life: IL to fully reopen
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — It’s a day 15 months in the making. Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health have officially announced Friday will be the start of Phase Five of ...
Jeremy Scott Jun 10, 2021
State’s Attorney: Dr. Marshall’s killer was part of a larger burglary ring
PEORIA, Ill. — More information was released Thursday regarding the murder of Dr. William Marshall inside his home on Jan. 6. 54-year-old Robert Ely was arrested in St. Louis Wednesday for the f...
Dalton Kemper Jun 10, 2021
Peoria crews battle house fire
PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria Firefighters were called just before 5 a.m. Thursday to a house fire in the area of W. Ann and Louisa Streets. When crews arrived, they found the house fully engulfed in fl...
Julia Bradley Jun 10, 2021
State COVID roundup 6/9: hospital beds in use remain under 800
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A total of 408 people throughout Illinois between Tuesday and Wednesday tested positive for COVID-19, while 23 died from it. 68% of the state’s adults have received at ...
Jeremy Scott Jun 09, 2021
O’Brien Steel deals with Wed. A.M. blaze
PEORIA, Ill. — An exhaust hopper was the source of a Wednesday morning fire at O’Brien Steel. Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics responded just before 11 to the business at 1700 NE Adams. The f...
Jeremy Scott Jun 09, 2021
Local COVID roundup 6/9: 24-hour death count high, new cases dwindle
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria and Woodford Counties between Tuesday and Wednesday lost two residents, apiece, to COVID-19 complications. In Peoria, a woman in her 60s and a man in his 80s died. Both Woo...
Jeremy Scott Jun 09, 2021
Win Tickets To Stand Up Comedy In The Heights
Courtney Pierce Jun 09, 2021
Crews battle house fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Firefighters and Paramedics were called to a residential fire just after 2:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 900 block of W. Virginia. First crews on the scene found black smoke com...
Julia Bradley Jun 09, 2021
PPD nabs suspected murderer of missing man
PEORIA, Ill. — A man was taken Tuesday into Peoria Police custody on two counts related to murder of a man who’d been missing since early March. 32-year-old Gabriel Cook was reported to th...
Jeremy Scott Jun 08, 2021
Peoria Council member suggests mental facility project
PEORIA, Ill. — After the Peoria County Board announced last April it would be closing long-term care facility Heddington Oaks, November General Election voters gave approval to sell the property...
Jeremy Scott Jun 08, 2021

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