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Police respond to shots fired Friday night at East Bluff Community Center
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police responded Friday night at 9:51 p.m. to the 500 block of E Kansas St. after a nearby officer heard shots fired. A ShotSpotter alert was also received from the area in...
Dalton Kemper Jun 05, 2021
State COVID roundup 6/4: New case count remains under 700
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday reported 626 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 15 additional deaths. It’s the sixth straight day in th...
Dalton Kemper Jun 04, 2021
Back to some type of normal: Illinois reopening June 11
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — As expected, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Friday Illinois will move into Phase 5 of Restore Illinois on June 11. Phase 5 will allow a full reopening of all businesses and activ...
Dalton Kemper Jun 04, 2021
Local COVID roundup 6/4: Hospitalizations up slightly
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department (PCCHD) Friday reported hospitalizations in the tri-county due to COVID-19 have increased by four in the last 24 hours. One of the extra b...
Dalton Kemper Jun 04, 2021
Facebook suspends former U.S. President Trump’s account for two years
(Reuters) -Facebook Inc on Friday suspended former U.S. President Donald Trump from its platform until at least January 2023 in a decision that has been watched closely for signals on how the company ...
Julia Bradley Jun 04, 2021
EP Mayor reviews ’20, previews ’21, touts toughness through COVID
EAST PEORIA, Ill. — It was March 6, 2020 East Peoria Mayor John Kahl presented that year’s version of the “State of the City” address, and reported the city was in strong finan...
Jeremy Scott Jun 04, 2021
KDB Group presents InterPlay Park to community Thursday
PEORIA, Ill. — Kim Blickenstaff’s KDB Group held a presentation Thursday night that allowed for community feedback on his idea of InterPlay Park, a park that would be built over I-74 betwe...
Dalton Kemper Jun 03, 2021
PCCHD talks return to normalcy as Phase 5 looms
PEORIA, Ill. — As COVID-19 new cases, hospitalizations, and vaccinations continue to trend in the right direction in the tri-county area and Illinois, a return to some sort of normalcy looms on ...
Dalton Kemper Jun 03, 2021
State COVID roundup 6/3: hospital beds in use drop below 1k
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health on Thursday reported 674 new COVID-19 cases throughout the state, to go along with 24 new deaths. A total of 997 Illinoisans as of We...
Jeremy Scott Jun 03, 2021
Local COVID roundup 6/3: ICU patient count remains in single digits
PEORIA, Ill. — No deaths and only 15 new cases highlighted Thursday’s Peoria City/County Health Department COVID-19 report. 10 of the new cases belong to Tazewell County, and all others ar...
Jeremy Scott Jun 03, 2021

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