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State COVID roundup 10/26: positivity rate over 6%
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — 4,729 people throughout Illinois between Sunday and Monday found out they have COVID-19. Illinois Department of Public Health also reported 17 additional deaths related to th...
Jeremy Scott Oct 26, 2020
Murray Baker on track for Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. — Drivers through the Peoria Metro area are in for a welcomed Halloween treat. The Murray Baker Bridge will officially reopen on Oct. 31 after being closed since March 29. Gov. J.B....
Jeremy Scott Oct 26, 2020
Tailgate N’ Tallboys returning to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. — A popular Country music festival is making its way back to Peoria in 2021. According to a press release on Sunday, Tailgate N’ Tallboys organizers said the festival will be ...
Julia Bradley Oct 26, 2020
Morton School District announces multiple COVID-related quarantines
MORTON, Ill. - Morton School District 709 announced on Sunday coronavirus has affected multiple grades within multiple schools within the district. All fifth and sixth grade students of Lettie Brown E...
Jeremy Scott Oct 25, 2020
Peoria schools superintendent lays out COVID testing details
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria Public School District 150 Board of Education is scheduled to vote Monday night on two agenda items that, upon passage, will allow for COVID-19 testing inside district ...
Jeremy Scott Oct 25, 2020
Pence to keep up travel despite contact with infected aides
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Mike Pence plans to maintain an aggressive campaign schedule this week despite an apparent outbreak of the coronavirus among his senior aides, the White House said Sat...
Jeremy Scott Oct 25, 2020
New US virus cases top 83,700 for 2nd day in row
BALTIMORE - A day after the U.S. set a daily record for new confirmed coronavirus infections, it came very close to doing it again. Data published by Johns Hopkins University shows that 83,718 new cas...
Jeremy Scott Oct 25, 2020
State jumpstarts unclaimed money outreach
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — If you get a letter in coming days from the Illinois Department of Revenue, it may be because you have money waiting for you. IDOR has launched an initiative to increase part...
Jeremy Scott Oct 24, 2020
US sets coronavirus infection record; deaths near 224,000
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The U.S. coronavirus caseload has reached record heights with more than 83,000 infections reported in a single day, the latest ominous sign of the disease's grip on the nation, as ...
Jeremy Scott Oct 24, 2020
Hospitalization data flawed in Missouri, possibly other states
O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) - With the number of coronavirus patients requiring hospitalization rising at alarming levels, Missouri and perhaps a handful of other states are unable to post accurate data on COV...
Dalton Kemper Oct 23, 2020

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