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Sheriff’s office preps for Election Day issues
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria County Sheriff’s Office will be ready at a moment’s notice to respond to any voter intimidation at the polls. Sheriff Brian Asbell laid out the plans to WMB...
Oct 11, 2020
State COVID roundup 10/10: statewide positivity rate creeps upwards
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — 2,905 people between Friday and Saturday tested positive for coronavirus throughout the state of Illinois. Illinois Department of Public Health reported 31 deaths in that tim...
Oct 10, 2020
Get the picture: Warehouse District building receives facelift
PEORIA, Ill. — “It’s an outstanding day in the greatest art city in America, Peoria, Illinois!” exclaimed Peoria Riverfront Museum CEO John Morris on Saturday morning in the Wa...
Oct 10, 2020
Man severely burned in Sat. AM Peoria blaze
PEORIA, Ill. — A man sustained burns serious enough to hospitalize him after a fire Saturday morning in Peoria’s West Bluff. Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics responded to a call around 4:45 r...
Oct 10, 2020
One dead after mini bike, car collide
***UPDATE*** Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the man as 40-year-old Edwin Bolen of Peoria. Harwood said Bolen suffered “multiple detrimental blunt force trauma injuries,”...
Oct 10, 2020
Peoria Police buy 11-year-old PlayStation after hit-and-run incident
PEORIA, Ill. — 11-year-old Anthony “AJ” Gallion was injured in a hit-and-run incident on Oct. 1, leaving him with a broken leg, swollen eye and a concussion. Because of his injuries,...
Oct 09, 2020
Local COVID roundup 10/9: area hits 100
PEORIA, Ill. — Six area people between Thursday and Friday passed away from issues related to coronavirus, which means Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties have reached 100 COVID deaths. The ...
Oct 09, 2020
Juvenile Peoria murder suspect taken into custody
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police have released info regarding a third suspect in connection with a Sept. 5 murder. A 17-year-old male was arrested Friday by U.S. Marshals in Atlanta, Georgia, making him t...
Oct 09, 2020
Bradley announces later semester start, no spring break for 2021
PEORIA, Ill. — In light of COVID-19 prevention measures, Bradley University has announced changes to its spring 2021 semester. Provost Walter Zakahi said in a letter sent Friday afternoon to par...
Oct 09, 2020
Trump credits antibody drug for quick recovery
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says doctors have told him that he could've become very ill with COVID-19 and credits an experimental antibody drug for helping him recover. Trump told Rush Limbaug...
Oct 09, 2020
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