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Illinois hires former Wisconsin and Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema
(AP) — Bret Bielema, who led Wisconsin to three Rose Bowls before a disappointing run at Arkansas, is returning to the Big Ten and his home state to coach Illinois. The Illini hired Bielema to r...
Dec 19, 2020
Friday night crash leaves three injured in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. — Three people were injured Friday night when the driver of an SUV crashed into three parked cars in Peoria. Police and emergency crews were called to the scene just after 7 p.m. to...
Dec 19, 2020
Moderna vaccine approved for emergency use by FDA
(Reuters) – Moderna Inc’s coronavirus vaccine on Friday became the second to receive emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, welcome news to a nation ...
Dec 18, 2020
MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos’s ex-wife, donates $5 million to Goodwill of Central Illinois
PEORIA, Ill — MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, has gifted $5 million to Goodwill of Central Illinois. Over the last four months, Scott has gifted more than ...
Dec 18, 2020
U.S. House passes stopgap funding bill to avoid government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed and sent to the Senate a two-day stopgap extension of existing federal funds to avoid a midnight government shutdown, as negoti...
Dec 18, 2020
State COVID roundup 12/18: 112k tested
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The statewide COVID-19 rolling seven-day positivity rate fell between Thursday and Friday to an even 8%. 112,292 people during the period got tested, as 7,377 people received...
Dec 18, 2020
Local COVID roundup 12/18: staying under 10% positivity rate
PEORIA, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health’s (IDPH) Region 2, which encompasses Peoria; Tazewell; and Woodford counties, rolling seven-day positivity rate continues to remain ...
Dec 18, 2020
Tony Award winning actor helping Peoria Players Theatre
PEORIA, Ill. — Add this to the list of reasons why 2020 can be considered one long episode of “The Twilight Zone:” Ebenezer Scrooge is being generous this holiday season. As music an...
Dec 18, 2020
Pence, wife Karen, get COVID-19 vaccine injections
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Mike Pence was vaccinated for COVID-19 on Friday in a live-television event aimed at reassuring Americans the vaccine is safe. "The American people can be confident: w...
Dec 18, 2020
1,260 COVID-19 vaccination doses estimated to be administered by end of Thursday
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department announced an estimated 1,260 total doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will have been administered across UnityPoint and OSF hospitals by the en...
Dec 17, 2020
Peoria, IL, USA
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