Category Archives:

URBANA, Ill. (AP) – University of Illinois officials say in-person instruction will take place at the school in the fall, with COVID-19 safety precautions in place to protect students if the sta...

PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county reported no new deaths between Wednesday and Thursday related to COVID-19. The area’s death toll remained at 30, according to the Peo...

MORTON, Ill. — After all mentions of longtime Morton Police Chief Craig Hilliard disappeared from the Village of Morton’s website earlier this week and he was not present at Monday’s...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — If current trends hold, it will be two weeks ago this Friday since Illinois saw at least 1,000 new coronavirus cases over a 24-hour period. The Illinois Department of Public ...

Congratulations to Krista Bailey of Deer Creek, the WINNER of the Party of the Patio Giveaway! Krista wins a Traeger Grill from Nena Hardware, a pair of Adirondack chairs from Bushwhacker, a outdoor r...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois’s unemployment rate dropped an even two percentage points from April to May, 17.2% to 15.2%. Thursday’s report from the Illinois Department of Employment...

PEORIA, Ill. — The Heart of Illinois Fair Board of Directors have announced on the fair’s Facebook page that they have decided to postpone the 2020 Heart of Illinois Fair. The HOI Fair was...

PEKIN, Ill. — Illinois State Police and Pekin Police were called to the Pekin Gun and Sporting Goods store, located at 281 Derby Street, Thursday morning. A car apparently crashed into the front...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants, a stunning rebuke to the president in the midst of h...

WASHINGTON (AP) – About 1.5 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, a historically high number, even as the economy increasingly reopens and employers bring so...