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Gilmore Foundation/Reditus Labs providing rapid COVID tests to PPS
PEORIA, Ill. — A donation to Peoria Public Schools will help middle and high school students return to the classroom sooner than expected. The Gilmore Foundation, founded by former Caterpillar P...
Oct 12, 2020
State COVID roundup 10/11: 9 deaths reported
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday reported 2,727 new cases of COVID-19, including nine additional deaths statewide. The state’s preliminary seven-day p...
Oct 12, 2020
Overnight crash sends two people to the hospital
PEORIA, Ill. — The intersection of Sheridan and McClure was closed early Monday morning after a crash in Peoria that happened just before 4 a.m. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Michael Hughes said t...
Oct 12, 2020
Teen arrested for September homicide in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police have made an arrest in the September shooting death of 28-year-old Donald Allen. Allen died of a single gunshot wound to the head, near the 1500 block of Faraday on ...
Oct 12, 2020
Supreme Court nominee Bennett faces Senate despite virus
WASHINGTON (AP) - Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett are set to begin. The Senate is charging ahead Monday morning on President Donald Trump's pick to replace the late J...
Oct 12, 2020
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
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