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World hits 800,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths
NEW YORK - The world hit a grim coronavirus milestone Saturday with 800,000 confirmed deaths and close to 23 million confirmed cases. That's according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. Gove...
Jeremy Scott Aug 22, 2020

Corpse found along river, Tazewell Co. authorities ID body
***UPDATE*** Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley has identified the body as that of 42-year-old Phillip Winger. Pekin Police and Illinois State Police had issued an Endangered Missing Person Adviso...
Jeremy Scott Aug 22, 2020

Students say safety is out of Bradley’s hands
PEORIA, Ill. — When Bradley University begins classes on Wednesday, Aug. 24, students will be following social distancing and mask protocols in an effort to keep the virus out of classrooms. Stu...
Dalton Kemper Aug 21, 2020

Par-A-Dice possibly partnering with FanDuel for mobile sports betting
EAST PEORIA, Ill. — FanDuel will be entering the Illinois market for online sports gambling, and they might be partnering with Par-A-Dice Hotel Casino in East Peoria to do so. FanDuel posted inf...
Dalton Kemper Aug 21, 2020

Local COVID roundup 8/21: lower increase than week’s average
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties combined between Thursday and Friday for 70 new cases of COVID-19. Peoria County accounted for the largest increase, 32, Tazewell had 28 an...
Jeremy Scott Aug 21, 2020

And the winner is....
Congrats to Tammy Panier of Henry, the winner of the 16 canisters of Clorox Wipes from Carter Paper & Packaging!
CJ Aug 21, 2020

BU Prez says no tuition cuts; students sound off
PEORIA, Ill. — Bradley President Stephen Standifird sent out an e-mail Thursday night to students, in which he addressed concerns over tuition and fees, with some classes set only to be offered ...
Jeremy Scott Aug 21, 2020

State COVID roundup 8/21: record testing numbers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — COVID-19 cases throughout Illinois rose back above 2,000 as the state broke its own record between Thursday and Friday for the most tests ever conducted in one 24-hour period...
Jeremy Scott Aug 21, 2020

Peoria’s “Tireless Project” is back this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. — Bring us your old, used tires. Peoria’s “Tireless Project” was started four years ago as a way to solve the issue of illegally dumped and abandoned tires in the ...
Julia Bradley Aug 21, 2020

Peoria teen guilty in 2018 double murder
PEORIA, Ill. — News Partner 25 News has reported that Jermontay Brock has been convicted by a Peoria County jury of three counts of first-degree murder and one count of aggravated battery with a...
Dalton Kemper Aug 20, 2020
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