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Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce has a new leader
PEORIA,Ill. — The Greater Peoria Business Alliance Friday announced the selection of Joshua Gunn as the new President & CEO of the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce. “I am honored to hav...
Julia Bradley Jun 19, 2020
University of Illinois announces fall in-person instruction
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...
Julia Bradley Jun 19, 2020
Local COVID roundup 6/18: Tazewell surpasses triple digits
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...
Jeremy Scott Jun 18, 2020
Morton Police Chief announces retirement
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...
Jeremy Scott Jun 18, 2020
State COVID roundup 6/18: going on two weeks
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 ...
Jeremy Scott Jun 18, 2020

And the winner is.....
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...
CJ Jun 18, 2020
Illinois unemployment rate drops slightly as state slowly comes out of COVID restrictions
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...
Jeremy Scott Jun 18, 2020
Heart of Illinois Fair postponed
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...
Julia Bradley Jun 18, 2020
Car crashes into Pekin storefront
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...
Julia Bradley Jun 18, 2020
Justices reject end to protections for young immigrants
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...
Julia Bradley Jun 18, 2020

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