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State COVID roundup 12/16: testing milestone surpassed
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The number of COVID-19 tests given throughout Illinois has surpassed 12 million. With the 93,278 specimens collected between Tuesday and Wednesday by labs across the state, t...
Dec 16, 2020
Sens., Rep. demand universal testing at FCI Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. — Illinois Senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin, along with 17th District Rep. Cheri Bustos, have penned a letter to urge all inmates and staff at Federal Correctional Institute ...
Dec 16, 2020
East Peoria’s Festival of Lights competes in “Light Fight”
EAST PEORIA, Ill. — East Peoria’s Festival of Lights will be featured on national television Wednesday night. FOLEPI lights will compete in the Great Christmas Light Fight on ABC at 7 p.m....
Dec 16, 2020
Peoria sees first significant snow of the season
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria crews were out treating roads early Wednesday morning after the first measurable snowfall of the season, although accumulation was expected to be minor. Peoria Public Works...
Dec 16, 2020
Peoria signs off on consent degree with the EPA
PEORIA, Ill. – The City of Peoria has signed off on a long-range plan that aims gradually to eliminate its use of combined sewer overflow. The $109 million plan aims to fully reduce CSO by Dec. ...
Dec 16, 2020
Law enforcement awaits vaccine availability
PEORIA, Ill. — Phase one of COVID-19 vaccine distribution was ushered in Tuesday afternoon on a local level, as five OSF HealthCare workers were the first on the frontlines in Illinois to receiv...
Dec 15, 2020
Local COVID roundup 12/15: key metric met
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria County added two deaths between Monday and Tuesday to its COVID totals. A woman in her 90s who lived at Sharon Elms and a man in his 60s with comorbidities both succumbed t...
Dec 15, 2020
First Illinoisans receive COVID-19 vaccine in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. — Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike were on hand in Peoria Tuesday as the first front line care givers in the state receive...
Dec 15, 2020
State COVID roundup 12/15: hospitalizations fall below 5k
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations between Monday and Tuesday dropped beneath 5,000. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 4,965 people with the virus as of Mond...
Dec 15, 2020
McConnell congratulates Joe Biden as president-elect
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell congratulated Democrat Joe Biden on Tuesday as the president-elect. The Republican leader said the Electoral College "has spoken." The Republic...
Dec 15, 2020
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